---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 147.2924"
title: "40"
number: "147.2924"
heading: "Area permits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/147.2924"
---

# §147.2924. Area permits.

- (a) Area permits may be issued for more than one injection well if the following conditions are met:
  - (1) All existing wells are described and located in the permit application;
  - (2) All wells are within the same well field, project, reservoir or similar unit;
  - (3) All wells are of similar construction; and
  - (4) **All wells are operated by the same owner/operator.**
- (b) Area permits shall specify:
  - (1) The area within which injection is authorized; and
  - (2) The requirements for construction, monitoring, reporting, operation and abandonment for all wells authorized by the permit.
- (c) **Area permits can authorize the construction and operation of new wells within the permit area, if—**
  - (1) The permittee notifies the Regional Administrator in the annual report of when and where any new wells have or will be drilled;
  - (2) The new wells meet the criteria outlined in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section; and
  - (3) The effects of the new wells were addressed in the permit application and approved by the Regional Administrator.

## 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.