{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f6939b.","heading":"Interim control of hazardous waste injection","text":"\u00a7\u202f6939b.\nInterim control of hazardous waste injection\n(a)\nUnderground source of drinking water\nNo hazardous waste may be disposed of by underground injection\u2014\n(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\n(2) above such a formation.\nThe prohibitions established under this section shall take effect 6 months after\nNovember 8, 1984\n42 U.S.C. 300f\n(b)\nActions under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act\nSubsection (a) shall not apply to the injection of contaminated ground water into the aquifer from which it was withdrawn, if\u2014\n(1) such injection is\u2014\n(A) a response action taken under section 9604 or 9606 of this title, or\n(B) part of corrective action required under this chapter\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.\nintended to clean up such contamination;\n(2) such contaminated ground water is treated to substantially reduce hazardous constituents prior to such injection; and\n(3) such response action or corrective action will, upon completion, be sufficient to protect human health and the environment.\n(c)\nEnforcement\nIn addition to enforcement under the provisions of this chapter, the prohibitions established under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall be enforceable under the Safe Drinking Water Act [\n(1) which has adopted identical or more stringent prohibitions under part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act [\n42 U.S.C. 300h\n(2) in which the Administrator has adopted identical or more stringent prohibitions under the Safe Drinking Water Act [\n42 U.S.C. 300f\n(d)\nDefinitions\nThe terms \u201cprimary enforcement responsibility\u201d, \u201cunderground source of drinking water\u201d, \u201cformation\u201d and \u201cwell\u201d have the same meanings as provided in regulations of the Administrator under the Safe Drinking Water Act [\n42 U.S.C. 300f","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s6939b.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f6939b."},{"t":"heading","text":"Interim control of hazardous waste injection"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Underground source of drinking water"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"No hazardous waste may be disposed of by underground injection\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" into a formation which contains (within one-quarter mile of the well used for such underground injection) an underground source of drinking water; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" above such a formation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"The prohibitions established under this section shall take effect 6 months after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"November 8, 1984","tail":", 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 ["},{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 300f","href":"/us/usc/t42/s300f","tail":" et seq.]."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Actions under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Subsection (a) shall not apply to the injection of contaminated ground water into the aquifer from which it was withdrawn, if\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" such injection is\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/b/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a response action taken under section 9604 or 9606 of this title, or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/b/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" part of corrective action required under this chapter\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be followed by a comma."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be followed by a comma."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"intended to clean up such contamination;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" such contaminated ground water is treated to substantially reduce hazardous constituents prior to such injection; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" such response action or corrective action will, upon completion, be sufficient to protect human health and the environment.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Enforcement"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In addition to enforcement under the provisions of this chapter, the prohibitions established under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall be enforceable under the Safe Drinking Water Act [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 300f","href":"/us/usc/t42/s300f","tail":" et seq.] in any State\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" which has adopted identical or more stringent prohibitions under part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 300h","href":"/us/usc/t42/s300h","tail":" et seq.] and which has assumed primary enforcement responsibility under that Act for enforcement of such prohibitions; or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" in which the Administrator has adopted identical or more stringent prohibitions under the Safe Drinking Water Act [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 300f","href":"/us/usc/t42/s300f","tail":" et seq.] and is exercising primary enforcement responsibility under that Act for enforcement of such prohibitions."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s6939b/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The terms \u201cprimary enforcement responsibility\u201d, \u201cunderground source of drinking water\u201d, \u201cformation\u201d and \u201cwell\u201d have the same meanings as provided in regulations of the Administrator under the Safe Drinking Water Act [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 300f","href":"/us/usc/t42/s300f","tail":" et seq.]. 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