[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR146.7]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 146_UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM: CRITERIA AND STANDARDS
--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  146.7  Corrective action.

    In determining the adequacy of corrective action proposed by the 
applicant under 40 CFR 144.55 and in determining the additional steps 
needed to prevent fluid movement into underground sources of drinking 
water, the following criteria and factors shall be considered by the 
Director:
    (a) Nature and volume of injected fluid;
    (b) Nature of native fluids or by-products of injection;
    (c) Potentially affected population;
    (d) Geology;
    (e) Hydrology;
    (f) History of the injection operation;
    (g) Completion and plugging records;
    (h) Abandonment procedures in effect at the time the well was 
abandoned; and
    (i) Hydraulic connections with underground sources of drinking 
water.


(Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Air Act, Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912, 6925, 6927, 6974)

[45 FR 42500, June 24, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 43162, Aug. 27, 1981; 
48 FR 14293, Apr. 1, 1983]