part_subject: "UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM: CRITERIA AND STANDARDS"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "General Provisions"
section_number: "146.9"
section_subject: "Criteria for establishing permitting priorities."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 146.9"
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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In determining priorities for setting times for owners or operators to submit applications for authorization to inject under the procedures of § 144.31 (a), (c), (g) or § 144.22(f), the Director shall base these priorities upon consideration of the following factors:
(a)Injection wells known or suspected to be contaminating underground sources of drinking water;
(b)Injection wells known to be injecting fluids containing hazardous contaminants;
(c)Likelihood of contamination of underground sources of drinking water;