[Title 40 CFR 147.2251]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 1996 Edition]
[Title 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT]
[Chapter I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)]
[Part 147 - STATE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAMS]
[Subpart Tt - Utah]
[Sec. 147.2251 - State-administered program--Class II wells.]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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    PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
    STATE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAMS
    Utah
  


Sec. 147.2251  State-administered program--Class II wells.

    The UIC program for Class II wells in the State of Utah, except 
those on Indian lands, is the program administered by the Utah 
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining, 
approved by EPA pursuant to section 1425 of the SDWA. Notice of this 
approval was published in the Federal Register on October 8, 1982 (47 FR 
44561); the effective date of this program is November 7, 1982. This 
program consists of the following elements, as submitted to EPA in the 
State's program application:
    (a) Incorporation by reference. The requirements set forth in the 
State statutes and regulations cited in this paragraph are hereby 
incorporated by reference and made a part of the applicable UIC program 
under the SDWA for the State of Utah. This incorporation by reference 
was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on June 25, 1984.
    (1) Utah Code Annotated, 1953, section 40-6-1 through 40-6-18, as 
amended 1988 and Cumm. Supp. 1990;
    (2) The Oil and Gas Conservation General Rules, adopted under the 
authority of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, 40-6-1 et seq., Utah Code 
Annotated, as amended 1988 (revised March 1989), rules R615-1 through 
R615-4, and R615-8 through R615-10.
    (b) Other laws. [Reserved]
    (c)(1) The Memorandum of Agreement between EPA, Region VIII and the 
Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining 
and the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining, signed by the EPA Regional 
Administrator on July 19, 1983;
    (2) Letter from Director, Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, Utah 
Department of Natural Resources and Energy, to Regional Administrator, 
EPA Region VIII, ``Re: Aquifer Exemption Process,'' June 16, 1982;
    (3) ``Memorandum of Understanding'' between Utah Department of 
Health and Utah Department of Natural Resources, dated March 5, 1981;

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    (4) ``Second Addition to Agreement between the Department of Health 
and the Department of Natural Resources and Energy,'' dated December 15, 
1981.
    (d) Statement of legal authority. (1) Part III of ``Primacy 
Application--Class II Underground Injection Wells,'' consisting of 
``Synopsis of Pertinent Statutes and Regulations,'' ``Statement of Legal 
Authority,'' and ``Certification by the Attorney General,'' by Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Natural Resources and Energy, dated 
December 18, 1981;
    (2) Letter from Assistant Attorney General, State of Utah, to EPA 
Region VIII, undated, received in the EPA Office of Regional Counsel 
June 10, 1982.
    (3) Memorandum to Director, Division of Oil, Gas and Mining from 
Assistant Attorney General regarding Underground Injection Control 
Program, January 8, 1985.
    (e) The Program Description and any other materials submitted as 
part of the application or amendments thereto.

[49 FR 20197, May 11, 1984, as amended at 53 FR 43091, Oct. 25, 1988; 56 
FR 9420, Mar. 6, 1991]