North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 05 - MINING - MINERAL RESOURCES
Subchapter H - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION
Section .1800 - ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING
Section 05H .1807 - TRACER TECHNOLOGY
Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 05H .1807
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The Department shall only approve the use of tracer technology for the purposes described in this Rule if the Department determines that the tracer technology can trace well stimulation fluids back to the oil or gas well where the fluid was injected and can be used without chemical or radiological impacts to groundwaters or other adverse impacts to public health, welfare, and the environment.
(b) A permittee shall only use approved tracer technology for the following purposes:
(1) as evidence that well stimulation fluid
from a particular oil or gas well caused or contributed to an exceedance of the
standards set out in
15A NCAC
02L .0202 or
15A NCAC
02B .0200 detected as a result of water
supply testing required under Rule .1803 of this Section; or
(2) to identify well stimulation fluid from a
particular oil or gas well as the source of contamination detected as a result
of an investigation of water supply conducted under Rule .1804 of this
Section.
Authority
G.S.
113-391(a)(3);
113-391(a)(5)b;
113-423(f);
Eff. March 17, 2015.
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