---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 148.22"
title: "40"
number: "148.22"
heading: "Requirements for petition submission, review and approval or denial."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/148.22"
---

# §148.22. Requirements for petition submission, review and approval or denial.

- (a) Any petition submitted to the Director pursuant to [§ 148.20(a)](/cfr/40/148.20.md?p=a) shall include the following components:
  - (1) An identification of the specific waste or wastes and the specific injection well or wells for which the demonstration will be made;
  - (2) A waste analysis to describe fully the chemical and physical characteristics of the subject wastes;
  - (3) Such additional information as is required by the Director to support the petition under §§ [148.20](/cfr/40/148.20.md) and [148.21](/cfr/40/148.21.md); and
  - (4) **This statement signed by the petitioner or an authorized representative—**
- (b) The Director shall provide public notice and an opportunity for public comment in accordance with the procedures in [§ 124.10](/cfr/40/124.10.md) of the intent to approve or deny a petition. The final decision on a petition will be published in the Federal Register.
- (c) If an exemption is granted it will apply only to the underground injection of the specific restricted waste or wastes identified in the petition into a Class I hazardous waste injection well or wells specifically identified in the petition (unless the exemption is modified or reissued pursuant to § [148.20(e)](/cfr/40/148.20.md?p=e) or [(f)](/cfr/40/148.20.md?p=f).
- (d) Upon request by any petitioner who obtains an exemption for a well under this subpart, the Director shall initiate and reasonably expedite the necessary procedures to issue or reissue a permit or permits for the hazardous waste well or wells covered by the exemption for a term not to exceed ten years.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 3004, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 28154, July 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted.