---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 144.11"
title: "40"
number: "144.11"
heading: "Prohibition of unauthorized injection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/144.11"
---

# §144.11. Prohibition of unauthorized injection.


Any underground injection, except into a well authorized by rule or except as authorized by permit issued under the UIC program, is prohibited. The construction of any well required to have a permit is prohibited until the permit has been issued.


## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 14189, Apr. 1, 1983, as amended at 58 FR 63895, Dec. 3, 1993]

### Authority

Authority: Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 14189, Apr. 1, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 14189, Apr. 1, 1983, as amended at 58 FR 63895, Dec. 3, 1993]