§ 6939b. Interim control of hazardous waste injection

• (a) No hazardous waste may be disposed of by underground injection—
  • (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
  • (2) above such a formation.
• (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to the injection of contaminated ground water into the aquifer from which it was withdrawn, if—
  • (1) such injection is—
    • (A) a response action taken under section 9604 or 9606 of this title, or
    • (B) part of corrective action required under this chapter 1 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
  • (2) such contaminated ground water is treated to substantially reduce hazardous constituents prior to such injection; and
  • (3) such response action or corrective action will, upon completion, be sufficient to protect human health and the environment.
• (c) 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 [ 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.] in any State—
  • (1) 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
  • (2) 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.
• (d) 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.