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title: "40 CFR §144.11"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-144.11"

title_number: "40"

volume_number: "25"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "D"

subchapter_subject: "WATER PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)"

part_code: "144"

part_subject: "UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM"

subpart_code: "B"

subpart_subject: "General Program Requirements"

section_number: "144.11"

section_subject: "Prohibition of unauthorized injection."

cfr_reference: "40 CFR 144.11"

title_name: "Title 40"

title_subject: "Protection of Environment"

parts_covered: "Parts 136 to 149"

revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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Any underground injection, except into a well authorized by rule or except as authorized by permit issued under the UIC program, is prohibited. The construction of any well required to have a permit is prohibited until the permit has been issued.

§144.11 - Prohibition of unauthorized injection.