Any person who willfully constructs, operates, maintains, converts, plugs, abandons, or conducts any other activity in a manner that results or may result in the injection of a hazardous waste or of a radioactive waste through an injection well in violation of section 42-3902A, Idaho Code, or any person who willfully violates any cease and desist order after the same has been served on that person is guilty of a misdemeanor and:
(1)  May be sentenced to jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months;

Terms Used In Idaho Code 42-3919

  • Hazardous waste: means any fluid or combination of fluids, excluding radioactive wastes, which because of quantity, concentration or characteristics (physical, chemical or biological) may:
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  • Injection: means the subsurface emplacement of fluids through an injection well, but excludes the following:
    • Idaho Code 42-3902
  • Injection well: means any feature that is operated to allow injection which also meets at least one (1) of the following criteria:
    • Idaho Code 42-3902
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
    • Idaho Code 73-114
  • Radioactive waste: means any fluid which contains radioactive material in concentrations which exceed those established for discharges to water by 10 CFR 20. See Idaho Code 42-3902
    • (2)  May be fined in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each offense; and
    (3)  Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.