For Class I and III wells only: (1) For wells within the area of review which are inadequately constructed, completed, or abandoned, and which as a result of the injection activities may cause the pollution of fresh water, the commission shall prescribe or incorporate into the permit conditions requiring corrective action adequate to prevent such pollution. Corrective action will be required unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the executive director that, despite the owner or operator's best efforts, he is unable to obtain the necessary permission to undertake such action. (2) The criteria of §331.44 of this title (relating to Corrective Action Standards) will be used to determine adequacy. (3) A permit issued for an existing injection well requiring corrective action shall include a compliance schedule in compliance with §305.127(3)(E) of this title (relating to Conditions To Be Determined for
Individual Permits) prescribing the time within which corrective action must be completed. (4) As part of the corrective action plan, the commission may impose an injection pressure limitation that does not cause the pressure in the injection zone to exceed hydrostatic pressure in those wells described in paragraph (1) of this section, which condition shall expire upon completion of all corrective action measures. (5) Action prescribed by a corrective action plan for new wells or new areas must be completed to the satisfaction of the executive director before operation of the well begins. (6) If additional information is submitted or discovered, after an authorization for injection has been granted, that a well within the area of review might pose a hazard to a freshwater aquifer, the commission may prescribe a corrective action plan and compliance schedule as a condition for continued injection activities.
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