Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare

42 U.S.C. § 6939b: Interim control of hazardous waste injection

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into a formation which contains (within one-quarter mile of the well used for such underground injection) an underground source of drinking water; or above such a formation. a response action taken under section 9604 or 9606 of this title, or part of corrective action required under this chapter 1 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. such contaminated ground water is treated to substantially reduce hazardous constituents prior to such injection; and such response action or corrective action will, upon completion, be sufficient to protect human health and the environment. 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 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. 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.

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