Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations
Subpart 1 - Statewide Order No. 29-B
Chapter 5 - Off-Site Storage, Treatment and/or Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste Generated from Drilling and Production of Oil and Gas Wells
Section XIX-555 - Requirements for Cavern Disposal

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XIX-555

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Applicants for new commercial solution-mined salt cavern facilities to receive and dispose of E and P Waste and operators of such existing facilities must comply with the administrative and technical criteria of LAC 43:XIX, Subpart 1, Chapter 5 (§501 et seq.) as well as the applicable definitions, administrative criteria and technical criteria of LAC 43:XVII, Subpart 4, Chapter 31 (§3101 et seq., Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste in Solution-Mined Salt Caverns).

B. The application for a new commercial salt cavern for the disposal of E and P Waste shall include, but may not limited to the following information:

1. the general provisions of LAC 43:XVII.3103;

2. an application shall contain the information required in LAC 43:XVII.3107, as follows:
a.§3107. B-Administrative Information;

b.§3107. C-Maps and Related Information;

c.§3107. D-Area of Review;

d.§3107. E-Technical Information;

3. the legal permit conditions required in LAC 43:XVII.3109, as follows:
a.§3109. A-Signatories;

b.§3109. C-Duty to Comply;

c.§3109. D-Duty to Halt or Reduce Activity;

d.§3109. E-Duty to Mitigate;

e.§3109. F-Proper Operation and Maintenance;

f.§3109. G-Inspection and Entry;

g.§3109. H. 3, 4, 7b, 8, 9 and 10-Notification Requirements;

h.§3109. I-Duration of Permits;

i.§3109. J-Compliance Review;

j.§3109. K-Additional Conditions;

4. the location criteria of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3113;

5. the site assessment requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3115;

6. the cavern and surface facility design requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3117;

7. the well construction and completion requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3119;

8. the operating requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3121;

9. the safety requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3123;

10. the monitoring requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3125;

11. the pre-operating and completion report requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3127;

12. the well and salt cavern mechanical integrity pressure and leak test requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3129;

13. the requirements for determining cavern configuration and measuring cavern capacity in Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3131;

14. the limits on cavern capacity in Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3133;

15. the requirements for inactive caverns in Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3135;

16. the monthly reporting requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3137;

17. the record retention requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3139;

18. the applicable closure and post-closure requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3141.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq.

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