Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) No operator shall test, construct,
convert, operate, or abandon a storage facility, or drill, complete, service,
operate, or plug any storage well, without first obtaining a permit from the
conservation division. No operator shall be eligible for a permit without first
obtaining a license.
(b) Each
operator applying for a permit shall submit a permit application on a form
provided by the conservation division at least 180 days before the operator
intends to perform any compressed air energy storage activities. The operator
shall submit an original and two copies of the application.
(c) Each operator shall submit the following
with the permit application:
(1) The operator
name and license number;
(2) the
name of the proposed compressed air energy storage facility;
(3) the permit application fee and any
applicable plan fees pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1223;
(4) a signed statement verifying that the
operator possesses the necessary surface and mineral rights for operation of
the storage facility;
(5) plan view
maps pursuant to subsection (d);
(6) a site selection plan pursuant to K.A.R.
82-3-1208;
(7) a drilling and
completion plan pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1209;
(8) a storage facility integrity plan
pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1210;
(9)
if the permit application is for cavern storage, a cavern storage well workover
plan pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1211;
(10) a storage well integrity plan pursuant
to K.A.R. 82-3-1212 or K.A.R. 82-3-1213;
(11) a long-term monitoring, measurement, and
testing plan pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1214 or K.A.R. 82-3-1215;
(12) a safety and emergency response plan
pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1216;
(13)
a plugging-monitoring status plan pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1218;
(14) a plugging plan pursuant to K.A.R.
82-3-1219;
(15) a decommissioning
plan pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1221; and
(16) any other information that the
conservation division may require, if clarification of submitted information is
needed for the director to consider the application.
(d) Each operator shall submit the following
maps with the permit application:
(1) A plan
view map showing the locations of all plugged or unplugged wells of any type,
including any well used for production of oil or gas, water supply or
injection, solution mining, storage operations, monitoring, or corrosion
control, within a one-quarter mile radius of the proposed storage facility
boundary;
(2) the plan view map
listed in paragraph (d)(1) overlaid with a surface topography map;
and
(3) a plan view map, surface
topography map, and aerial photo identifying any of the following within a
two-mile radius of each proposed storage facility boundary:
(A) Manufactured surface structure, including
any industrial or agricultural facility;
(B) utility having a right-of-way, including
any wind generator, electrical transmission line, or pipeline;
(C) incorporated city or township;
(D) active or abandoned excavated mine
cavity, including the room and tunnel layout;
(E) active or abandoned solution mining
facility, including any well;
(F)
active or abandoned LPG, crude oil, or natural gas storage facility, including
any well;
(G) active or abandoned
underground porosity gas storage facility;
(H) navigable water; and
(I) floodplain or area prone to
flooding.
(e)
After reviewing any permit application, one of the following shall be issued by
the director:
(1) A permit pursuant to the
permit application;
(2) a permit
that includes additional requirements agreed upon by the applicant and the
director; or
(3) a permit denial,
including an explanation of why the permit is denied.
(f) Each operator shall submit the updated
information in paragraphs (c)(5) through (c)(16) within 30 days of a request by
the director, if updated information is necessary for full consideration of the
permit application.
