CWLP requests $302,300 engineering study for possible injection well as EPA compliance clock ticks

Jun 11, 2025

City utility CWLP asked the council committee to authorize a $302,300 professional-services contract to prepare and submit an Illinois EPA permit application for a Class I underground injection well at Dahman 4, saying the study is needed while a federal rule and a pending lawsuit move the compliance timeline.

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City Water, Light & Power (CWLP) asked the Springfield City Council committee to approve a $302,300 contract to prepare and submit a permit application for a Class I underground injection well at the Dahman 4 power station, saying the work is necessary as the utility confronts a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulation and a pending lawsuit. The committee voted to send the ordinance to the debate agenda for next week.

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