Idaho Code 42-3917 – Civil Penalties — Injection of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 42-3917
- Director: means the director of the department of water resources. See Idaho Code 42-3902
- Hazardous waste: means any fluid or combination of fluids, excluding radioactive wastes, which because of quantity, concentration or characteristics (physical, chemical or biological) may:
Idaho Code 42-3902Injection: 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 73-114Radioactive waste: means any fluid which contains radioactive material in concentrations which exceed those established for discharges to water by 10 CFR 20. See Idaho Code 42-3902
Any person who constructs, operates, maintains, converts, plugs, abandons, or conducts any other activity in a manner that results or may result in the unauthorized injection of a hazardous waste or of a radioactive waste through an injection well shall be in violation of section 42-3902A, Idaho Code, and subject to a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each day in which such action occurs. The director shall have the authority to file an action in the appropriate district court to impose, assess and recover said civil penalties.