Section 704.143  Expiration of Authorization

The authorization provided in Section 704.141 expires upon the earliest of the following events:

a)         Upon the effective date of a permit issued pursuant to any of Sections 704.147, 704.161, 704.162, or 704.163;

b)         After plugging or abandonment in accordance with an approved plugging and abandonment plan pursuant to Section 704.150(c) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 730.110, and upon submission of a plugging and abandonment report pursuant to Section 704.150(k); or

c)         Upon conversion in compliance with Section 704.150(j).

BOARD NOTE:  Derived from 40 CFR 144.21(b) (2005).

(Source:  Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 605, effective December 20, 2006)