Data Exchange Description
The Underground Injection Controls (UIC) data exchange allows Network partners to share information on underground injection wells. Underground injection is the technology of placing fluids underground, in porous formations of rocks, through wells or other similar conveyance systems. Facilities across the United States and in Indian Country discharge a variety of hazardous and nonhazardous fluids into more than 400,000 injection wells as a more cost effective alternative to treating and releasing waste to surface waters. The Safe Drinking Water Act established the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program to provide safeguards so that injection wells do not endanger current and future underground sources of drinking water. For more information on EPA’s UIC program, please visit the U.S. EPA’s UIC webpage.
Data Flow Implementation Guide – This guide provides a high-level overview of the data flow including advice about when to consider implementing the flow and a summary of planned improvements to the flow’s design and usability.
Version Notes
Status: Supported
The UIC documentation package has been received and reviewed by the NTG. The NTG has deemed the schema and supporting flow documentation acceptable for use on the Exchange Network. The UIC data exchange is currently in Version 2.0. Version 1.0 is no longer supported.
For more information on the schema and documentation review, please review the developer’s Schema Conformance Report, and the accompanying NTG Conformance Review.
Resources
- Flow Configuration Document
- XML Schema
- Data Exchange Template
- Sample XML Instance File
- Schematron Rule Specifications
- UIC Business Rules
- UIC Data Model (v8.0) and Data Dictionary (v8.2)
- UIC Logical Mapping Form
- UIC Access Template (Requires MS Access)
- March 19, 2009, Memo from S. Heare
- June 16, 2010, Presentation: UIC Data Conversion and Submission
- 2012 UIC Data Submission SOP
