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Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 3 - NPDES REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO STORM WATER DISCHARGES › Section 119-3-002 - Permit Requirement

Current through June 17, 2024
002.01 Storm water discharges, including
  those from industrial activity, large municipal separate storm sewer systems,
  and medium separate storm sewer systems, require NPDES coverage as promulgated
  at 40 CFR part 122.26 (a).
002.02 A
  small MS4 is subject to storm water regulation as promulgated at 40 CFR part
  122.26 (a) (9) (i) and part 122.32.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 3 - NPDES REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO STORM WATER DISCHARGES › Section 119-3-003 - Application deadlines

Current through June 17, 2024
Any operator of a point source required to obtain a permit under this
	 chapter that does not have an effective NPDES permit authorizing discharges
	 from its storm water outfalls will submit an application in accordance with the
	 deadlines promulgated at 40 CFR part 122.26 (e).
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 3 - NPDES REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO STORM WATER DISCHARGES › Section 119-3-004

Current through June 17, 2024
Petitions as described in 40 CFR part 122.26 (f) may be submitted in
	 accordance with that part.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 3 - NPDES REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO STORM WATER DISCHARGES › Section 119-3-005

Current through June 17, 2024
A Conditional exclusion for "no exposure" of industrial activities and
	 materials to storm water.is applicable in accordance with
	 40 CFR
	 136 part 122.26 (g).
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 4 - LAND APPLICATION OF DOMESTIC EFFLUENT, LAND APPLICATION OF SINGLE PASS NONCONTACT COOLING WATER AND DISPOSAL OF DOMESTIC BIOSOLIDS › Section 119-4-001

Current through June 17, 2024
There will be two procedures designed to permit and authorize the land
	 application of effluent and/or single pass noncontact cooling water and/or
	 biosolids. Land application sites and/or effluent not meeting the requirements,
	 limitations, prohibitions or conditions set forth in this chapter will not be
	 permitted under Authorization by Rule but may still be eligible for a site
	 specific permit or site specific language included in an NPDES permit for an
	 individual wastewater treatment facility. Such a determination will be made by
	 the Department. The two procedures necessary for these regulations are as
	 follows:
001.01 Authorization by Rule.
  An NPDES permit allowing the land application of effluent and/or single pass
  noncontact cooling water and/or biosolids is hereby Authorized by Rule provided
  all of the requirements, conditions, limitations and prohibitions contained
  sections 002, 003, and 004 of this chapter or any other regulation contained in
  Title 119 pertaining to the land application itself, the land application site
  and the aforementioned land application materials are observed.
001.02 Application for Site Specific Land
  Application Authorization. If a land application site and/or the land
  application material cannot meet all of the requirements, conditions,
  limitations or prohibitions contained in sections. 002, 003, and 004 of this
  chapter or any other regulation contained in Title 119 pertaining to the land
  application itself, the applicant may submit an application for a site specific
  land application permit and / or site specific language to be placed in an
  NPDES permit for an individual wastewater treatment facility. The determination
  to approve the permit will be made by the Department on a case by case
  basis.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 4 - LAND APPLICATION OF DOMESTIC EFFLUENT, LAND APPLICATION OF SINGLE PASS NONCONTACT COOLING WATER AND DISPOSAL OF DOMESTIC BIOSOLIDS › Section 119-4-002 - Land Application of Effluent

Current through June 17, 2024
002.01 Effluent
  used for land application will be the final discharge from a domestic
  wastewater treatment facility. The discharge will receive, at a minimum,
  treatment so that the limits and conditions set forth herein can be
  met.
002.02 Land Application Site
  Requirements and Conditions for Restricted and Unrestricted Public Access Sites
002.02A Set Backs and Buffer Zones. The
  application area will be at least:
002.02A1
  1000 feet away from any public drinking water well;
002.02A2 100 feet away from any private
  drinking water well; and
002.02A3
  100 feet from any inhabited dwellings.
002.02A4 Additionally, land application
  cannot occur within or adjacent to residential areas.
002.02A5 Application of effluent cannot drain
  beyond the land application site boundaries.
002.02A6 Application of effluent, runoff or
  spray is not allowed on public roadways.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 4 - LAND APPLICATION OF DOMESTIC EFFLUENT, LAND APPLICATION OF SINGLE PASS NONCONTACT COOLING WATER AND DISPOSAL OF DOMESTIC BIOSOLIDS › Section 119-4-003 - Single Pass Noncontact Cooling Water

Current through June 17, 2024
003.01 The
  requirements and conditions listed in sections
  002.02A through
  002.02F are all
  applicable to single pass noncontact cooling water.
003.01A The monitoring frequency for
  Restricted Public Access Sites will be, at a minimum, annually. The effluent
  will be sampled on the first day of land application.
003.01B Single pass noncontact cooling water
  used for land application will originate from either a well or a municipal
  water source and will not contain any additives placed in the water after entry
  into the cooling system.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 4 - LAND APPLICATION OF DOMESTIC EFFLUENT, LAND APPLICATION OF SINGLE PASS NONCONTACT COOLING WATER AND DISPOSAL OF DOMESTIC BIOSOLIDS › Section 119-4-004

Current through June 17, 2024
Sewage sludge resulting from domestic, industrial, septic or
	 pretreatment facilities treating compatible type pollutants (i.e. pollutants
	 such as BOD, TSS, ammonia) may be land applied by a facility in accordance to
	 this chapter and their NPDES or Facility pretreatment permit.
004.01 The director will consider any
  relevant technical guidance in establishing terms and conditions necessary to
  protect human health and the environment, including but not limited to the
  conditions and requirements of 40 CFR part 503 pertaining to Standards For The
  Use Or Disposal of Sewage Sludge ( 40 CFR part 503 ) and/or to the conditions
  and requirements of 40 CFR part 257 pertaining to Criteria For Classification
  Of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities And Practices these Federal regulations ( 40
  CFR part 257 ) are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference.
004.02 The Department may prevent the land
  application of sewage sludge for any reasonable cause including a facility
  failing to follow the site restrictions and management practices specified 40
  CFR part 503, 40 CFR part 257 and/or section
  002.02A and
  002.02B of this
  chapter.
004.03 Sewage Sludge
  records will be kept for a minimum of 5 years or as specified in 40 CFR part
  503 or 40 CFR part 257.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 5 - EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS › Section 119-5-001 - Duty to Apply

Current through June 17, 2024
Regulations promulgated in this chapter prescribe effluent limitations
	 guidelines for existing sources, standards of performance for new sources and
	 pretreatment standards for new and existing sources. Point sources of
	 discharges of pollutants are required to comply with these regulations, where
	 applicable, and permits issued by the department will be conditioned upon
	 compliance with the applicable effluent guidelines and standards.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 5 - EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS › Section 119-5-002 - Time to Apply

Current through June 17, 2024
Test procedures for analysis of pollutants. The conditions and
	 requirements of 40 CFR part 136 pertaining to the Guidelines Establishing Test
	 Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants are hereby adopted and incorporated
	 by this reference.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 5 - EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS › Section 119-5-003 - Duty to reapply

Current through June 17, 2024
Criteria and standards for determining fundamentally different factors.
	 The conditions and requirements of 40 CFR part 125 , Subpart D pertaining to
	 Criteria and Standards for Determining Fundamentally Different Factors is
	 adopted and incorporated by this reference.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 5 - EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS › Section 119-5-004 - Who Applies?

Current through June 17, 2024
Thermal discharges and cooling water intake structures. All of 40 CFR
	 part 125 , Subparts H and I pertaining to criteria for determining alternative
	 effluent limitations and requirements applicable to cooling water intake
	 structures are adopted and incorporated by this reference.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 5 - EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS › Section 119-5-005 - Completeness

Current through June 17, 2024
Toxic pollutant effluent standards. All of 40 CFR part 129 pertaining
	 to Toxic Pollutant Effluent Standards are adopted and incorporated by this
	 reference.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 119 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Chapter 6 - ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION › Section 119-6-003

Current through June 17, 2024
The appropriate application fee will be submitted with the application
	 in the amount specified as follows:
003.01 A five thousand dollar ($5,000) fee
  will be submitted for communities with a population greater than or equal to
  two thousand four hundred and fifty (2,450) people.
003.02 A four thousand dollar ($4,000) fee
  will be submitted for communities with a population from one thousand fifty
  (1,050) but less than two thousand four hundred and fifty (2,450)
  people.
003.03 A three thousand
  dollar ($3,000) fee will be submitted for communities with a population from
  six hundred twenty five (625) but less than one thousand fifty (1,050)
  people.
003.04 A two thousand
  dollar ($2,000) fee will be submitted for communities with a population from
  three hundred fifty (350) but less than six hundred twenty five (625)
  people.
003.05 A one thousand
  dollar ($1,000) fee will be submitted for communities with a population from
  two hundred thirty (230) but less than three hundred fifty (350)
  people.
003.06 A five hundred
  dollar ($500) fee will be submitted for communities with a population from one
  hundred (100) but less than two hundred thirty (230) people.
003.07 A two hundred fifty dollar ($250) fee
  will be submitted for communities with a population less than one hundred (100)
  people.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 120 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Chapter 1 - CERTIFICATION › Section 120-1-001

Current through June 17, 2024
The department will provide certification pursuant to section 401
	 (33 U.S.C. 1341) of
	 the federal Clean Water Act,
	 33 U.S.C.
	 1251 et seq., to an applicant for a federally
	 issued and administered permit or license to conduct any activity including,
	 but not limited to, the construction or operation of facilities, which may
	 result in a discharge into navigable waters, if the discharge will not violate
	 Title 117, Nebraska Surface Water Quality Standards.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 120 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Chapter 1 - CERTIFICATION › Section 120-1-003

Current through June 17, 2024
Certification may be withdrawn by the department when it is determined
	 that there is no longer reasonable assurance that there will be compliance with
	 the applicable provisions of Title 117.
003.01 Notification will be given to the
  applicant by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the intent to
  withdraw certification and the reason therefor. The withdrawal will become
  effective unless the applicant requests in writing a hearing before the
  director no later than ten days after the date the notice is
  received.
003.02 If a hearing is
  held, procedure will be governed by Title 115, Rules and Practice and Procedure
  of the department. The only issue to be determined is whether there is still
  reasonable assurance that there will be compliance with Title 117.
003.03 If the applicant does not make a
  timely request for a hearing before the director, or if, after hearing, the
  director determines that certification should be withdrawn, notice of the
  decision will be given as soon as practicable by certified mail, return receipt
  requested, to the applicant and the Federal agency to whom certification had
  originally been made for an operating license or permit.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 120 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Chapter 1 - CERTIFICATION › Section 120-1-005

Current through June 17, 2024
In all other cases involving certification, the director will, within
	 thirty days of review of a completed application for certification, provide
	 notice on the department webpage of the filing and recommended approval,
	 approval with conditions, or denial.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 120 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Chapter 1 - CERTIFICATION › Section 120-1-006

Current through June 17, 2024
The notice will include:
006.01 The name and address of the
  applicant;
006.02 A description of
  the applicant's proposed action;
006.03 Purpose of the action
  proposed;
006.04 The basis which
  may be used in determining if certification is to be given;
006.05 Where a person may write to request a
  public hearing; and
006.06 The
  legal basis for certification, if made.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 120 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Chapter 1 - CERTIFICATION › Section 120-1-007

Current through June 17, 2024
The public may comment to the director or request a hearing by the end
	 of the public comment period which shall be at least thirty days. Public
	 comments, requests for hearing and notice of hearing will be governed by the
	 procedures in Title 115 applicable to permits. If any information or public
	 comment is received during the comment period which appears to raise
	 significant issues, the director may revise the certification and reissue
	 notice.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 120 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Chapter 3

Current through June 17, 2024
Enabling Legislation: §401(a)(1) and §404, C.W.A.,
		33 U.S.C.
		1251 et seq.; 81-1505(2)(e)
Legal Citation: Title 120, Ch. 3, Nebraska Department of
		Environmental Control
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 120 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Chapter 4

Current through June 17, 2024
Enabling Legislation: §401(a)(1), C.W.A.,
		33 U.S.C.
		1251 et seq.; 81-1505(2)(e)
Legal Citation: Title 120, Ch. 4, Nebraska Department of
		Environmental Control
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Appendix III - Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit

Current through June 17, 2024
Director
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 98922,
Lincoln, NE 68509
Dear {Director}
We hereby establish our irrevocable standby letter of credit No.
	 _______ in your favor, at the request and for the account of (Owner or
	 Operator's name) up to the aggregate amount of (Amount in Words) U.S. Dollars
	 ($ ________), available upon presentation of your sight draft, mentioning
	 thereon this letter of credit No. ________, accompanied by a notice of
	 statement by the Director that (Owner or Operator's Name) has not properly
	 closed plugged, and abandoned the underground injection wells and/or mineral
	 production well(s) and has not properly disassembled, decontaminated, and
	 restored the aquifer and site, including any post-operational monitoring, in
	 accordance with its permit and as required by the Nebraska Environmental
	 Protection Act and the rules and regulations of your Department.
This letter of credit is effective as of (Date) and shall expire on
	 (Date at least one year later), but such expiration date shall be automatically
	 extended for a period of (At least one year) on (Date) and on each successive
	 expiration date, unless we notify both you and (Owner or Operator's Name) by
	 certified mail, return receipt requested, that we have decided not to extend
	 this letter of credit beyond the current expiration date. In the event you are
	 so notified, any unused portion of the credit shall be available upon
	 presentation of your sight draft for one-hundred twenty days after the date of
	 receipt by both you and (Owner or Operator's Name) as shown on the signed
	 return receipts.
We shall promptly notify you and (Owner or Operator's Name) of any
	 notice received or action filed alleging our insolvency or bankruptcy, or
	 alleging any violations of regulatory requirements which could result in
	 suspension or revocation of our charter or license to do business. We will
	 further immediately notify you and (Owner or Operator's Name) of our inability
	 to fulfill our obligations under this letter of credit for any reason.
This letter of credit is subject to the Uniform Customs and Practices
	 for Documentary Credits (1983 Revision) published by the International Chamber
	 of Commerce, Publication 400.
Sincerely yours,
/s/
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-001 - Abandoned well

Current through June 17, 2024
"Abandoned well" shall mean a well whose use has been permanently
	 discontinued or which is in a state of disrepair such that it cannot be used
	 for its intended purpose or for observation purposes.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-002 - Acidizing

Current through June 17, 2024
"Acidizing" shall mean the injection of acid through the borehole or
	 "well" into a "formation" to increase permeability and porosity by dissolving
	 the acid-soluble portion of the rock constituents.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-006 - Aquifer

Current through June 17, 2024
"Aquifer" shall mean a geological formation, group of formations, or
	 part of a formation that is capable of yielding a useable amount of water to a
	 well, spring, or other point of discharge.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-007 - Area of review

Current through June 17, 2024
"Area of review" shall mean the area surrounding an "injection well"
	 including the "zone of endangering influence" and the area beyond of not less
	 than two miles in radius as described in Chapter 14.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-011 - Cementing

Current through June 17, 2024
"Cementing" shall mean the operation whereby a cement slurry or other
	 approved material is pumped into a drilled hole and/or forced behind the
	 casing.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-012 - CERCLA

Current through June 17, 2024
"CERCLA" shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
	 Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments
	 and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA).
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-013 - Cesspool

Current through June 17, 2024
"Cesspool" shall mean a "drywell" that receives untreated sanitary
	 waste, and which sometimes has an open bottom and/or perforated
	 sides.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-014 - Closed Loop Heat Pump Well

Current through June 17, 2024
"Closed Loop Heat Pump Well" shall mean a well constructed for the
	 purpose of installing the underground closed loop necessary to circulate fluid
	 from a closed loop heat pump system.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-015 - Community water well

Current through June 17, 2024
"Community water well" shall mean a water well that is part of a public
	 water supply system that supplies drinking water to at least fifteen (15)
	 service connections used by year round residents or regularly supplies drinking
	 water to twenty-five (25) year round residents.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-017 - Confining zone

Current through June 17, 2024
"Confining zone" shall mean a geological formation, group of
	 formations, or part of a formation that is capable of limiting fluid movement
	 above or below an injection zone.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-025 - Drywell

Current through June 17, 2024
"Drywell" shall mean a well, other than a "subsurface fluid
	 distribution system", completed above the water table where its bottom and
	 sides are typically dry except when receiving fluids.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-026 - Dwelling

Current through June 17, 2024
"Dwelling" shall mean a building, structure, or place used or intended
	 to be used for human occupancy as a single or multi-family residence and which
	 has the capacity to generate "sanitary wastewater" flow equivalent to or less
	 than 20 persons, or a fluid flow equal to or less than 1,000 gallons per
	 day.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-029 - Establishment

Current through June 17, 2024
"Establishment" shall mean a building, structure, house, or place
	 which has the capacity to generate "sanitary wastewater" flow for greater than
	 20 persons, a fluid flow greater than 1,000 gallons per day, non-domestic
	 wastewater, or serves as a restaurant or food preparations
	 facility.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-030 - Exempted aquifer

Current through June 17, 2024
"Exempted aquifer" shall mean an aquifer or its portion that meets the
	 definition of "underground source of drinking water" which has been exempted
	 according to Chapter 5.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-033 - Flow rate

Current through June 17, 2024
"Flow rate" shall mean the volume per time unit given to the flow of
	 gases or other fluid substance which emerges from an orifice, pump, turbine or
	 passes along a conduit or channel.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-035 - Formation

Current through June 17, 2024
"Formation" shall mean a body of rock characterized by a degree of
	 lithologic homogeneity which is prevailingly, but not necessarily, tabular and
	 is mappable on the earth's surface or traceable in the
	 subsurface.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-039 - Hazardous waste

Current through June 17, 2024
"Hazardous waste" shall mean a "waste", which because of its quantity,
	 concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may(a)
	 cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in
	 serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness; or (b) pose a
	 substantial present or potential hazard to human or animal health or the
	 environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or
	 otherwise managed.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-040 - Hazardous waste management facility

Current through June 17, 2024
"Hazardous waste management facility" ("HWM facility") shall mean all
	 contiguous land, and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the
	 land used for treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous
	 waste.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-043 - Large Capacity

Current through June 17, 2024
"Large Capacity" shall mean having a capability to accept sanitary
	 waste generated by greater than 20 persons, or the fluid flow of greater than
	 1,000 gallons per day.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-046 - Mineral production well

Current through June 17, 2024
"Mineral production well" shall mean a well drilled to extract
	 "mineral resources" or energy including, but not limited to, a well designed
	 for:
046.01 Mining of sulfur by the
  Frasch process,
046.02 Solution
  mining of sodium chloride, potash, phosphate, copper, uranium, or any other
  mineral which can be mined by this process,
046.03 In-situ combustion of coal, tar sands,
  oil shale, or any other fossil fuel, or
046.04 Recovery of geothermal energy for the
  production of electric power.
046.05 Mineral production well shall exclude
  any well designed for conventional oil or gas production, for use of fluids to
  promote enhanced recovery of oil or natural gas, for injection of hydrocarbons
  for storage purposes or for environmental monitoring purposes.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-047 - Mineral resource

Current through June 17, 2024
"Mineral resource" shall mean mineral substances, except oil and gas
	 found in the form of consolidated rock or unconsolidated material, commingled,
	 in solution, or otherwise occurring beneath the surface or in the waters of the
	 State from which any product useful to humans may be produced, extracted, or
	 obtained.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-049 - Non-community water well

Current through June 17, 2024
"Non-community water well" shall mean any water well that is part of a
	 public water supply system that supplies drinking water to public water supply
	 that is not a community water supply system.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-053 - Person

Current through June 17, 2024
"Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, association, public
	 or private corporation, trustee, receiver, assignee, agent, municipality, or
	 other governmental subdivision, public agency, officer, or governing or
	 managing body of any municipality, governmental subdivision, or public agency,
	 or any other legal entity except the Department of Environmental
	 Quality.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-054 - Pitless adaptor or unit

Current through June 17, 2024
"Pitless adaptor or unit" shall mean an underground assembly for a
	 well which attaches directly to the casing and provides watertight subsurface
	 connections without the use of a pit and includes the underground distributor
	 and steel extension to the ground surface as well as an adapter which is
	 clamped to the well casing which already extends to the ground
	 surface.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-055 - Plug or Plugging

Current through June 17, 2024
"Plug or Plugging" shall mean the act or process of sealing the flow
	 of fluid into or out of a formation through a borehole or "well" penetrating
	 that formation.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-061 - Restoration

Current through June 17, 2024
"Restoration" shall mean the employment, during and after an activity,
	 of procedures reasonably designed to control, minimize, and eliminate hazards
	 to humans, animals, and the environment, to protect the public health and
	 welfare and air, land, water, and subsurface resources, and to return each
	 resource to a quality of use consistent with the "uses for which the resource
	 was suitable" prior to the activity. Restoration shall be considered not
	 accomplished if, after subsurface operations end, an aquifer is unsuitable for
	 any use for which it was suitable before the subsurface operations began or if
	 the post-activity water quality is such that treatment is preferable
	 hydrologically, as determined by the Department in the exercise of its
	 discretion, for the conduct of any such use.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-062 - Sanitary Waste

Current through June 17, 2024
"Sanitary Waste" shall mean waste fluid originating solely from humans
	 or human activities, such as wastes collected from toilets, showers, wash
	 basins, sinks used for cleaning domestic areas, sinks used for food
	 preparation, clothes washing operations, and sinks or washing machines where
	 food and beverage serving dishes, glasses, and utensils are cleaned. Sources of
	 these wastes may include commercial facilities, and industrial facilities
	 provided the waste is not mixed with industrial waste.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-063 - Sanitary well cap

Current through June 17, 2024
"Sanitary well cap" shall mean a cover fitted to the top of a well
	 casing to seal the opening between the casing and the drop pipe to prevent the
	 entrance of contaminants.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-065 - Septic System

Current through June 17, 2024
"Septic System" shall mean a "well" that is used to place waste fluid
	 below the surface and is typically comprised of a septic tank and "subsurface
	 fluid distribution system".
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-067 - Sludge

Current through June 17, 2024
"Sludge" shall mean the accumulated settled solids deposited from
	 wastewater and commingled with wastewater to form a semi-liquid
	 mass.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-068 - Solid waste

Current through June 17, 2024
"Solid waste" shall mean any garbage, refuse, or sludge from a waste
	 treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control
	 facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or
	 contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, and mining
	 operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or
	 dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which
	 are point sources subject to permits under Section 402 of the Federal Clean
	 Water Act, as amended,
	 33 U.S.C.
	 1251 et seq., or source, special nuclear, or
	 byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 68
	 Stat. 923.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-069 - Stratum

Current through June 17, 2024
"Stratum" (plural strata) shall mean a single sedimentary bed or
	 layer, regardless of thickness, that consists of generally the same kind of
	 rock material.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-070 - Subsidence

Current through June 17, 2024
"Subsidence" shall mean the lowering of the natural land surface in
	 response to: earth movements; lowering of fluid pressure; removal of underlying
	 supporting material by mining or solution of solids, either artificially or
	 from natural causes; compaction due to wetting (hydrocompaction); oxidation of
	 organic matter in soils; or added load on the land surface.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-072 - Subsurface fluid distribution system

Current through June 17, 2024
"Subsurface fluid distribution system" shall mean an assemblage of
	 perforated pipes, drain tiles, or other similar mechanisms intended to
	 distribute fluids below the surface of the ground.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-073 - Surface casing

Current through June 17, 2024
"Surface casing" shall mean the string of well casing to be installed
	 in the well to protect "USDW(s)" and structural integrity of the
	 well.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-074 - Surface completion

Current through June 17, 2024
"Surface completion" shall mean the construction or use of any
	 mechanical, physical, or natural element, or any combination, used to protect a
	 well at the surface from contaminants and/or physical damage.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-076 - Trade Secret

Current through June 17, 2024
"Trade Secret" shall mean a formula, pattern, device or compilation of
	 information which is used in one's business and which is one opportunity to
	 obtain advantage over competitors who do not know or use it. A plan or process,
	 tool, mechanism or compound known only to its owner and those of his employees
	 to whom it is necessary to confide. A secret formula or process not patented,
	 but known only to certain individuals using it and compounding some article of
	 trade having a commercial value.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-080 - USDW

Current through June 17, 2024
"USDW" shall mean underground source of drinking water, an "aquifer"
	 or its portion:
080.01 Which supplies
  drinking water for human consumption; or
080.02 In which the ground water contains
  fewer than 10,000 mg/l "total dissolved solids;" and
080.03 Which is not an "exempted aquifer
  "
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-081 - Uppermost aquifer

Current through June 17, 2024
"Uppermost aquifer" shall mean a geologic formation nearest the ground
	 surface that is an aquifer, as well as lower aquifers that are hydraulically
	 interconnected with this aquifer.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-082 - Uses for which the resource was suitable

Current through June 17, 2024
"Uses for which the resource was suitable" shall mean, with respect to
	 in situ mining, those uses of the premining resource which are or could have
	 reasonably been developed considering established standards and the premining
	 quality conditions.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-083 - Waste

Current through June 17, 2024
"Waste" shall mean sewage, industrial waste, and all other liquid,
	 gaseous, solid, radioactive, or other substances which may pollute or have the
	 potential to pollute any air, land, or waters of the State.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 122-1-089 - Well stimulation

Current through June 17, 2024
"Well stimulation" shall mean several processes used to clean the well
	 bore, enlarge channels, and increase pore space in the interval to be injected
	 thus making it possible for fluids to move more readily into the
	 formation.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - CLASSIFICATION OF INJECTION WELLS AND MINERAL PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 122-2-001 - Class I

Current through June 17, 2024
Wells which inject fluids beneath the lowermost formation containing,
	 within one quarter mile of the well bore, an underground source of drinking
	 water. These include, but are not limited to industrial and municipal waste
	 disposal wells.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - CLASSIFICATION OF INJECTION WELLS AND MINERAL PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 122-2-002 - Class II

Current through June 17, 2024
All Class II wells are regulated by the Nebraska Oil and Gas
	 Commission and are wells which inject:
002.01 Formation fluids produced in
  connection with conventional oil or natural gas production;
002.02 Fluids to promote enhanced recovery of
  oil or natural gas; and
002.03 For
  storage purposes, hydrocarbons which are liquid at standard temperature and
  pressure.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - CLASSIFICATION OF INJECTION WELLS AND MINERAL PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 122-2-003 - Class III

Current through June 17, 2024
Mineral production wells, and wells which inject fluids to promote
	 extraction of mineral resources or energy, including, but not limited, to a
	 well designed for:
003.01 Mining of
  sulfur by the Frasch process;
003.02 Solution mining of mineral resources
  which include sodium chloride, potash, phosphate, copper, uranium and any other
  mineral which can be mined by this process;
003.03 In-situ combustion of fossil fuel;
  fossil fuels include coal, tar sands, oil shale and any other fossil fuel which
  can be mined by this process; and
003.04 Recovery of geothermal energy to
  produce electric power; Class III wells do not include wells used in geothermal
  heating or aquaculture which fall under Class V.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - CLASSIFICATION OF INJECTION WELLS AND MINERAL PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 122-2-004 - Class IV

Current through June 17, 2024
Wells used by generators of hazardous wastes or of radioactive wastes,
	 by owners or operators of hazardous waste management facilities, or by owners
	 or operators of radioactive waste disposal sites to dispose of hazardous wastes
	 or radioactive wastes into or above an underground source of drinking
	 water.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - CLASSIFICATION OF INJECTION WELLS AND MINERAL PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 122-2-005 - Class V

Current through June 17, 2024
Injection wells not included in Class I, II, III, or IV. Class V wells
	 include, but are not limited to:
005.01 Air conditioning return flow wells
  used to return to the supply aquifer the water used for heating or cooling in a
  heat pump;
005.02 Cesspools or
  other devices that receive wastes, which have an open bottom and sometimes have
  perforated sides.;
005.03 Cooling
  water return flow wells used to inject water previously used for
  cooling;
005.04 Drainage wells used
  to drain surface fluid, primarily storm runoff, into a subsurface
  formation;
005.05 Dry wells used
  for the injection of wastes into a subsurface formation;
005.06 Recharge wells used to replenish the
  water in an aquifer;
005.07
  Saltwater intrusion barrier wells used to inject water into a fresh water
  aquifer to prevent the intrusion of salt water into the fresh water;
005.08 Sand backfill wells used to inject a
  mixture of water and sand, mill tailings or other solids into mined out
  portions of subsurface mines;
005.09 Septic system wells used:
005.09A To inject sanitary waste from a
  dwelling, at a flow greater than 1,000 gallons per day; or
005.09B For an establishment, business, or
  community or regional system which generates sanitary waste and has the
  capacity to serve 20 persons or more; or
005.09C For dwellings, establishments,
  businesses, or community or regional systems that generate wastes other than
  sanitary wastes.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 3 - PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED INJECTION AND CONSTRUCTION › Section 122-3-003

Current through June 17, 2024
The construction of any Class IV well is prohibited. Any existing
	 Class IV well must be closed and comply with the plugging and abandonment
	 requirements of Chapter 35 of this Title.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 3 - PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED INJECTION AND CONSTRUCTION › Section 122-3-004

Current through June 17, 2024
The construction of any Class V agricultural drainage well (5F1) is
	 prohibited. Any existing Class V agricultural drainage well (5F1) must be
	 closed and comply with the plugging and abandonment requirements of Chapter 35
	 of this Title.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 3 - PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED INJECTION AND CONSTRUCTION › Section 122-3-005

Current through June 17, 2024
The construction of any Class V untreated sewage waste disposal well
	 (5W9) is prohibited. Any existing Class V untreated sewage waste disposal well
	 (5W9) must be closed and comply with the plugging and abandonment requirements
	 of Chapter 35 of this Title.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 3 - PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED INJECTION AND CONSTRUCTION › Section 122-3-006

Current through June 17, 2024
The construction of any Class V cesspool (5W10) is prohibited. Any
	 existing Class V cesspool (5W10) must be closed and comply with the plugging
	 and abandonment requirements of Chapter 35 of this Title.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 3 - PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED INJECTION AND CONSTRUCTION › Section 122-3-007

Current through June 17, 2024
The construction of any Class V radioactive waste disposal well (5N24)
	 is prohibited. Any existing Class V radioactive waste disposal well (5N24) must
	 be closed and comply with the plugging and abandonment requirements of Chapter
	 35 of this Title.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 3 - PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED INJECTION AND CONSTRUCTION › Section 122-3-008

Current through June 17, 2024
The construction of any Class V motor vehicle waste disposal well
	 (5X28) is prohibited. Any existing Class V motor vehicle waste disposal well
	 (5X28) must be closed and comply with the plugging and abandonment requirements
	 of Chapter 35 of this Title.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 3 - PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED INJECTION AND CONSTRUCTION › Section 122-3-009

Current through June 17, 2024
The construction or conversion of any Class V abandoned drinking water
	 well used for disposal of waste (5X29) is prohibited. Any existing Class V
	 abandoned drinking water well used for disposal of waste (5X29) must be closed
	 and comply with the plugging and abandonment requirements of Chapter 35 of this
	 Title.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 3 - PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED INJECTION AND CONSTRUCTION › Section 122-3-010

Current through June 17, 2024
The injection of hazardous waste into a Class I, Class III, Class IV,
	 or Class V well as defined in Chapter 2 of this Title is
	 prohibited.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 122 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 3 - PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED INJECTION AND CONSTRUCTION › Section 122-3-011

Current through June 17, 2024
The injection of contaminated ground water that may cause a violation
	 of Nebraska Title 118 -
Ground Water Quality Standards and Use
	 Classification
is not prohibited provided:
011.01 The ground water is being treated
  prior to injection,
011.02 The
  ground water is being injected into the formation from which it was
  extracted,
011.03 The Department
  has approved the contaminant levels being injected prior to
  injection,
011.04 The contaminant
  levels are not classified as a hazardous waste,
011.05 The injection activities are
  associated with a clean-up approved by the Department,
011.06 An individual permit is obtained from
  the Department prior to injection,
011.07 The permittee must demonstrate
  hydraulic control at the site, and
011.08 The injection does not adversely
  affect the health and safety of persons.