---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 144.18"
title: "40"
number: "144.18"
heading: "Requirements for Class VI wells."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/144.18"
---

# §144.18. Requirements for Class VI wells.


Owners or operators of Class VI wells must obtain a permit. Class VI wells cannot be authorized by rule to inject carbon dioxide.


## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 77288, Dec. 10, 2010]

### 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

[75 FR 77288, Dec. 10, 2010]