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• Everyone write to the US EPA about your concerns for the Class II-D brine disposal well Collier #22-5 SWDW.
  
  Letter should address issues relative to disposal well construction, structure, potential water & aquifer pollution. Include questions, concerns, justification, and any suggestions to alter permit. And finally request a public hearing. The deadline for comments is September 6th.
  
  Address letter to:
  
  Mr. James Ferreira
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Water Protection Division
  Safe Drinking Water Branch
  Ground water and UIC Section
  61 Forsyth Street S.W.
  Atlanta, GA 30303-8960
  
  phone: 404-562-9399
  ferreira.james@epa.gov
  cc. Wilda Cobb, cobb.wilda@epa.gov
  
  Public Notice Number: FL13UIC003
  UIC Permit Application Number FLI0047
  
  Examples of concerns can address issues such as:
  
  Between 2008 and 2011, state regulators reported 150 instances of contamination, in which waste from injection wells purportedly reached aquifers. In 25 instances, the waste came from Class 2 wells.
  
  In South Florida, 20 of the nation's most stringently regulated disposal wells failed in the early 1990s, releasing partly treated sewage into aquifers that may one day be needed to supply Miami's drinking water.
  
  A ProPublica review of well records, case histories and government summaries of more than 220,000 well inspections found that structural failures inside injection wells are routine. From late 2007 to late 2010, one well integrity violation was issued for every six deep injection wells examined — more than 17,000 violations nationally. More than 7,000 wells showed signs that their walls were leaking. Records also show wells are frequently operated in violation of safety regulations and under conditions that greatly increase the risk of fluid leakage and the threat of water contamination.