N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 §§ 373-3.18

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 373-3.18 - Underground injection

Except as section 373-3.1 of this Subpart provides otherwise:

(a)Exclusion from sections 373-3.7 and 373-3.8.

The owner or operator of a facility which disposes of hazardous waste by underground injection is excluded from the requirements of sections 373-3.7 and 373-3.8 of this Subpart.

(b)Applicability.

The requirements of this section apply to owners and operators of wells used to dispose of hazardous waste which are classified as Class I under subdivision 144.6(a) of 40 CFR and which are classified as Class IV under subdivision 144.6(d) of 40 CFR (see 6 NYCRR 370.1[e]).

(1) Class I.

(i) Wells used by generators of hazardous wastes or owners or operators of hazardous waste management facilities to inject hazardous waste, other than Class IV wells.

(ii) Other industrial and municipal disposal wells which inject fluids beneath the lowermost formation containing, within one quarter mile of the well bore, an underground source of drinking water.

(2) Class IV. Wells used by generators of hazardous wastes or of radioactive wastes, by owners or operators of hazardous waste management facilities, or by owners or operators of radioactive waste disposal sites to dispose of hazardous wastes or radioactive wastes into or above a formation which, within one quarter mile of the well, contains an underground source of drinking water.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 §§ 373-3.18

Amended New York State Register March 4, 2020/Volume XLII, Issue 09, eff. 4/18/2020