Section 704.149  Requiring Other Information

a)         In addition to the inventory requirements of Section 704.148, the Agency may require the owner or operator of any well authorized by rule under this Subpart C to submit information as deemed necessary by the Agency to determine whether a well may be endangering a USDW in violation of Section 704.122.

b)         Such information requirements may include, but are not limited to the following:

1)         Performance of groundwater monitoring and the periodic submission of reports of such monitoring;

2)         An analysis of injected fluids, including periodic submission of such analyses; and

3)         A description of the geologic strata through and into which injection is taking place.

c)         Any request for information under this Section must be made in writing, and include a brief statement of the reasons for requiring the information.  An owner or operator must submit the information within the time periods provided in the notice.

d)         An owner or operator of an injection well authorized by rule under this Subpart C is prohibited from injecting into the well upon failure of the owner or operator to comply with a request for information within the time period specified by the Agency pursuant to subsection (c).  An owner or operator of a well prohibited from injection under this Section may not resume injection, except under a permit issued pursuant to any of Sections 704.147, 704.161, 704.162, or 704.163.

BOARD NOTE:  Derived from 40 CFR 144.27 (2017).

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 21095, effective November 19, 2018)