Alaska Admin. Code tit. 20, § 25.1020 – Prohibition on operation without a permit; prohibition of non-experimental Class V wells; non-applicability to hazardous waste; prohibition on area permits

(a) A person shall obtain a storage facility permit from the commission under 20 AAC 25.1080 to construct, own, or operate a storage facility. The commission will not authorize a Class VI well by rule to inject carbon dioxide.
(b) Any underground injection of carbon dioxide for carbon storage through a Class VI well in a storage facility, except as authorized by a storage facility permit issued by the commission, is prohibited. The construction of a well required to have a storage facility permit under 20 AAC 25.1170 is prohibited before the permit is issued.
(c) 20 AAC 25.1000 - 20 AAC 25.1900 do not apply to the injection of a carbon dioxide stream that is a hazardous waste as defined in 40 C.F.R. Part 146.3, Subpart A (definitions), revised as of September 29, 2025, and adopted by reference.
(d) The construction, operation, or maintenance of any non-experimental Class V geologic sequestration well is prohibited; a Class V well has the meaning given in 40 C.F.R. 144.6(e), Subpart A (classification of wells), as amended effective January 10, 2011, and adopted by reference.
(e) If applicable, any authorization by rule for an existing Class II enhanced recovery or hydrocarbon storage well shall expire upon the effective date of a Class VI permit issued under 20 AAC 25.1080, or a well plug and abandonment plan approved by the commission under 20 AAC 25.1300, or upon well conversion.
(f) The commission may not issue an area injection order for a Class VI well.