Criteria for establishing permitting priorities.

In determining priorities for setting times for owners or operators to submit applications for authorization to inject under the procedures of § 144.31 (a), (c), (g) or § 144.22(f), the Director shall base these priorities upon consideration of the following factors: (a) Injection wells known or suspected to be contaminating underground sources of drinking water; (b) Injection wells known to be injecting fluids containing hazardous contaminants; (c) Likelihood of contamination of underground sources of drinking water; (d) Potentially affected population; (e) Injection wells violating existing State requirements; (f) Coordination with the issuance of permits required by other State or Federal permit programs; (g) Age and depth of the injection well; and (h) Expiration dates of existing State permits, if any. (Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912, 6925, 6927, 6974) [45 FR 42500, June 24, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 14293, Apr. 1, 1983]