---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 147.2915"
title: "40"
number: "147.2915"
heading: "Requiring a permit for wells authorized by rule."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/147.2915"
---

# §147.2915. Requiring a permit for wells authorized by rule.

- (a) The Regional Administrator may require the owner or operator of any well authorized by rule to apply for an individual or area permit. The Regional Administrator shall notify the owner/operator in writing that a permit application is required. The notice shall contain:
  - (1) Explanation of need for application;
  - (2) Application form and, if appropriate, a list of additional information to be submitted; and
  - (3) **Deadline for application submission.**
- (b) Cases in which the Regional Administrator may require a permit include:
  - (1) The owner or operator is not in compliance with provisions of the rule;
  - (2) Injection well is no longer within the category of wells authorized by rule;
  - (3) Protection of USDWs requires that the injection operation be regulated by requirements which are not contained in the rule; or
  - (4) **Discretion of Regional Administrator.**
- (c) Injection is no longer authorized by rule upon the effective date of a permit or permit denial, or upon failure of the owner/operator to submit an application in a timely manner as specified in the notice described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
- (d) Any owner/operator authorized by rule may request to be excluded from the coverage of the rules by applying for an individual or area UIC permit.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300h.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 45309, Nov. 15, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; and 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 20197, May 11, 1984, unless otherwise noted.