Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 800 - Environmental Protection - Water Supply › Chapter NR 815 - Injection Wells › Subchapter III - Regulated Activities › Section NR 815.06 - Prohibitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The following activities are prohibited:
(1) Construction of a class I injection well
				  or use of a well as a class I injection well.
Note
Use of a well to place a hazardous waste
					 underground is prohibited as specified in s.
					 NR
					 665.0430. Use of a well to place municipal or domestic
					 wastewater underground is prohibited as specified in s.
					 NR
					 206.07(2) (d). Use of a well to place
					 a pollutant underground is prohibited as specified in s.
					 NR
					 214.04(3).
(2) Construction of a class II injection well
				  or use of a well as a class II injection well.
(3) Construction of a class III injection
				  well or use of a well as a class III injection well.
(4) Construction of a class IV injection well
				  or use of a well as a class IV injection well, unless the well is to be used to
				  reinject treated contaminated groundwater back into the formation from which
				  the groundwater was drawn and is approved by the department as part of a
				  remedial action necessary for the cleanup of soil or groundwater contamination
				  as specified in s.
				  NR
				  665.0430(2)
Note
Injection for remediation purposes
					 requires a written approval from the department in order to meet the
					 requirements of ss.
					 NR
					 140.28(5) and
					 812.05. Injection requires a written
					 exemption be granted under s.
					 NR
					 140.28(5). Injection of groundwater
					 that meets the definition of hazardous waste or contains a hazardous waste for
					 remediation purposes requires a written approval under s.
					 NR
					 665.0430(2).
(5) Construction of a class V injection well
				  or use of a well as a class V injection well without the approval of the
				  department, or other designated regulatory agency as specified in subch. IV,
				  unless the construction or use of the class V injection well is specifically
				  allowed by administrative rule. The following activities are allowed:
(a) Circulation of water or food-grade heat
				  exchange fluid through a closed-loop heat pump system in a drillhole.
(b) Construction of a structure such as, but
				  not limited to, a building foundation, support footing, elevator shaft, lift
				  station, utility conduit, sump, mine shaft or equipment vault.
(c) Placement of a solid object such as, but
				  not limited to, a cathodic protection device, coffin, piling, pole or
				  post.
(d) Horticultural or
				  agricultural practices, other than those activities that involve the use of a
				  well or drillhole for the placement of a waste material or drainage water
				  underground.
(e) Injection
				  activities conducted in conjunction with placement of backfill into an
				  underground nonferrous metallic mine approved under ch. NR 132 or in connection
				  with placement of backfill into an underground ferrous mine approved under
				  subch. III of ch. 295, Stats.
Note
Use of any unauthorized injection well is
					 prohibited under federal law, as specified in
					 40 CFR
					 144.11.