US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 39
                      WASTE DISPOSAL AND INJECTION WELLS
    42-3904.  APPLICATION FOR PERMIT -- OWNER -- OPERATOR RESPONSIBLE --
NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION FORM. (1) The owner or operator shall make application
to the director of the department of water resources for a permit as provided
in this chapter. When a facility is owned by one person but operated by
another, it shall be the operator's duty to obtain a permit. Such application
shall be upon forms furnished by the director which shall require information
concerning the location and description of the injection well, the quantity,
quality, and nature of the material being or proposed to be injected, the
description of the underground formation and aquifer into which the material
is proposed to be or is being injected, the availability of alternative
sources of disposal, and such other information as will enable the director to
determine the effect of injection upon the quality of the ground water, the
effect upon the beneficial uses of said ground water, the effect upon the
public health and the effect upon public benefits derived therefrom, if any.
Such application shall be submitted complete with fees as provided in this
chapter. Mine shafts used for the disposal of wastes resulting from the mining
and concentration process shall be exempt from the permit requirements of this
chapter until an inventory and assessment of the contamination potential posed
by such operation is completed.
    (2)  Owners of new shallow injection wells drilled after July 1, 1997,
shall submit a notice of construction form to the department of water
resources no later than thirty (30) days prior to commencement of construction
for each new well. The notice of construction form shall be submitted with the
fee as provided in this chapter on a form provided by the department of water
resources. New shallow injection wells used for disposal of storm water from
building roof drains are exempt from the notice of construction filing
requirements and fees of this chapter.