Current through February, 2024
(a) The
director shall notify the public of every application for a well proposing to
inject into an Underground source of drinking water in a manner designed to
inform interested and potentially interested persons. Public notice procedures
shall include at least the following:
(1)
Notice shall be circulated within the geographical area in which the proposed
injection is located. The circulation shall, at the discretion of the director,
include either or both of the following:
(A)
Posting in the post office and public places of the municipality nearest the
premises of the applicant in which the injection well facility is located;
and
(B) Publishing in local
newspapers and periodicals or in a daily newspaper of general
circulation;
(2) Notice
shall be mailed to any person or group upon reguest; and
(3) The director shall add to a mailing list
the name of any person or group who requests copies of notices for all UIC
applications which propose the use of a USDW for injection purposes within the
State or a certain geographical area.
(b) The director shall provide a period of
not less than thirty days following the date of the public notice, during which
time interested persons may submit their written views with respect to the UIC
application. All written comments submitted during the thirty-day comment
period shall be retained by the director and considered in the formulation of
the final determination with respect to the UIC application. The period for
comment may be extended at the discretion of the director.
(c) The public notice shall include at least
the following:
(1) Name, address and phone
number of the agency issuing the public notice;
(2) Name and address of each
applicant;
(3) Brief description of
each applicant's activities or Operations which intend to utilize the injection
wells described in the UIC application;
(4) A brief description of the procedures for
the formulation of final determinations, including the thirty-day comment
period required by subsection (b) of this section and any other means by which
interested persons may influence or comment upon those determinations;
and
(5) Address and phone number of
the State agency premises at which interested persons may obtain further
Information; and may inspect and copy UIC forma and related documents.
