Registration

(1) The owner and operator of an existing, proposed, or closed Class IV or Class V well that meets any of the following criteria shall jointly submit an electronic registration application to the Department using the Department's electronic filing system (unless the Department indicates that an alternative filing format is acceptable at the time of filing, or unless the Department grants a hardship exemption that allows for paper submission on a form available from the Department) in accordance with the following: (a) Unless exempt pursuant to 310 CMR 27.07, the owner and operator of a Class V well in existence as of September 13, 2002, shall jointly submit a registration application to the Department for each such well by January 1, 2003; (b) Unless exempt pursuant to 310 CMR 27.07, the owner and operator of a Class V injection well first put into use after September 13, 2002, shall jointly submit a registration application to the Department prior to commencing any injection; (c) The owner and operator of a registered Class IV or Class V injection well shall jointly submit a registration application to the Department prior to any conversion of the injection well's class or type of injection; (d) Unless exempt pursuant to 310 CMR 27.07, the owner or operator or Massachusetts Licensed Site Professional (LSP) of record of a property with an existing Class IV or Class V aquifer remediation well authorized by 310 CMR 27.05(1) shall submit the information required by 310 CMR 27.08(2) on a form provided by the Department by the following deadlines: 1. by April 1, 2017, for a well in existence as of October 1, 2016; or 2. within 30 days after commencing any injection for a well first put into use after October 1, 2016; and (e) The owner and operator of a Class V injection well that has become an inactive well or has gone through a closure process for which a Department-issued UIC registration number has not been issued shall jointly submit a registration application to the Department unless that well was closed prior to September 13, 2002. (2) A registration application submitted to the Department by the owner and operator of an existing, proposed, or closed Class IV or Class V well shall be signed by both the owner and operator of the well and shall include all information requested by the form including, but not limited to, the following: (a) facility name; (b) facility location; (c) name of facility owner; (d) legal contact for facility owner; (e) name of facility operator; (f) legal contact for facility operator; (g) nature and type of well(s); and (h) operating status of well(s). (3) Failure by the Department to approve, approve with conditions or deny a complete application within the timelines established in 310 CMR 4.00: Timely Action Schedule and Fee Provisions, shall be deemed to be an approval of the application. (4) No person may commence or convert any injection into a well for which a registration application has been submitted pursuant to 310 CMR 27.08(1)(b) or (c), until the registration is approved by the Department. (5) The Department may deny a registration application or impose conditions on its approval of a registration application if it determines that: (a) the injection well does not conform to the applicable standards for registration established by 310 CMR 27.00; (b) the injection is causing or allowing, or may cause or allow, the movement of fluid containing any pollutant into underground sources of drinking water and the presence of that pollutant is causing or is likely to cause a violation of 310 CMR 22.00: Drinking Water; (c) the injection is impairing or may impair the use of ground water as an actual or potential source of potable water; (d) the injection is adversely affecting or may adversely affect the health of persons; (e) the application was not timely submitted in accordance with 310 CMR 27.08(1); (f) the application is incomplete; or (g) the applicant has submitted information in the registration application which the applicant knew or reasonably should have known was false or misleading. (6) No person may continue any injection into a well for which a registration application has been submitted pursuant to 310 CMR 27.08(1)(a) or (d) if the registration is denied by the Department. Links to the UIC regulations and guidelines, UIC registration filing instructions, and a link to the Department's electronic filing system can be found at: http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/water/drinking/underground-injection-control.html.