NAC445A.845. Class I wells.  


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  • A Class I well is an injection well for the disposal of industrial, municipal and radioactive waste, whereby fluids are injected below the lowest formation containing, within one-quarter mile of the well bore, water with a concentration of total dissolved solids of 10,000 milligrams or less per liter, and includes:

         1. A well used for the injection of hazardous waste by a person who generates hazardous waste or an owner or operator of a facility for the management of hazardous waste;

         2. A well for the disposal of industrial waste; and

         3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a well for the disposal of municipal waste. The classification of Class I well does not include a well for the disposal of treated municipal effluent.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87; A by R042-01, 10-25-2001; R103-04, 2-11-2005)