A community of churches, our name is a tribute to the underground church of history, characterized by sacrificial faith in the face of danger, oppression, and even death. We honor that memory and hope to represent that church in our city.
EPA has program requirements for permitting underground injection of diesel fuels in hydraulic fracturing to ensure protection of underground sources of drinking water (USDWs). Learn more about the permitting requirements.
EPA has finalized requirements that address carbon dioxide injection for long-term storage to ensure that wells used for geologic sequestration are appropriately sited, constructed, tested, monitored, funded, and closed. Read more about Class VI wells.
This website contains information for owners and operators of injection wells, regulators, and the public about safe injection well operations to prevent the contamination of underground sources of drinking water.
EPA has ten regional offices. Each regional office oversees local state, territory, and tribal UIC activities. Select your state from the menu below, or click on your region to find local UIC information about:
Scientists study mysterious particles like neutrinos and dark matter deep underground where a mile of rock shields experiments from cosmic radiation that constantly bombards Earth. We also host biologists, geologists, and engineers, too.
Most of the mass of the universe is missing. Where is it and how do we know it exists? Scientists working deep underground at SURF believe WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) could be the answer.
Our Underground Storage Tank (UST) program is one of the largest pollution prevention programs at Ecology. Every year, just over 3 billion gallons of fuel are stored underground. We inspect tank systems at least every three years. We also provide technical assistance to help tank owners make sure their systems are installed, managed, and monitored correctly to prevent leaks or spills.
We regulate more than 8,500 tanks at more than 3,400 facilities, including gas stations, industrial and commercial properties, and government-owned properties. We make sure these tanks and their associated piping systems are installed, managed, and monitored to prevent releases into the environment.
You must report any spills or leaks of petroleum or hazardous substances to Ecology, whether or not we regulate the tank. Report releases affecting water or spills of dangerous materials immediately.
Ecology does not regulate most above-ground storage tanks (ASTs). These tanks typically hold petroleum products (like heating oil, propane, or diesel) or other potentially hazardous chemicals. Local fire agencies, counties, and/or cities, regulate and permit ASTs, with two exceptions:
As guides are available*, we offer tour opportunities for groups, and are happy to accommodate requests as possible. Our goal is to share this essential and incredible history of resistance on the land now called the Guilford College woods, upon which Freedom Seekers navigated the Underground Railroad in their efforts toward self-emancipation. Please use this request form to share information about your group, and the Tour Scheduler will contact you. For more specific questions, please email: underg...@guilford.edu.
We encourage our guests to offer an honorarium for the tour to support this important work including. Donations support staff time, trail maintenance and improvements, and continuing program development. If you are able, guests can make a donation on the website here- please note in the gift description, "Underground Railroad Tour." Thank you!
The Underground Railroad Trail begins at trailhead on Nathan Hunt Rd. beyond the Guilford Lake on the left (see woods map). There is very limited parking (and no parking allowed along road) marked with wooden posts at the trailhead, so we encourage folks to use drop offs, or to utilize Visitor Parking spaces for multiple cars and buses (see campus map).
The trail was created in 2017 as a way to tell the story of how freedom seekers navigated this land, in collaboration with free and enslaved African-Americans and European-American abolitionists and allies. The trail leads to a champion tulip poplar tree, over 300 years old, known as the Underground Railroad Tree.
We cannot know if this tree served as a guide to assist enslaved Africans seeking freedom, but know it was present at that time and place. We talk about the tree as a silent witness; we encourage visitors to pause on viewing platform and reflect on its symbolism, and how one might be moved to create justice and spaces of refuge in our lives and communities.
We encourage folks who would like to take a self-guided tour to print out The History and the Stories pages, or to pull them up on mobile to read while visiting the woods or before your visit. You can also explore the Underground Railroad Curriculum pages for more information, videos, resources, timelines, and material that will aid your personal exploration.
Guilford County Schools 4th, 8th and 11th grades utilize curriculum developed with the support of the Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation to learn about Underground Railroad activities which took place locally, including a field trip option to visit the Guilford College Woods. Teachers at any school interested in booking tours can contact the Tour Scheduler using this request form. For more specific questions: underg...@guilford.edu.
Our goal is to share this essential and incredible history of resistance on the land now called the Guilford College woods, upon which freedom seekers navigated the Underground Railroad in their efforts toward self-emancipation. We are happy to accommodate private as well as public school groups. Please note that priority in scheduling is given to public school classes which are using this special curriculum.
Guilford College classes can learn, through tours by trained guides*, about the courageous collaboration of enslaved and free African-Americans and European-Americans, as part of the Underground Railroad in the New Garden (now Guilford) Woods.
Most of our current tour guides are Guilford College, Faculty, Staff, and students. We occasionally host tour guide trainings on campus and invite interested community members who have shown a dedication to this history to join as guides. If you are interested in attending a tour guide training or finding out more information about how to volunteer or be involved, please fill out this form: URR Program & Tour Guide Training Form
2007: Added the Home Undergrounding (HUG) rebate program to assist residents with service wire undergrounding. The rebate provides assistance with conduit installation, and Anaheim Public Utilities (APU) will assist with new underground wire installation at no additional cost.
Underground Injection Wells are wells used for injecting water or other fluids into a groundwater aquifer. Department of Health Administrative Rules, Title 11, Chapter 23 provides conditions governing the location, construction, and operation of injection wells so that injected fluids do not migrate and pollute underground sources of drinking water. Section 4 of the Rules gives the criteria for classifying aquifers into those that are designated as underground sources of drinking water and those that are not.
The Underground Storage Tank program will continue to function solely for UST and UST-related tasks. The goal of the UST Program is to protect human health and the environment by preventing releases of petroleum and hazardous substances from UST systems. The release of these regulated products into the environment threatens soil and groundwater resources and can cause explosive vapors to seep into confined spaces and occupied residences.
The Underground Storage Tank Division requires that services of an approved, well-qualified Response Action Contractor (RAC) to perform UST response action activities at UST sites for unknown, unwilling, and/or unable UST owners. Our Request for Statement of Interest and Qualification (RSIQ) can be found at: -rsiq. We encourage all RACs, who are interested, to apply based on the requirements detailed on the RSIQ web page.
Effective January 1, 2024, the Department will be accepting applications for a new UST Grant Program. The Department published new regulations which allows us to issue grants to eligible UST owners to help in the cost of upgrading single wall underground storage tanks systems to double wall systems. For more information on eligibility requirements and applications click here.
EPA has finalized and published new guidance and resources on emergency power generator UST systems on June 3, 2022. The following documents, as described by EPA below, are now available on the EPA OUST website:
In addition to these new documents, a reminder that EPA previously provided responses to questions on several important issues regarding EPG UST systems. EPA made these responses available to the public in our UST Technical Compendium about the 2015 Federal UST Regulations under the subject Emergency Power Generators: -storage-tank-ust-technical-compendium-about-2015-ust-regulation. Q&A topics include:
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