part_subject: "UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM"
subpart_code: "D"
subpart_subject: "Authorization by Permit"
section_number: "144.36"
section_subject: "Duration of permits."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 144.36"
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)Permits for Class I and V wells shall be effective for a fixed term not to exceed 10 years. UIC permits for Class II and III wells shall be issued for a period up to the operating life of the facility. UIC permits for Class VI wells shall be issued for the operating life of the facility and the post-injection site care period. The Director shall review each issued Class II, III, and VI well UIC permit at least once every 5 years to determine whether it should be modified, revoked and reissued, terminated or a minor modification made as provided in § 144.39, § 144.40, or § 144.41.
(b)Except as provided in § 144.37, the term of a permit shall not be extended by modification beyond the maximum duration specified in this section.
(c)The Director may issue any permit for a duration that is less than the full allowable term under this section.