Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
In addition to the information required in accordance with rule
3745-34-12 of the Administrative
Code, the owner shall include the following in a permit application for a
permit to drill or permit to operate a class I injection well:
(A) A statement of the relative expertise of
the owner or operator of the proposed class I injection well in the operation
of class I injection wells. Within the statement include:
(1) A listing of all class I injection wells
that the owner or operator has operated and is operating.
(2) The date that each listed class I
injection well was first placed in service or if the well was placed in service
before the applicant acquired the well, the date that applicant acquired the
well.
(3) The
date of issuance, identification number, and expiration date of the permits
issued for each listed class I injection well by the United States or the state
in which the listed injection well is located and, for each such permit, the
name and address of the federal or state agency that issued the
permit.
(B) The owner or
operator of any facility containing one or more active class I injection wells
must conduct such preliminary site investigations as are necessary to determine
whether a release outside the permitted injection zone is occurring, has
occurred, or is likely to have occurred.
(C) Owners and operators of facilities with
existing class I injection wells or that are re-permitting a currently
operating class I injection well shall submit all of the following information:
(1) For each active class I injection well at
a facility seeking a permit, both the following:
(a) Dates the well was operated.
(b) Specification of all wastes that have
been injected into the well.
(2) All available information pertaining to
any release of hazardous waste or constituents from any active injection well
at the facility.
(D)
Area of review. The owner shall identify the location of all known wells within
the injection wells' area of review that penetrate the injection zone. The
owner shall submit all of the following:
(1) A
calculation of the area of review of the proposed injection well.
Include a description of the method of determination
of the area of review including all relevant calculations and data used in the
calculations. The area of review shall be calculated in accordance with rules
3745-34-32 and
3745-34-52 of the Administrative
Code.
(2) A description of the
procedures that were used to identify all wells penetrating the confining zone
or injection zone within the area of review and that were used to determine if
the identified wells are adequately completed or plugged.
(3) A map showing the class I injection wells
for which the permit is sought and the applicable area of review. The map
shall
show the number or name, and the location of all of the following within the
area of review:
(a) The location of all known
wells that penetrate the injection zone within the injection well's area of
review
(b) Actively producing oil and gas
wells
(c) Active, temporarily abandoned, and
abandoned injection wells
(d) Abandoned oil and gas wells including
non-producing wells and boreholes
(e)
Surface bodies of water
(g)
Mines (surface and subsurface)
(j) Other pertinent surface features
including residences and roads
(k) Seismic areas and faults, if known or
suspected
(l) Boundaries of the facility.
[Note: Only information of public record is required to be
included on the map.]
(4) A tabulation of data on all wells within
the area of review that penetrate into the proposed injection zone and are
completed within three hundred vertical feet of the permitted injection
interval. Such data shall include the following:
(b) Name of the owner and operator;.
(c)
Description of each well's type.
(d)
Construction data including casing size, setting depth and cementing data for
surface, intermediate and long string casings
(f)
Location in latitude and longitude to the nearest second.
(h) Record of plugging and/or completion.
(i) Note the wells that were inadequately
plugged or abandoned.
(ii) Note the
wells for which there are incomplete records and include all available
records.
(5)
The drilling logs and completion logs for all known wells within the injection
well's area of review that penetrate the injection zone that were completed
within three hundred vertical feet of the permitted injection
interval.
(6) An applicable plan
and compliance schedule for corrective action pursuant to rules
3745-34-30 and
3745-34-53 of the Administrative
Code for all wells that are improperly sealed, completed, or abandoned and
consisting of such steps or modifications as are necessary to prevent movement
of fluid into or between USDW. The following information, criteria, and factors
shall be included in the plan for corrective action:
(a) Nature and volume of injected
fluid.
(b)
Nature of native fluids or by-products of injection.
(c) Potentially affected population.
(f) History of the injection operation.
(g) Completion and plugging records.
(h) Abandonment procedures in effect at the
time the well was abandoned.
(i)
Hydraulic connections with USDW.
(j)
Surface waste handling operations.
(7) A report describing all actions taken to
date in implementing the plan of corrective action, including the status of
corrective action on defective wells in the area of review and the schedule for
completion of all actions described within the plan.
(8) Any additional information the director
deems necessary to protect USDW.
(E) Geologic evaluation. The owner shall
submit the following:
(1) Maps and cross
sections indicating the general vertical and lateral limits of all USDW within
the area of review, their position relative to the injection formation and the
direction of water movement, where known, in each USDW that may be affected by
the proposed injection.
(2) Maps
and cross sections detailing the geologic structure of the local area.
(3) Generalized maps and cross sections
illustrating the regional geologic setting.
(4) Maps showing the location of, but not
limited to, seismic areas, wetlands, flood hazard areas, carbonate formations
that result in caverns, and underground mines, both active and abandoned.
(5) A plan for injectivity testing, including
provisions to test for pressure/time relationships to determine permeability,
transmissivity, and reservoir limits, if any.
(6) A description of the lithology of the
injection and confining intervals.
(F) The owner shall submit an analysis of the
geologic suitability of the proposed location of the well, that includes:
(1)
An analysis of the structural and stratigraphic geology, the hydrogeology, and
the seismicity of the region.
(2) An
analysis of local geology and hydrogeology of the well site, including, at a
minimum, detailed information regarding stratigraphy, structure and rock
properties, aquifer hydrodynamics and mineral resources.
(3) A determination that the geology of the
area can be described confidently and that limits of waste fate and
transportation can be accurately predicted through the use of models.
(4) Lithology, permeability, porosity,
thickness and areal extent of the injection and confining intervals.
(5) Maps and cross sections detailing the
geologic structure and stratigraphy of the local area. Cross-sections should
note the location of faults, major fractures, and carbonate formations that are
known to contain or that may contain caverns.
(6) Generalized maps and cross sections
illustrating the regional geologic setting. Cross-sections should note the
location of faults, major fractures, and carbonate formations that are known to
contain or that may contain caverns.
(7) A demonstration that
shows one of the following:
(a) The confining zone is separated from the
base of the lowermost USDW by at least one sequence of permeable and less
permeable strata that will provide an added layer of protection for the USDW in
the event of fluid movement in an unlocated bore hole or transmissive
fault.
(b)
Within the area of review, the piezometric surface of the fluid in the
injection zone is less than the piezometric surface of the lowermost USDW,
considering density effects, injection pressures and any significant pumping in
the overlying USDW.
(c)
There is no USDW present.
(8) A demonstration for applications for
class I hazardous waste injection wells that the well is sited in compliance
with paragraph (C) of rule
3745-34-51 of the Administrative
Code.
(G) The owner
shall submit the information required by rule
3745-34-59 of the Administrative
Code for permit applications for class I hazardous waste injection
wells.
(H) Financial assurance. The
owner shall submit certification and evidence of financial responsibility for
operation and closure of the well including surety bond or other adequate
assurance, such as a financial statement or other materials acceptable to the
director. This demonstration shall be consistent with the provisions of rules
3745-34-27, 3745-34-36, and
3745-34-62 of the Administrative
Code.