Primacy

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022065",
  "term": "Primacy",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Primary enforcement authority for the drinking water program. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, states, U.S. territories, and Indian tribes that meet certain requirements, including setting regulations that are at least as stringent as USEPA's, may apply for, and receive, primary enforcement authority, or primacy.\n\n2. The responsibility for ensuring that a law is implemented, and the authority to enforce a law and related regulations. A primacy agency has the primary responsibility for administrating and enforcing regulations.\n\n3. The authority to implement the UIC Program. To receive primacy, a state, territory, or tribe must demonstrate to EPA that its UIC program is at least as stringent as the federal standards; the state, territory, or tribal UIC requirements may be more stringent than the federal requirements. (For Class II, states must demonstrate that their programs are effective in preventing pollution of USDWs.) EPA may grant primacy for all or part of the UIC program, e.g., for certain classes of injection wells.\n\n4. Having the primary responsibility for administering and enforcing regulations.\n\n5. States and Tribes which have approved UIC programs are referred to as Primacy States. Because a State or Tribe may apply for primacy independently for the different classes of UIC wells, more than one State agency in a given State may be involved. In Region 5, the Primacy States and the well classes for which they have primacy are summarized in this table http://www.epa.gov/region5/water/uic/uicpartners.htm#primacy_table.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Safe Drinking Water Act Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Underground Injection Control Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Underground Injection Control Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/primacy/"
}