147.2400—State-administered program—Class I, II, III, IV, and V wells.
The UIC program for Class I, II, III, IV, and V wells in the State of Washington other than those on Indian lands, is the program administered by the Washington Department of Ecology, approved by EPA pursuant to section 1422 of the SDWA. Notice of this approval was published in the Federal Register on August 9, 1984; the effective date of this program is September 24, 1984. 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 Washington. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal Register effective September 24, 1984.
(1)
Revised Code of Washington section 90.48.020, 90.48.080, 90.48.160, and 90.48.162 (Bureau of National Affairs, 1983 Laws);
(2)
Washington Administrative Code sections 173-218-010 to 173-218-110 (Bureau of National Affairs, 2/29/84);
(b) Other laws.
The following statutes and regulations although not incorporated by reference, also are part of the approved State-administered program:
(1)
Revised Code of Washington, chapter 34.04 (Bureau of National Affairs, 1981 Laws), entitled “Administrative Procedure act”;
(2)
Revised Code of Washington, chapter 43.21A (Bureau of National Affairs, 1980 Laws), entitled “Department of Ecology,” as amended by 1983 Washington Laws, Chapter 270;
(3)
Revised Code of Washington, chapter 70.105 (Bureau of National Affairs, 1983 Laws), entitled “Hazardous Waste Disposal”;
(4)
Revised Code of Washington, chapter 78.52 (Bureau of National Affairs, 1983 Laws), entitled “Oil and Gas Conservation”;
(5)
Revised Code of Washington, chapter 90.48 (Bureau of National Affairs, 1986 Laws), entitled “Water Pollution Control.”
(c)
(1)
The Memorandum of Agreement between EPA Region X and the Washington Department of Ecology, signed by the EPA Regional Administrator on May 14, 1984;
(2)
Memorandum of Agreement between the Washington Department of Ecology and Oil and Gas Conservation Committee, Related to the Underground Injection Control Program for the State of Washington, signed March 23, 1984;
(3)
Memorandum of Agreement between the Washington Department of Ecology and Washington Department of Natural Resources, Related to the Underground Injection Control Program for the State of Washington, signed March 23, 1984;
(4)
Memorandum of Agreement between the Washington Department of Ecology and Department of Social and Health Services, Related to the Underground Injection Control Program for the State of Washington, signed March 23, 1984;
(d) Statement of legal authority.
Letter from Attorney General of the State of Washington, by Senior Assistant Attorney General, to Director, Washington State Department of Ecology, “Re: Underground Injection Control Regulatory Program—Attorney General's Statement,” February 28, 1984.
(e)
The Program Description and any other materials submitted as part of the original application or as supplements thereto.