40 CFR § 144.40 - Termination of permits.

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title: "40 CFR § 144.40 - Termination of permits."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "144.40"
section_name: "Termination of permits."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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subchapter_name: "WATER PROGRAMS"
part_number: "144"
part_name: "UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM"
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authority: "Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f  Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901"
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# 144.40 Termination of permits.

(a) The Director may terminate a permit during its term, or deny a permit renewal application for the following causes:

(1) Noncompliance by the permittee with any condition of the permit;

(2) The permittee's failure in the application or during the permit issuance process to disclose fully all relevant facts, or the permittee's misrepresentation of any relevant facts at any time; or

(3) A determination that the permitted activity endangers human health or the environment and can only be regulated to acceptable levels by permit modification or termination;

(b) The Director shall follow the applicable procedures in part 124 in terminating any permit under this section.