[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR144.27]

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                   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. 144.27  Requiring other information.

    (a) For EPA administered programs only, in addition to the inventory 
requirements of Sec. 144.26, the Regional Administrator may require the 
owner or operator of any well authorized by rule under this subpart to 
submit information as deemed necessary by the Regional Administrator to 
determine whether a well may be endangering an underground source of 
drinking water in violation of Sec. 144.12 of this part.
    (b) Such information requirements may include, but are not limited 
to:
    (1) Performance of ground-water monitoring and the periodic 
submission of reports of such monitoring;
    (2) An analysis of injected fluids, including periodic submission of 
such analyses; and
    (3) A description of the geologic strata through and into which 
injection is taking place.
    (c) Any request for information under this section shall be made in 
writing, and include a brief statement of the reasons for requiring the 
information. An owner or operator shall submit the information within 
the time period(s) provided in the notice.
    (d) An owner or operator of an injection well authorized by rule 
under this subpart is prohibited from injecting into the well upon 
failure of the owner or operator to comply with a request for 
information within the time period(s) specified by the Director pursuant 
to paragraph (c) of this section. An owner or operator of a well 
prohibited from injection under this section shall not resume injection 
except under a permit issued pursuant to Sec. Sec. 144.25, 144.31, 
144.33 or 144.34.

[49 FR 20182, May 11, 1984, as amended at 58 FR 63896, Dec. 3, 1993]