SUPERIOR WELDING, INC. ( RESPONDENT ) IS A CORPORATION AU- THORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF OK. AND AS SUCH IS A PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1402(12) OF THE ACT, 42 U.S.C. SEC. 300F(12). RESPONDENT IS SUBJECT TO UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL ( UIC ) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AT 40 C.F.R. SEC. 147, SUBPART GGG. RESPONDENT IS THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF AN INJECTION WELL WHICH IS A NEW CLASS II WELL AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED AT 40 C.F.R. SEC. 147.2902. THE INJECTION WELL IS IDENTIFIED AS WELL C-2 ( WELL ). THE WELL IS ALSO IDENTIFIED BY EPA IN- VENTORY NUMBER OS5365, AND IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUAR- TER OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 28 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST, WEST BOWRING FIELD, OSAGE COUNTY, OK. 0N MAR. 24, 1989, THE EPA ISSUED UIC PERMIT NO. 06S1261P5365 ( PERMIT ) TO RESPONDENT TO CONVERT A WELL TO A CLASS II SALT WATER DISPOSAL INJECTION WELL. THE PERMIT REQUIRES THAT THE WELL HAVE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY AND THAT THE EPA ISSUE SEPARATE AUTHORIZATION TO INJECT BEFORE THE WELL IS USED FOR FLUID INJECTION. THE DIRECTOR ISSUED AUTHORIZATION TO INJECT ON MAR. 24, 1989. THIS AUTHORIZATION TO INJECT WAS EFFECTIVE UNTIL TERMINATION. RESPONDENT DID NOT HAVE AN EMERGENCY PERMIT FOR VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER. ON JUL. 6, 1993, AN EPA REGION 6 OFF