Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
This Section sets forth information that must be considered
by the Agency in authorizing a Class III injection well. Certain maps,
cross-sections, tabulations of wells within the area of review, and other data
may be included in the application by reference provided they are current,
readily available to the Agency (for example, in the Agency's files) and
sufficiently identified to be retrieved.
a) Prior to the issuance of a permit to
operate an existing Class III injection well or area or for the construction of
a new Class III injection well, the Agency must consider the following:
1) The information required in 35 Ill. Adm.
Code
702.120
through
702.124 and
704.161(c);
2) A map showing the injection well or
project area for which the permit is sought and the applicable area of review.
Within the area of review, the map must show the number or name and location of
all existing producing wells, injection wells, abandoned wells, dry holes,
public water systems, and water wells. The map may also show surface bodies of
waters, mines (surface and subsurface), quarries and other pertinent surface
features including residences and roads, and faults if known or suspected. Only
information of public record and pertinent information known to the applicant
is required to be included on this map;
3) A tabulation of data reasonably available
from public records or otherwise known to the applicant on wells within the
area of review included on the map required pursuant to subsection (a)(2) that
penetrate the proposed injection zone. Such data must include a description of
each well's type, construction, date drilled, location, depth, record of
plugging and completion, and any additional information the Agency may require.
In cases where the information would be repetitive and the wells are of similar
age, type, and construction the Agency may elect to only require data on a
representative number of wells;
4)
Maps and cross-sections indicating the vertical limits of all underground
sources of drinking water within the area of review, their position relative to
the injection formation and the direction of water movements, where known, in
every underground source of drinking water that may be affected by the proposed
injection;
5) Maps and
cross-sections detailing the geologic structure of the local area;
6) Generalized map and cross-sections
illustrating the regional geologic setting;
7) Proposed operating data, as follows:
A) The average and maximum daily rate and
volume of fluid to be injected;
B)
The average and maximum injection pressure; and
C) Qualitative analysis and ranges in
concentrations of all constituents of injected fluids. The applicant may
request confidentiality as specified in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.107. If the
information is proprietary an applicant may, in lieu of the ranges in
concentrations, choose to submit maximum concentrations that must not be
exceeded. In such a case the applicant must retain records of the undisclosed
concentrations and provide them upon request to the Agency as part of any
enforcement investigation;
8) A proposed formation testing program to
obtain the information required by Section
730.132(c);
9) A proposed stimulation program;
10) The proposed injection
procedure;
11) Schematic or other
appropriate drawings of the surface and subsurface construction details of the
system;
12) Plans (including maps)
for meeting the monitoring requirements of Section
730.133(b);
13) Expected changes in pressure, native
fluid displacement, direction of movement of injection fluid;
14) Contingency plans to cope with all
shut-ins or well failures so as to prevent the migration of contaminating
fluids into underground sources of drinking water;
15) A certificate that the applicant has
assured, through a performance bond or other appropriate means, the resources
necessary to close, plug, or abandon the well as required by 35 Ill. Adm. Code
704.189;
and
16) The corrective action
proposed to be taken pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code
704.193.
b) Prior to granting approval for
the operation of a Class III injection well, the Agency must consider the
following information:
1) All available
logging and testing data on the well;
2) A satisfactory demonstration of mechanical
integrity for all new wells and for all existing salt solution pursuant to
Section
730.108;
3) The anticipated maximum pressure and flow
rate at which the permittee will operate;
4) The results of the formation testing
program;
5) The actual injection
procedures; and
6) The status of
corrective action on defective wells in the area of review.
c) Prior to granting approval for
the plugging and abandonment of a Class III injection well, the Agency must
consider the following information:
1) The
type and number of plugs to be used;
2) The placement of each plug including the
elevation of the top and bottom;
3)
The type, grade, and quantity of cement to be used;
4) The method of placement of the plugs;
and
5) The procedure to be used to
meet the requirements of Section
730.110(c).