Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
This Section sets forth the information that the Agency must
consider when authorizing a Class VI injection well. For a converted Class I,
Class II, or Class V experimental 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, and sufficiently identified as to be retrieved. In cases where
USEPA issues the permit, all the information in this Section must be submitted
to the USEPA, Region 5.
a) Prior to
the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new Class VI injection well
or the conversion of an existing Class I, Class II, or Class V injection well
to a Class VI injection well, the owner or operator must submit, pursuant to
Section
730.191(e),
and the Agency must consider, the following:
1) The information required by 35 Ill. Adm.
Code
702.123(a) through
(f);
2) A map showing the injection well for which
a permit is sought and the applicable area of review consistent with Section
730.184.
Within the area of review, the map must show the number or name and location of
all injection wells, producing wells, abandoned wells, plugged wells, or dry
holes; deep stratigraphic boreholes; Agency- or USEPA-approved subsurface
cleanup sites; surface bodies of water, springs, mines (surface and
subsurface), quarries, water wells; and other pertinent surface features,
including structures intended for human occupancy, state boundaries, and roads.
The map should also show faults, if known or suspected. Only information of
public record is required to be included on this map;
3) Information on the geologic structure and
hydrogeologic properties of the proposed storage site and overlying formations,
including the following documents and information:
A) Maps and cross sections of the area of
review;
B) The location,
orientation, and properties of known or suspected faults and fractures that may
transect the confining zones in the area of review and a determination that the
faults and fractures would not interfere with containment;
C) Data on the depth, areal extent,
thickness, mineralogy, porosity, permeability, and capillary pressure of the
injection and confining zones; including geology and facies changes based on
field data, which may include geologic cores, outcrop data, seismic surveys,
well logs, and names and lithologic descriptions;
D) Geomechanical information on fractures,
stress, ductility, rock strength, and in-situ fluid pressures within the
confining zones;
E) Information on
the seismic history that includes the presence and depth of seismic sources and
a determination that the seismicity would not interfere with containment;
and
F) Geologic and topographic
maps and cross sections that illustrate regional geology, hydrogeology, and the
geologic structure of the local area;
4) A tabulation of all wells within the area
of review that penetrate the injection or confining zones. The tabulated data
must include a description of each well's type, construction, date drilled,
location, depth, applicable records of plugging and completion, and any
additional information that the Agency may require to evaluate the request for
a permit;
5) Maps and stratigraphic
cross sections indicating the general vertical and lateral limits of all USDWs,
water wells, and springs within the area of review, their positions relative to
the injection zones, and the direction of water movement, where
known;
6) Baseline geochemical data
on subsurface formations that includes all USDWs in the area of
review;
7) Proposed operating data
for the proposed geologic sequestration site that includes that following items
of information:
A) The average and maximum
daily rate and volume or mass, and the total anticipated volume or mass, of the
carbon dioxide stream;
B) The
average and maximum injection pressures;
C) The sources of the carbon dioxide stream;
and
D) An analysis of the chemical
and physical characteristics of the carbon dioxide stream;
8) A proposed program for pre-operational
formation testing that fulfills the requirements of Section
730.187
to obtain an analysis of the chemical and physical characteristics of the
injection zones and confining zones;
9) A proposed stimulation program, a
description of stimulation fluids to be used, and a determination that
stimulation will not interfere with containment;
10) A proposed procedure to outline steps
necessary to conduct injection operation;
11) Schematics or other appropriate drawings
of the surface and subsurface construction details of the well;
12) Injection well construction procedures
that fulfill the requirements of Section
730.186;
13) A proposed area of review and corrective
action plan that fulfills the requirements of Section 730.184;
14) A demonstration which is sufficient to
support an Agency determination that the applicant has met the financial
responsibility requirements under Section
730.185;
15) A proposed testing and monitoring plan,
as required by Section
730.190;
16) A proposed injection well plugging plan,
as required by Section
730.192(b);
17) A proposed post-injection site care and
site closure plan, as required by Section
730.193(a);
18) At the Agency's discretion, a
demonstration of an alternative post-injection site care timeframe required, as
required by Section
730.193(c);
19) A proposed emergency and remedial
response plan, as required by Section
730.194(a);
20) A list of contacts, submitted to the
Agency, for those states identified to be within the area of review of the
Class VI project based on information provided pursuant to subsection (a)(2);
and
21) Any other information
requested by the Agency that would support an Agency determination whether to
issue the requested permit.
b) Pursuant to this Section, and as required
by
40 CFR
145.23(f)(13), the Agency
must notify any states that the Agency determines are within the area of review
of the Class VI project based on information submitted pursuant to subsections
(a)(2) and (a)(20) of the permit application in writing.
c) Prior to granting a permit for the
operation of a Class VI injection well, the Agency must consider the following
information:
1) The final area of review
based on modeling, using data obtained during the logging and testing of the
well and the formation required by subsections (c)(2), (c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(6),
(c)(7), and (c)(10);
2) Any
relevant updates to the information on the geologic structure and hydrogeologic
properties of the proposed storage site and overlying formations, submitted
pursuant to subsection (a)(3), based on data obtained during the logging and
testing of the well and the formation required by subsections (c)(3), (c)(4),
(c)(6), (c)(7), and (c)(10);
3)
Information on the compatibility of the carbon dioxide stream with fluids in
the injection zones and minerals in both the injection and the confining zones,
based on the results of the formation testing program, and with the materials
used to construct the well;
4) The
results of the formation testing program required by subsection
(a)(8);
5) Final injection well
construction procedures that fulfill the requirements of Section
730.186;
6) The status of any
corrective action on wells in the area of review;
7) All available logging and testing program
data on the well required by Section 730.187;
8) A demonstration of mechanical integrity
pursuant to Section
730.189;
9) Any updates to the proposed area of review
and corrective action plan, the testing and monitoring plan, the injection well
plugging plan, the post-injection site care and site closure plan, or the
emergency and remedial response plan, and any updates to the alternative
post-injection site care timeframe demonstration, which the applicant has
submitted pursuant to subsection (a), that are necessary to address new
information collected during logging and testing of the well and the formation,
as required by this Section; and
10) Any other information requested by the
Agency.
d) An owner or
operator which seeks a permit that includes alternative injection well depth
requirements to the generally applicable requirement to inject below the
lowermost USDW must also refer to Section
730.195
and submit a supplemental report, as required at Section
730.195(a).
The supplemental report is not part of the permit application.
BOARD NOTE: This Section corresponds with
40 CFR
146.82
(2017).
