Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
This rule sets forth the information which
shall be
considered by the director in authorizing class I wells. For an existing or
converted new class I well, the director may rely on the existing permit file
for those items of information listed below which are current and accurate in
the file. For a newly drilled class I well, the director
requires the submission of all the information listed
below. For both existing and new class I wells, certain maps, cross sections,
tabulations of wells within the area of review and other data may be included
in the application by reference provided they are current, readily available to
the director (for example in the permitting agency's files) and sufficiently
identified to be retrieved.
(A) Prior
to the issuance of a permit for an existing class I well to operate or the
construction or conversion of a new class I well, the director shall consider
the following:
(1) Information required in
rules 3745-34-12, 3745-34-13, and
3745-34-14 of the Administrative
Code.
(2) A
map showing the injection well(s) for which a permit is sought and the
applicable area of review. Within the area of review, the map
shall
show the number, or name, and location of all producing wells, injection wells,
abandoned wells, dry holes, surface bodies of water, springs, mines (surface
and subsurface), quarries, water wells and other pertinent surface features
including residences and roads. The map should also show faults, if known or
suspected. Only information of public record is required to be included on this
map.
(3) A
tabulation of data on all wells within the area of review which penetrate into
the proposed injection zone. Such data shall include a description of each
well's type, construction, date drilled, location, depth, record of plugging
and/or completion, and any additional information the director may require.
(4) Maps and cross sections indicating the
general vertical and lateral limits of all underground sources of drinking
water within the area of review, their position relative to the injection
formation and the direction of water movement, where known, in each underground
source of drinking water which may be affected by the proposed injection.
(5) Maps and cross sections detailing the
geologic structure of the local area.
(6)
Generalized maps and cross sections illustrating the regional geologic
setting.
(7)
Proposed operating data:
(a) Average and
maximum daily rate and volume of the fluid to be injected.
(b) Average and maximum injection
pressure.
(c) Source and an
analysis of the chemical, physical, radiological and biological characteristics
of injection fluids.
(8)
Proposed formation testing program to obtain an analysis of the chemical,
physical and radiological characteristics of and other information on the
receiving formation.
(9)
Proposed stimulation program.
(10)
Proposed injection procedure.
(11)
Schematic or other appropriate drawings of the surface and subsurface
construction details of the well.
(12)
Contingency plans to cope with all shut-ins or well failures so as to prevent
migration of fluids into any underground source or drinking water.
(13) Plans (including maps) for meeting the
monitoring requirements in paragraph (B) of rule
3745-34-38 of the Administrative
Code.
(14)
For wells within the area of review which penetrate the injection zone but are
not properly completed or plugged, the corrective action proposed to be taken
under rule
3745-34-30 of the Administrative
Code.
(15)
Construction procedures including a cementing and casing program, logging
procedures, deviation checks, and a drilling, testing, and coring program.
(16) A certificate that the applicant has
assured, through a performance bond or other appropriate means, the resources
necessary to close, plug or abandon the well as required by paragraph (B)(6) of
rule 3745-34-27 of the Administrative
Code.
(17)
Location, including, but not limited to, seismic areas, wetlands, flood hazard
areas, carbonate formations that result in caverns, and underground mines, both
active and abandoned.
(18) The means to
dispose of any sludges, solid wastes, or semi-solids or liquids generated in
the treatment of any wastes received.
(B) Prior to granting approval for the
operation of a class I well, the director shall consider the following
information:
(1) All available logging and
testing program data on the well.
(2) A
demonstration of mechanical integrity pursuant to rule
3745-34-34 of the Administrative
Code.
(3)
The anticipated maximum pressure and flow rate at which the permittee will
operate.
(4)
The results of the formation testing program.
(5) The actual injection procedure.
(6) The compatibility of injected waste with
fluids in the injection zone and minerals in both the injection zone and the
confining zone.
(7) The status of
corrective action on defective wells in the area of review.
(C) Prior to granting approval for
the plugging and abandonment of a class I well, the director shall consider the
following information:
(1) The type and number
of plugs to be used.
(2)
The placement of each plug including the elevation of the top and bottom.
(3) The type and grade and quantity of cement
to be used.
(4)
The method for placement of the plugs.
(5) The procedure to be used to meet the
requirements of rule
3745-34-36 of the Administrative
Code.