part_subject: "UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM: CRITERIA AND STANDARDS"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "General Provisions"
section_number: "146.1"
section_subject: "Applicability and scope."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 146.1"
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)This part sets forth technical criteria and standards for the Underground Injection Control Program. This part should be read in conjunction with 40 CFR parts 124, 144, and 145, which also apply to UIC programs. 40 CFR part 144 defines the regulatory framework of EPA administered permit programs. 40 CFR part 145 describes the elements of an approvable State program and procedures for EPA approval of State participation in the permit programs. 40 CFR part 124 describes the procedures the Agency will use for issuing permits under the covered programs. Certain of these procedures will also apply to State-administered programs as specified in 40 CFR part 145.
(b)Upon the approval, partial approval or promulgation of a State UIC program by the Administrator, any underground injection which is not authorized by the Director by rule or by permit is unlawful.