---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 146.7"
title: "40"
number: "146.7"
heading: "Corrective action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/146.7"
---

# §146.7. Corrective action.


In determining the adequacy of corrective action proposed by the applicant under [40 CFR 144.55](/cfr/40/144.55.md) and in determining the additional steps needed to prevent fluid movement into underground sources of drinking water, the following criteria and factors shall be considered by the Director:

- (a) Nature and volume of injected fluid;
- (b) Nature of native fluids or by-products of injection;
- (c) Potentially affected population;
- (d) Geology;
- (e) Hydrology;
- (f) History of the injection operation;
- (g) Completion and plugging records;
- (h) Abandonment procedures in effect at the time the well was abandoned; and
- (i) **Hydraulic connections with underground sources of drinking water.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 42500, June 24, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 43162, Aug. 27, 1981; 48 FR 14293, Apr. 1, 1983]

### 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: 45 FR 42500, June 24, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 42500, June 24, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 43162, Aug. 27, 1981; 48 FR 14293, Apr. 1, 1983]