part_subject: "UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "General Program Requirements"
section_number: "144.19"
section_subject: "Transitioning from Class II to Class VI."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 144.19"
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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(a)Owners or operators that are injecting carbon dioxide for the primary purpose of long-term storage into an oil and gas reservoir must apply for and obtain a Class VI geologic sequestration permit when there is an increased risk to USDWs compared to Class II operations. In determining if there is an increased risk to USDWs, the owner or operator must consider the factors specified in § 144.19(b).
(b)The Director shall determine when there is an increased risk to USDWs compared to Class II operations and a Class VI permit is required. In order to make this determination the Director must consider the following:
(1)Increase in reservoir pressure within the injection zone(s);