Idaho Code 42-3902A – Prohibition of Injection of Hazardous Wastes and of Radioactive Wastes
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 42-3902A
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Drinking water source: means an aquifer which contains water having less than ten thousand (10,000) mg/l total dissolved solids and has not been exempted from this designation by the director of the department of water resources. See Idaho Code 42-3902
- Injection: means the subsurface emplacement of fluids through an injection well, but excludes the following:
Idaho Code 42-3902Injection well: means any feature that is operated to allow injection which also meets at least one (1) of the following criteria:
Idaho Code 42-3902person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Construction of an injection well to be used for injection of hazardous wastes or of radioactive wastes into or above a drinking water source is prohibited. Injection of hazardous wastes or of radioactive wastes through an existing injection well into or above a drinking water source is prohibited. Any such injection shall subject any person responsible for said activity to the sanctions and penalties of this chapter in addition to all other applicable sanctions and penalties provided by statute or the common law.