part_subject: "UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM"
subpart_code: "C"
subpart_subject: "Authorization of Underground Injection by Rule"
section_number: "144.24"
section_subject: "Class V wells."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 144.24"
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)A Class V injection well is authorized by rule, subject to the conditions in § 144.84
(b)Duration of well authorization by rule. Well authorization under this section expires upon the effective date of a permit issued pursuant to §§ 144.25, 144.31, 144.33 or 144.34, or upon proper closure of the well.
(c)Prohibition of injection. An owner or operator of a well which is authorized by rule pursuant to this section is prohibited from injecting into the well:
(1)Upon the effective date of an applicable permit denial;
(2)Upon failure to submit a permit application in a timely manner pursuant to §§ 144.25 or 144.31;
(3)Upon failure to submit inventory information in a timely manner pursuant to § 144.26; or
(4)Upon failure to comply with a request for information in a timely manner pursuant to § 144.27.