42 U.S.C. § 6939b : US Code - Section 6939B: Interim control of hazardous waste injection

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6939b : US Code - Section 6939B: Interim control of hazardous waste injection

(a) Underground source of drinking water
No hazardous waste may be disposed of by underground injection -
(1) into a formation which contains (within one-quarter mile of
the well used for such underground injection) an underground
source of drinking water; or
(2) above such a formation.
The prohibitions established under this section shall take effect 6
months after November 8, 1984, except in the case of any State in
which identical or more stringent prohibitions are in effect before
such date under the Safe Drinking Water Act [42 U.S.C. 300f et
seq.].
(b) Actions under Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the injection
of contaminated ground water into the aquifer from which it was
withdrawn, if -
(1) such injection is -
(A) a response action taken under section 9604 or 9606 of
this title, or
(B) part of corrective action required under this chapter
(!1)
intended to clean up such contamination;
(2) such contaminated ground water is treated to substantially
reduce hazardous constituents prior to such injection; and
(3) such response action or corrective action will, upon
completion, be sufficient to protect human health and the
environment.
(c) Enforcement
In addition to enforcement under the provisions of this chapter,
the prohibitions established under paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subsection (a) of this section shall be enforceable under the Safe
Drinking Water Act [42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.] in any State -
(1) which has adopted identical or more stringent prohibitions
under part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act [42 U.S.C. 300h et
seq.] and which has assumed primary enforcement responsibility
under that Act for enforcement of such prohibitions; or
(2) in which the Administrator has adopted identical or more
stringent prohibitions under the Safe Drinking Water Act [42
U.S.C. 300f et seq.] and is exercising primary enforcement
responsibility under that Act for enforcement of such
prohibitions.
(d) Definitions
The terms "primary enforcement responsibility", "underground
source of drinking water", "formation" and "well" have the same
meanings as provided in regulations of the Administrator under the
Safe Drinking Water Act [42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.]. The term "Safe
Drinking Water Act" means title XIV of the Public Health Service
Act.