42-3911. FAILURE TO OBTAIN REQUIRED PERMIT OR SUBMIT REQUIRED INFORMATION — PENALTY. Any owner or operator who causes to be constructed or consents either expressly or impliedly to the construction of a new deep injection well without having first obtained a permit therefor from the director of the department of water resources as provided in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any owner or operator who causes an existing deep injection well to be modified or consents either expressly or impliedly to the modification of an existing deep injection well without having first obtained a permit therefor from the director of the department of water resources as provided in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. From and after January 1, 1974, any owner or operator who continues to operate and maintain or consents either expressly or impliedly to the continued operation and maintenance of an existing deep injection well without having first obtained a permit therefor from the director of the department of water resources as provided in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that no misdemeanor shall occur where an owner or operator applied for a permit before January 1, 1974, and the director of the department of water resources has not approved or rejected said application. Any owner or operator of a proposed or existing injection well who violates the rules and regulations of the water resource board shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each and every day that such activity is carried on in violation of this section shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
History:
[42-3911, added 1971, ch. 301, sec. 11, p. 1235; am. 1974, ch. 20, sec. 46, p. 533; am. 1984, ch. 155, sec. 12, p. 378; am. 2011, ch. 110, sec. 7, p. 290.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Section 42-3901 - GROUND WATER AS PUBLIC RESOURCE — PROTECTION.
Section 42-3902 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 42-3902A - PROHIBITION OF INJECTION OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES.
Section 42-3903 - DEEP INJECTION WELLS — CONSTRUCTION — MODIFICATION — USE — PERMIT REQUIRED.
Section 42-3903A - SHALLOW INJECTION WELLS — AUTHORIZATION FOR CONSTRUCTION AND USE.
Section 42-3905 - FEES — TRANSMITTED TO STATE TREASURER.
Section 42-3907 - DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES — PUBLIC NOTICE AND INVESTIGATION.
Section 42-3908 - PERMIT APPROVING CONSTRUCTION AND USE — CONDITIONS — REJECTION OF APPLICATION.
Section 42-3910 - CANCELLATION OF PERMIT — NOTICE — HEARING — REVIEW.
Section 42-3911 - FAILURE TO OBTAIN REQUIRED PERMIT OR SUBMIT REQUIRED INFORMATION — PENALTY.
Section 42-3912 - DRILLERS — MUST BE LICENSED — APPROVED PERMITS — CERTIFIED COPIES.
Section 42-3913 - MINIMUM STANDARDS — RULES AND REGULATIONS — ADOPTION.
Section 42-3914 - BOARD TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS.
Section 42-3915 - ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS.
Section 42-3916 - ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE — INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
Section 42-3917 - CIVIL PENALTIES — INJECTION OF HAZARDOUS AND RADIOACTIVE WASTES.
Section 42-3918 - CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS — INJECTION OF HAZARDOUS AND RADIOACTIVE WASTES.
Section 42-3919 - CRIMINAL PENALTY — WILLFUL VIOLATION — VIOLATION OF CEASE AND DESIST ORDER.