Underground Injection Control (UIC) program, the department's
review and approval, if any, of injection wells shall be limited
to a review of surface activities related to construction,
modification, operation or closure of the well.
(h) Wastewater treatment and recycling requirements.--A
centralized waste treatment facility that was authorized by the
department prior to August 20, 2010, to treat, for disposal,
recycling or recovery of material, wastewater generated from
exploration, production or gathering activities associated with
conventional oil and gas well operations or any new centralized
waste treatment facility that treats, for disposal, recycling or
recovery of material, wastewater generated from exploration,
production or gathering activities associated with conventional
oil and gas well operations shall not be subject to the
requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 95.10 (relating to treatment
requirements for new and expanding mass loadings of Total
Dissolved Solids (TDS)). As used in this subsection, the term
"centralized waste treatment facility" shall have the meaning
given to the term "centralized waste treatment (CWT) facility"
in 40 CFR 437.2(c) (relating to general definitions).
(i) Storage tanks.--Permanent aboveground or underground
tanks that are used to store brines, crude oil, drilling or frac
fluids and similar substances or materials and are directly
related to the exploration, development or production of crude
oil or natural gas regulated under this act, as well as liquid
traps and associated gathering lines directly related to oil or
gas production and gathering operations, are exempt from the
obligations under the act of July 6, 1989 (P.L.169, No.32),
known as the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act, and any rule
or regulation promulgated under the Storage Tank and Spill
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