[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: 40CFR147.102]

[Page 801]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 147_STATE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart C_Alaska
 
Sec. 147.102  Aquifer exemptions.

    (a) This section identifies any aquifers or their portions exempted 
in accordance with Sec. Sec. 144.7(b) and 146.4 of this chapter at the 
time of program promulgation. EPA may in the future exempt other 
aquifers or portions, according to applicable procedures, without 
codifying such exemptions in this section. An updated list of exemptions 
will be maintained in the Regional office.
    (b) The following aquifers are exempted in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec. Sec. 144.7(b) and 146.4 of this chapter for Class II 
injection activities only:
    (1) The portions of aquifers in the Kenai Peninsula, greater than 
the indicated depths below the ground surface, and described by a \1/4\ 
mile area beyond and lying directly below the following oil and gas 
producing fields:
    (i) Swanson River Field--1700 feet.
    (ii) Beaver Creek Field--1650 feet.
    (iii) Kenai Gas Field--1300 feet.
    (2) The portion of aquifers beneath Cook Inlet described by a \1/4\ 
mile area beyond and lying directly below the following oil and gas 
producing fields:
    (i) Granite Point.
    (ii) McArthur River Field.
    (iii) Middle Ground Shoal Field.
    (iv) Trading Bay Field.
    (3) The portions of aquifers on the North Slope described by a \1/4\ 
mile area beyond and lying directly below the Kuparuk River Unit oil and 
gas producing field.