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If you are denied rule authorization and you are operating a UIC well, you must obtain a state waste discharge permit under chapter 173-216 WAC State waste discharge permit program or chapter 173-226 WAC Waste discharge general permit program or close the well.
(1) Permit terms and conditions must meet the requirements of chapter 173-216 or 173-226 WAC and this chapter.
(2) All injection activities including construction of an injection well are prohibited until the well is rule authorized or issued a permit 40 C.F.R. 144.31 (October 4, 2001).
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 43.21A and 90.48 RCW. WSR 06-02-065 (Order 01-10), § 173-218-110, filed 1/3/06, effective 2/3/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.445. WSR 84-06-023 (Order DE 84-02), § 173-218-110, filed 2/29/84.]