Ohio Administrative Code
Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas
Chapter 1501:9-2 - Horizontal Wells
Section 1501:9-2-01 - Definitions
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
As used in Chapter 1501:9-2 of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Construction" means the alteration of the earth, which includes soil, sediment, rock, sand, gravel, and organic material, for the purpose of creating a well site. "Construction" does not include the temporary storage of equipment or materials; activities to protect sensitive areas or habitats; seasonal tree and vegetative cutting; or any activity that does not exceed one acre of earth disturbance conducted for the preparation of the well site plans.
(B) "Emergency Management Zone" has the same meaning as in paragraph (Y) of rule 3745-42-01 of the Administrative Code.
(C) "Emergency release conveyance map" means a map that identifies and includes all of the following:
(D) "Dust control plan" means a plan that includes all of the following:
(E) "Geotechnical report" means a report that describes the proposed well site geotechnical conditions; design considerations that address the geotechnical conditions at the proposed well site; and construction specifications of the proposed well site that address the geotechnical conditions and that includes all of the following:
(F) "Material modification" means any of the following:
(G) "Stormwater hydraulic report" means a report that includes all of the following:
(H) "Reclamation Modification" means to restore a portion of or the entire well site disturbed by the construction of the original well site or in a subsequent material modification.
(I) "Record drawings" means the revised full set of permit drawings signed, sealed, and submitted by a professional engineer after completion of the well site construction that reflect all modifications made during construction approved under Chapter 1501:9-2 of the Administrative Code, and show the dimensions, geometry, and location of all elements of the work completed. The record drawings will be generated from the as-built construction drawings identifying the modifications to the approved application.
(J) "Well site" means the area within the well site boundary, including the well pad, roads not in the public right-of-way, and production operations that are directly associated with the well pad or any well on the well pad.
(K) "Well site boundary" means the boundary delineated by an applicant in an application submitted under rule 1501:9-2-02 of the Administrative Code and includes material modifications. "Well site boundary" includes all areas physically altered for construction, erosion and sediment controls, and stormwater management, and may include areas for movement or storage of equipment and materials associated with a well site for which an application is submitted under rule 1501:9-2-02 of the Administrative Code or another well site.
(L) "Topsoil" means the upper part of the soil that has the greatest organic matter content, minerals and microorganisms that is the most favorable material for the growth of vegetation.