Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Each input well
permitted after June 1, 1982 shall be constructed in the following manner:
(1) Surface casing shall be free of apparent
defects and set at least fifty feet below the deepest underground source of
water containing less than ten thousand mg/L total dissolved solids or less
than five thousand mg/L chlorides, and sealed by circulating cement to the
surface under the supervision of the division. In the event cement fails to
circulate to the surface, the division may approve a remedial course of action.
(2) Isolation of injected fluids
shall be by the use of casing mechanically centralized and enclosed in cement
to a height no less than three hundred feet above the top of the injection
zone.
(3) Injection of fluids
shall be through tubing and a packer set no more than one hundred feet above
the injection zone and installation of such shall be under the supervision of
the division. A fitting to the tubing of a size and type specified by the
division on the permit and accessible at the surface shall be installed.
(4) To verify the quantity of
cement used in an input well, either a cement bond log, cement records, or
verification by the division of the number of sacks of cement will be deemed
sufficient evidence.
(5) Each
project owner or his agent shall give the appropriate mineral resources
inspector reasonable notice in advance of the time of the cementing, placing
and removing of casing, installation of tubing and packer, and initial
injection. A division office shall be notified when the appropriate inspector
cannot be contacted. Said work shall be done pursuant to the instructions of a
representative of the division in accordance with Chapter 1509. of the Revised
Code and Chapter 1501:9-5 of the Administrative Code.
(6) All saltwater or other fluid storage
facilities shall be constructed so as to prevent pollution to surrounding
surface and subsurface soils and waters.
(7) The chief may grant a variance to the
construction requirement established in paragraphs (A)(1), (A)(2), and (A)(3)
of this rule, if he determines that the variance sought will result in the
construction of an input well equivalent in its ability to protect underground
sources of water containing less than ten thousand mg/L total dissolved solids
or less than five thousand mg/L chlorides.
(B) Conversion of wells for input. Any well
permitted before June 1, 1982 may be converted to an input well if the
following criteria are met:
(1) The surface
casing shall be free of apparent defects and either cemented or properly sealed
with prepared clay through the deepest underground source of water containing
less than ten thousand mg/L total dissolved solids or less than five thousand
mg/L chlorides.
(2) Isolation of
injected fluids shall be by the use of casing enclosed in cement to a height no
less than three hundred feet above the top of the injection zone.
(3) Any open formation not to be utilized for
injection shall be abandoned in accordance with sections and
1509.15 of the Revised Code.
(4) Injection of fluids shall be
through tubing and a packer set no more than one hundred feet above the
injection zone, and installation of such shall be under the supervision of the
division. A fitting to the tubing of a size and type specified by the division
on the permit and accessible at the surface shall be installed.
(5) To verify the quantity of cement or clay
used in a conversion well, either cement or clay records, verification by the
division of the number of sacks of cement or clay, a cement bond log, or other
geophysical borehole logs shall be deemed sufficient evidence.
(6) Each project owner or his agency shall
give the appropriate mineral resources inspector reasonable notice in advance
of the time of the cementing, placing and removing of casing, installation of
tubing and packer, and initial injection. A division office shall be notified
when the appropriate inspector cannot be contacted. Said work shall be done
pursuant to the instructions of a representative of the division in accordance
with Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code and Chapter 1501:9-5 of the
Administrative Code.
(7) All
saltwater or other fluid storage facilities shall be constructed so as to
prevent pollution to surrounding surface and subsurface soils and waters.
(8) The chief may grant a variance
to the conversion requirements described in paragraphs (B)(1), (B)(2), and
(B)(4) of this rule if he determines that the variance sought will result in an
input well equivalent in its ability to protect underground sources of water
containing less than ten thousand mg/L total dissolved solids or less than five
thousand mg/L chlorides.
(C) Initial testing of construction. Prior to
commencement of injection operations in any input well, the casing outside the
tubing shall be tested under the supervision of the division. This test shall
consist of pressurizing the annulus between the tubing and the casing outside
the tubing to an amount equal to the maximum allowable injection pressure, as
described in paragraph (D) of rule
1501:9-5-10
of the Administrative Code, or at a pressure of three hundred pounds per square
inch(psi), whichever is greater, for a duration of at least fifteen minutes
with no more than a five per cent decline in pressure, unless otherwise
approved by the division. In addition, any well in which a formation is
abandoned in accordance with paragraph (B)(3) of this rule shall, prior to
perforating, have the casing and plug pressure tested under the supervision of
the division at a pressure that is 1.25 times the maximum allowable injection
pressure as described in paragraph (D) of rule
1501:9-5-10
of the Administrative Code. This test shall be for a duration of at least
fifteen minutes with no more than a five per cent decline in pressure unless
otherwise approved by the division.
Eff 6-1-82;
4-15-04
Rule promulgated under: RC
119.03
Rule
authorized by: RC 1509.13,
1509.15,
1509.21
Rule
amplifies: RC 1509.21
RC
119.032 review dates: 9/16/03,
1/27/04, 4/15/09
