---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 144.24"
title: "40"
number: "144.24"
heading: "Class V wells."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/144.24"
---

# §144.24. Class V wells.

- (a) A Class V injection well is authorized by rule, subject to the conditions in [§ 144.84](/cfr/40/144.84.md)
- (b) **Duration of well authorization by rule.** Well authorization under this section expires upon the effective date of a permit issued pursuant to [§ 144.25](/cfr/40/144.25.md), [§ 144.31](/cfr/40/144.31.md), [§ 144.33](/cfr/40/144.33.md) or [§ 144.34](/cfr/40/144.34.md), or upon proper closure of the well.
- (c) **Prohibition of injection.** An owner or operator of a well which is authorized by rule pursuant to this section is prohibited from injecting into the well:
  - (1) Upon the effective date of an applicable permit denial;
  - (2) Upon failure to submit a permit application in a timely manner pursuant to [§ 144.25](/cfr/40/144.25.md) or [§ 144.31](/cfr/40/144.31.md);
  - (3) Upon failure to submit inventory information in a timely manner pursuant to [§ 144.26](/cfr/40/144.26.md); or
  - (4) Upon failure to comply with a request for information in a timely manner pursuant to [§ 144.27](/cfr/40/144.27.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 63896, Dec. 3, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 68566, Dec. 7, 1999]

### 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

[58 FR 63896, Dec. 3, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 68566, Dec. 7, 1999]