Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-8-1-.04
Underground injection of carbon dioxide for geologic storage that causes or allows movement of fluid into an underground source of drinking water is prohibited.
No storage operator shall construct, operate, maintain, convert, plug, abandon, or conduct any injection activity in a manner that allows the movement of fluid containing any contaminant into underground sources of drinking water, if the presence of that contaminant may endanger underground sources of drinking water, endanger natural resources, or may adversely affect the health of persons. Any operator of a geologic storage facility must prove that the objectives set out in Rule 400-8-1-.01, et seq., are fulfilled.
Any underground storage of carbon dioxide shall be beneath the lowermost formation containing underground drinking water.
Notwithstanding any other rule, the Board may take emergency action upon receipt of information that a contaminant that is present in or likely to enter a public water system, endangers an underground source of drinking water or natural resources, or presents an imminent and substantial endangerment to the health of persons.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-8-1-.04
Author: S. Marvin Rogers
Statutory Authority: 9-17-150 et seq. of the Code of Alabama (1975)