Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 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; and
(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;
and
(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. This shall
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 must 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;
(f) Springs;
(g) Mines (surface and subsurface);
(h) Quarries;
(i) Water wells;
(j) Other pertinent surface features
including residences and roads;
(k)
Seismic areas and faults, if known or suspected; and
(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:
(a) Name of the well;
(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;
(e) Date drilled;
(f) Location in latitude and longitude to the
nearest second;
(g) Depth; and
(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;
(d) Geology;
(e) Hydrology;
(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; and
(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; and
(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. This analysis shall
include:
(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; and
(7) A demonstration that:
(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; or
(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; or
(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 must be consistent with the
provisions of rules
3745-34-27,
3745-34-36,
and
3745-34-62
of the Administrative Code.
Replaces: Part of 3745-34-16
Effective:
04/23/2009
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/23/2014
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority:
6111.043
Rule Amplifies: 6111.043
Prior Effective Dates:
7/25/84, 9/15/92, 1/24/00, 10/17/03