Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS
Section 28-45-29 - Groundwater monitoring for brine ponds
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Each permittee of an existing brine pond and each applicant for a permit for a new brine pond shall submit a groundwater monitoring plan with the brine pond permit application to the secretary for review and consideration for approval. The monitoring plan shall be approved if the secretary determines that the plan is protective of public health, safety, and the environment.
(b) Each permittee of an existing brine pond and each applicant for a permit for a new brine pond shall meet the following requirements:
(c) Each permittee of an existing brine pond and each applicant for a permit for a new brine pond shall submit, with the groundwater monitoring plan, a quality assurance plan to the secretary for review and consideration for approval to ensure the protection of public health, safety, and the environment.
(d) Each permittee shall collect groundwater samples and analyze the samples for chloride and any other parameter determined by the secretary as posing a potential threat to public health, safety, and the environment. The reporting format shall be determined by the secretary.
(e) Each permittee shall submit the results for the chloride analyses from groundwater samples to the department on a quarterly basis.
(f) Each permittee shall monitor monthly for the presence of combustible gas in the headspace in monitoring wells and submit the results to the department on a quarterly basis.
(g) Each permittee shall submit a static groundwater level measurement for each monitoring well with the quarterly chloride analyses specified in subsection (e).
(h) Any permittee of a brine pond where chloride concentrations in the groundwater exceed 250 milligrams per liter may be required by the secretary to submit a work plan, for review and consideration for approval, that describes proposed methods to delineate the extent of the contamination and to control migration of the chloride contamination.