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Summary of Class I Well Sites in Ohio


Company Waste injected Allowable surface injection pressure
(psi)
Depth to Mt. Simon (feet) Total confining interval (feet) Injectate Cumulative volume injected** (gals) Date of 1st well No. of
active wells
No. of
plugged wells
pH Temp (°F) Specific gravity
Cargill Inc.
(Akzo Salt)
brine that leaks into mine; injection suspended April 1997 150
1,294*
*Oriskany
1,000 6.2 50
1.2
43,268,128
through 5/98
1971
1
Sunoco
Chemicals - Haverhill
(U.S. Steel;
Aristech)
phenols, acetone, ammonia, etc.; injection site closed October 1996 1,650 5,550 5,000 10.4 75–105 1.02
1,454,889,519
through 4/96
1968   2
AK Steel
(Armco Steel)
spent HCl pickle acid including Fe, Cr, Pb 634 2,975 2,500 1 88–150 1.21 580,000,000 1969 2  
Ineos USA, LLC
(BP Chemicals)
hydrogen cyanide, misc. organics, acrylonitrile, acetonitrile salts, etc. 825 2,800 2,350 5 70–110 1.025 7,500,000,000 1968 4  
Vickery Environmental, Inc.
(Waste 
Management of Ohio; Chemical Waste 
Management)
various; leachates, spent pickle liquors, incinerator scrubber H20 790 2,800 1,900 <1.0 60–80 1.15 1,500,000,000 1976 4 3
Empire Reeves
Steel Div.
spent H2SO4 pickle liquor; site closed January 1971 1,500 4,990 4,490 <2.0   1.195
10,314,933
through 10/70
1967   1
Arvesta Corp. (Tomen Agro;
Zeneca Ag; ICI
Americas)
agricultural fungicides and fertilizer waste products (Fe, Ca, Mg, chloroform, NaCl, etc.) 1,689
6,023
5,643*
*Conasauga
5,130 9.9 56 1.025
630,634,412
through 5/98
1971
2
Reserve
Enviromental
Services
spent acids from steel treatment and alloying industry; injection site closed December 1994 1,450
5,880
5,469*
*Conasauga
4,899 9.3 50–90 1.09
89,344,171
through 12/94
1985   1

Approximate total volume (gals): 11,808,451,160

* Denotes formation other than the Mt. Simon Sandstone that was permitted to receive injectate.
**Most volume data from Ohio EPA, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters. Cumulative volumes as of December 2009.


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