---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3177.7"
title: "43"
number: "3177.7"
heading: "Informational requirements for injection wells."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3177.7"
---

# §3177.7. Informational requirements for injection wells.


For an injection well proposed on Federal or Indian leases, the operator shall obtain an Underground Injection Control (UIC) permit pursuant to 40 CFR parts [144](/cfr/40/part144.md) and [146](/cfr/40/part146.md) from the Environmental Protection Agency or the State/Tribe where the State/Tribe has achieved primacy. The operator shall also comply with the pertinent procedural and informational requirements for Application for Permit to Drill or Sundry Notice as set forth in [subpart 3171](/cfr/43/subpart3171.md) of this part. The injection well shall be designed and drilled or conditioned in accordance with the requirements and standards described in [subpart 3172](/cfr/43/subpart3172.md) of this part and pertinent NTLs, as well as the UIC permit.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 88 FR 39540, June 16, 2023, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396d and 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189, 306, 359, and 1751; and 43 U.S.C. 1732(b), 1733, and 1740.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 81421, Nov. 17, 2016, unless otherwise noted.