15A N.C. Admin. Code 2C.0201

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 11, December 2, 2024

Section 02C .0201 - PURPOSE

The rules in this Section establish classes of injection wells and set forth requirements and procedures for permitting, constructing, operating, monitoring, reporting, and abandoning approved types of injection wells. They also establish standards for abandoning, monitoring, and reporting non-permitted wells used for the injection of wastes or any substance of a composition and concentration such that, if it were discharged to the land or waters of the State, would adversely affect human health or would otherwise render those waters unsuitable for their best intended usage. Except as provided for in G.S. 143-215.1A, the discharge of any wastes to the subsurface by means of wells is prohibited by G.S. 143-214.2(b).

15A N.C. Admin. Code 02C .0201

Authority G.S. 87-84; 87-87; 87-88; 143-211; 143-215.1A;
143-215.3(a)(1); 143-215.3(c);
Eff. August 1, 1982;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2012; September 1, 1996;
Readopted Eff. September 1, 2019.

Authority G.S. 87-84; 87-87; 87-88; 87-94; 87-95; 143-211; 143-214.2(b); 143-215.1A;
143-215.3(a)(1); 143-215.3(c);
Eff. 8/1/1982;
Amended Eff. 5/1/2012; September 1, 1996.

Readopted by North Carolina Register Volume 34, Issue 07, October 1, 2019 effective 9/1/2019.