The sections of this subchapter apply to all Class I salt cavern solid waste disposal wells and their associated salt caverns located in the salt stocks of salt domes, and not to such facilities in horizontally bedded or non-domal salt. As provided by §331.14 of this title (relating to Prohibition of Class I Salt Cavern Solid Waste Disposal Wells and Associated Caverns in Geologic Structures or Formations Other Than Salt Stocks of Salt Domes and Prohibition of Disposal of Hazardous Waste into Certain Geological Formations), salt cavern solid waste disposal wells and associated caverns in geologic structures or formations other than salt stocks of salt domes are prohibited until such time at which §331.14 of this title and this subchapter are amended to allow the subject facilities, and any necessary specific rules for such facilities are added by amendment to this subchapter or promulgated as a new subchapter.

Source Note:The provisions of this §331.161 adopted to be effective June 22, 1992, 17 TexReg 4097; amended to be effective November 23, 2000, 25 TexReg 11433; amended to be effective May 30, 2002, 27 TexReg 4576.