[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 20]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR144.24]

[Page 637-638]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 144_UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart C_Authorization of Underground Injection by Rule
 
Sec.  144.24  Class V wells.

    (a) A Class V injection well is authorized by rule, subject to the 
conditions in Sec.  144.84
    (b) Duration of well authorization by rule. Well authorization under 
this section expires upon the effective date of a permit issued pursuant 
to Sec. Sec.  144.25, 144.31, 144.33 or 144.34, or upon proper closure 
of the well.

[[Page 638]]

    (c) Prohibition of injection. An owner or operator of a well which 
is authorized by rule pursuant to this section is prohibited from 
injecting into the well:
    (1) Upon the effective date of an applicable permit denial;
    (2) Upon failure to submit a permit application in a timely manner 
pursuant to Sec. Sec.  144.25 or 144.31;
    (3) Upon failure to submit inventory information in a timely manner 
pursuant to Sec.  144.26; or
    (4) Upon failure to comply with a request for information in a 
timely manner pursuant to Sec.  144.27.

[58 FR 63896, Dec. 3, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 68566, Dec. 7, 1999]