Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality
Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM CLASS I AND V WELLS
Section 27-20 - Prohibitions

(i) Conduct any authorized injection activity in a manner that results in a violation of any permit condition or representations made in the application, the request for coverage under the general permit, individual permit, or permit by rule. A permit condition supersedes any application content.

(ii) Construct, install, modify or improve an authorized injection facility except in compliance with the permit requirements.

(i) No person shall conduct any authorized injection activity in a manner that results in a movement of fluids out of the receiver, including, but not limited to:

(ii) No solvent wastes which are listed hazardous waste numbers F001, F002, F003, F004, or F005 under 40 CFR 261.31 shall be injected underground in any Class I well unless those wastes are waste solvent mixtures that do not exceed or are treated to not exceed the standards listed in Appendix A.

(iii) No dioxin containing wastes which are listed hazardous waste number F020, F021, F022, F023, F026, F027 or F028 under 40 CFR 261.31 shall be injected underground in any well unless those wastes do not exceed, or are treated to not exceed the standards listed in Appendix B.

(iv) Treatment to meet appendix A or B limitations shall be accomplished according to a state hazardous waste treatment permit issued by the department. Dilution is prohibited as a substitute for treatment of wastes listed in subsections paragraphs (ii) and (iii) above.

(v) No person shall inject any hazardous waste which has been banned from land disposal pursuant to 40 CFR 268.41 or department regulations, as applicable, unless:

(i) No person shall discharge to any zone except the authorized discharge zone as described in the permit.

(ii) The construction of any Class 5C4 facility after the effective date of these regulations is prohibited.

(iii) No person shall inject any hazardous waste which has been banned from land disposal pursuant to Chapter 1, Wyoming Hazardous Waste Rules and Regulations unless the disposal conforms to that chapter.

(iv) No drainage facility, subclass 5D1 through 5D5 shall be constructed so as to directly receive any waste other than natural precipitation or natural groundwater unless permitted under an individual permit.

(v) No heating and cooling facility, subclass 5A1 through 5A3, shall be constructed so as to receive any waste other than cooling water. No corrosion inhibitors, scale inhibitors, biocides, antifreeze agents, salts, or refrigerants shall be added to the water prior to injection.

(vi) No abandoned drinking water well shall be used as a disposal well unless it can be demonstrated that the waste being disposed of will leave the class of use of the affected groundwater unchanged. The class of use referred to is determined under Water Quality Rules and Regulations, Chapter 8 Quality Standards for Wyoming Ground Waters.

(vii) No wastewater produced by electric power generation from geothermal fluids shall be disposed of in any Class V injection facility. Such wells are Class I injection wells and are covered by regulations in this chapter.

(viii) No wastewater produced by recovery of brines and extraction of halogens shall be disposed of in any Class V injection facility. Such wells are Class I injection wells and are covered by regulations in this chapter.

(ix) No person shall construct and/or operate any cesspool after April 14, 1998. No Class V facility which receives domestic sewage shall be constructed and/or operated after April 14, 1998 unless the waste is first treated in a septic tank, or other pre-treatment device. Prior to closure of any cesspool, the operator shall notify the administrator thirty (30) days in advance.

(x) The operation of any Class V septic system with liquid waste visible on the ground surface shall be considered a failure of the system and a violation of these regulations.

(xi) An operator of a facility which is authorized by rule is prohibited from injection into the facility:

(xii) Pumping domestic sewage out of any Class V facility for any use other than disposal to an approved facility is prohibited.