Underground Injection Control program
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The Underground Injection Control program is a U.S. regulatory framework that oversees and permits the injection of fluids into underground wells to protect groundwater resources from contamination.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California underground injection control program | 1 |
| Underground Injection Control program canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T459999 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Underground Injection Control program Context triple: [Safe Drinking Water Act, establishes, Underground Injection Control program]
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A.
Prevention of Significant Deterioration program
The Prevention of Significant Deterioration program is a U.S. air quality permitting system that limits emissions from new or modified major pollution sources in areas that already meet national air quality standards.
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B.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is a U.S. regulatory permitting program that controls water pollution by regulating point-source discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.
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C.
Acid Rain Program
The Acid Rain Program is a U.S. federal regulatory initiative that uses a cap-and-trade system to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants in order to combat acid rain and improve air quality.
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D.
BioWatch program
The BioWatch program is a U.S. national biosurveillance system designed to detect the airborne release of biological agents as early as possible to help prevent or mitigate bioterrorism attacks.
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E.
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is a U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating coal mining and overseeing the restoration of abandoned mine lands to protect the environment and public health.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Underground Injection Control program Target entity description: The Underground Injection Control program is a U.S. regulatory framework that oversees and permits the injection of fluids into underground wells to protect groundwater resources from contamination.
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A.
Prevention of Significant Deterioration program
The Prevention of Significant Deterioration program is a U.S. air quality permitting system that limits emissions from new or modified major pollution sources in areas that already meet national air quality standards.
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B.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is a U.S. regulatory permitting program that controls water pollution by regulating point-source discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.
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C.
Acid Rain Program
The Acid Rain Program is a U.S. federal regulatory initiative that uses a cap-and-trade system to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants in order to combat acid rain and improve air quality.
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D.
BioWatch program
The BioWatch program is a U.S. national biosurveillance system designed to detect the airborne release of biological agents as early as possible to help prevent or mitigate bioterrorism attacks.
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E.
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is a U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating coal mining and overseeing the restoration of abandoned mine lands to protect the environment and public health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal program
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environmental regulatory program ⓘ |
| administeredBy | United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| aimsToPrevent | migration of injected fluids into underground sources of drinking water ⓘ |
| authorizes | states to administer UIC programs with EPA approval ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| defines | well classes based on type and depth of injection and injected fluid ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
United States Environmental Protection Agency
ⓘ
authorized state agencies ⓘ |
| establishes |
criteria for permitting underground injection wells
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enforcement mechanisms for noncompliance ⓘ minimum federal requirements for underground injection wells ⓘ prohibitions on certain types of injection that endanger drinking water ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
protection of groundwater resources
ⓘ
protection of underground sources of drinking water ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
EPA regional offices
ⓘ
state agencies ⓘ tribal governments ⓘ |
| includes |
Class I injection wells
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Class II injection wells ⓘ Class III injection wells ⓘ Class IV injection wells ⓘ Class V injection wells ⓘ Class VI injection wells ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Safe Drinking Water Act ⓘ |
| legalBasisSection |
Part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act
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linked to:
Safe Drinking Water Act
|
| monitors | compliance of injection well operators ⓘ |
| purpose | to protect underground sources of drinking water from contamination by injected fluids ⓘ |
| regulates |
injection of fluids into the subsurface
ⓘ
underground injection wells ⓘ |
| regulatesActivity |
disposal of hazardous and nonhazardous wastes in deep wells
ⓘ
geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide ⓘ injection for enhanced oil and gas recovery ⓘ solution mining injection ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
carbon capture and storage regulation
ⓘ
drinking water safety ⓘ groundwater protection ⓘ oil and gas production regulation ⓘ waste management ⓘ |
| requires |
area of review analysis around injection wells
ⓘ
mechanical integrity testing of wells ⓘ monitoring and reporting by well operators ⓘ permits for underground injection wells ⓘ public participation in certain permitting decisions ⓘ well construction standards ⓘ |
| scope | nationwide within the United States and certain territories ⓘ |
| shortName | UIC program ⓘ |
| typeOfProtection | preventive regulatory control over subsurface injection activities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Underground Injection Control program Description of subject: The Underground Injection Control program is a U.S. regulatory framework that oversees and permits the injection of fluids into underground wells to protect groundwater resources from contamination.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Underground Injection Control program