(a) Pursuant to the
provisions of W.S. §
35-11-301(a), no person
shall:
(i) Discharge into, construct,
operate, or modify any Class VI well unless permitted pursuant to this
Chapter;
(ii) Discharge or inject
to any zone except the authorized injection zone as described in the
permit;
(iii) Conduct any injection
activity in a manner that results in a violation of any permit condition or
that conflicts with any representations made in a permit application;
(iv) Construct, operate, maintain, convert,
plug, abandon, or conduct any other injection activity in a manner that allows
the movement of fluid containing any contaminant into underground sources of
drinking water, if the presence of that contaminant may cause a violation of
any primary drinking water regulation contained in 40 C.F.R. Part 141, Subparts
E, F, and G, or may otherwise adversely affect human health, safety, or the
environment. The applicant for a permit shall have the burden of showing that
the requirements of this paragraph are met.
(v) Inject any hazardous waste that has been
banned from land disposal pursuant to Wyoming Hazardous Waste Rules, Chapter
1;
(vi) Construct a new, operate an
existing, or maintain an existing Class V well for non-experimental geologic
sequestration
(b) Class
VI wells shall inject only to receivers classified by the Department pursuant
to Water Quality Rules and Regulations, Chapter 8, as Class V (Hydrocarbon
Commercial) or Class VI groundwaters. No Class VI well shall inject to any
Class I, Class II, Class III, Class IV, or unclassified groundwaters.
(c) The Administrator shall designate and
protect as underground sources of drinking water, all aquifers and parts of
aquifers that meet the definition of "underground source of drinking water" in
Section
2 of this
Chapter, except to the extent there is expansion to the areal extent of an
existing Class II enhanced oil recovery or enhanced gas recovery aquifer
exemption for the exclusive purpose of Class VI injection for geologic
sequestration under Section
16 of this Chapter.
(i) The Administrator may identify
underground sources of drinking water by narrative description, illustrations,
maps, or other means.
(ii) Other
than EPA-approved aquifer exemption expansions that meet the requirements of
Section
16 of this Chapter, new aquifer exemptions
shall not be issued for Class VI injection wells. Even if an aquifer has not
been specifically identified by the Administrator, it is an underground source
of drinking water if it meets the definition in Section
2 of this
Chapter.
