N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-8.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 7:14A-8.7 - Prohibition and elimination of underground injection of hazardous and radioactive wastes

(a) Except as provided at (b) below, any underground injection of hazardous wastes or radioactive wastes is prohibited. This specifically prohibits the operation of Class IV injection wells, and prohibits hazardous and radioactive wastes from being injected into Class I injection wells.

(b) The Department may, at its discretion, authorize the construction and/or operation of a Class IV or Class I well to inject ground water that has been treated and is being reinjected into the same formation from which it was drawn. The Department's implementation of this injection activity shall be pursuant to provisions for cleanup of releases under CERCLA, or RCRA, as described in 40 C.F.R. 144.13(c), or when conducted under Department oversight pursuant to the Underground Storage Tanks rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14B, the Industrial Site Recovery Act (13:1K-6 et seq., as amended), or the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites at N.J.A.C. 7:26C. These injection activities shall generally be conducted to alleviate a situation posing a substantial danger to public health or safety or when necessitated by public health or environmental considerations (for example, when injection wells are used as a component of a ground water remediation program).

(c) Abandonment and closure of any injection well that is injecting, or has ever injected, hazardous wastes (including Class IV and Class I injection wells) shall be performed in compliance with all applicable Department regulations for remediation of contaminated sites including the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites (N.J.A.C. 7:26C).

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-8.7

Amended by R.2012 d.095, effective 5/7/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 1935(a), 44 N.J.R. 1339(b).
In (b) and (c), substituted "Administrative Requirements for" for "Procedures for Department Oversight of"; and in (b), updated the N.J.S.A. reference.