To: trofala who wrote (9669 ) 9/27/1998 10:45:00 PM From: K. Joseph Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 11708
Ray, Excellent Work! I started researching this stuff about two months ago. Got frustrated and quit looking. Two points that I think are important: Class IV wells are now, I believe, illegal and banned because they dealt with radioactive waste . Class V wells, I believe, are by definition able to do anything that Class I, II, and III wells are able to do. (I may be wrong about this.) Now, I have not had a chance to read all of the information you posted, so maybe my research is not correct. Most of the information I found related to Texas requirements. To answer your question about a Class V landfill vs. a Class V injection well; a landfill accepts solid waste, and an injection well accepts liquid waste. I would imagine that potential customers for Class V in Utah would be: 1) disposal of cleaning fluids from tank cleaning operations, 2) disposal of urine and liquid waste from cattle feedlot operations (more about this in a minute), 3) disposal of waste from temporary toilet facilities, 4) disposal of liquid waste from restaurant grease traps, 5) disposal of cooking grease and, yes, chicken fat, from restaurant operations, 6) disposal from waste water collected from car and truck wash facilities, 7) disposal of cleaning fluids and liquid refuse from various types of industries, 8) disposal of hospital and health clinic fluids (let your imagination work here) 9)disposal of just about everything that the EPA does not want dumped into local rivers or streams, etc. etc., that's not radioactive. Back to number 2). Millis told me a while back that the disposal of feedlot waste was something that the ETec operation was looking at as a possible direction of future expansion. Enough said for now! Thanks again for your research. K.Joseph