40 CFR § 147.2909 - Authorization of existing wells by rule.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s147.2909"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 147.2909 - Authorization of existing wells by rule."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "147.2909"
section_name: "Authorization of existing wells by rule."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "WATER PROGRAMS"
part_number: "147"
part_name: "STATE, TRIBAL, AND EPA-ADMINISTERED UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 300f  and 42 U.S.C. 6901"
regulatory_source: "49 FR 20197, May 11, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "147"
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# 147.2909 Authorization of existing wells by rule.

All existing Class II injection wells (wells authorized by BIA and constructed or completed on or before the effective date of the Osage UIC program) are hereby authorized. Owners or operators of wells authorized by rule must comply with the provisions of §§ 147.2903, 147.2905, 147.2907, and 147.2910 through 147.2915.