Section 33.1-25-01-03 - Prohibition of unauthorized injectionAny underground injection (except class II, class Ill, and class VI) is prohibited except as authorized by permit or rule issued under this section. Also the construction of any well required to have a permit under this section is prohibited until the permit has been issued. These include the well types specifically identified in title 40 CFR part 144, section 144.1(g) and title 40 CFR part 144, section 144.81.
The following well types are not covered by these rules:
1. Individual or single-family residential waste disposal systems such as domestic cesspools or septic systems.2. Nonresidential cesspools, septic systems, or similar waste disposal systems if such systems are used solely for the disposal of sanitary waste and have the capacity to serve fewer than twenty persons a day.3. Injection wells used for injection of hydrocarbons which are of pipeline quality and are gases at standard temperature and pressure for the purpose of storage.4. Any dug hole, drilled hole, bored shaft, improved sinkhole, or subsurface fluid distribution system which is not used for emplacement of fluids underground.N.D. Admin Code 33.1-25-01-03
Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 370, October 2018, effective 1/1/2019.General Authority: NDCC 61-28-04; S.L. 2017, ch. 199, § 1
Law Implemented: NDCC 61-28-04, 61-28-06