Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) For a new class
I hazardous waste injection well, the owner shall submit all information listed
in paragraph (B) of this rule as part of the permit application except for
those items of information which are current, accurate, and available in the
existing permit record. For both existing and new class I hazardous waste
injection 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 and readily available to the director and
sufficiently identifiable to be retrieved.
(B) Prior to the issuance of a permit for an
existing class I hazardous waste injection well to operate or the construction
or conversion of a new class I hazardous waste injection well, the director
shall review the following to assure that the requirements of this chapter are
met:
(1) Information required by rules
3745-34-12, 3745-34-13, and
3745-34-14 of the Administrative
Code.
(2) A
map showing the injection well 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.
(3) A
tabulation of all wells within the area of review which penetrate the proposed
injection zone or confining 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) The protocol followed to identify, locate
and ascertain the condition of abandoned wells within the area of review which
penetrate the injection or the confining zones.
(5) 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.
(6) Maps and cross-sections detailing the
geologic structure of the local area.
(7)
Maps and cross-sections illustrating the regional geologic setting.
(8) Proposed operating data:
(a) Average and maximum daily rate and volume
of the fluid to be injected.
(b) Average and maximum injection pressure
and calculation of proposed maximum injection pressure.
(9) Proposed formation testing program to
obtain an analysis of the chemical, physical and radiological characteristics
of and other information on the injection formation and the confining zone.
(10) Proposed stimulation program.
(11) Proposed injection procedure.
(12) Schematic or other appropriate drawings
of the surface and subsurface construction details of the well.
(13) Contingency plans to cope with all
shut-ins or well failures so as to prevent migration of fluids into any
USDW.
(14)
Plans (including maps) for meeting monitoring requirements of rule
3745-34-57 of the Administrative
Code.
(15)
For wells within the area of review which penetrate the injection zone or the
confining zone but are not properly completed or plugged, the plan and
comprehensive schedule for corrective action to be taken under rule
3745-34-53 of the Administrative
Code.
(16)
Construction procedures including a cementing and casing program, well
materials specifications and their life expectancy, logging procedures,
deviation checks, and a drilling, testing and coring program.
(17) 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 and for post closure
care.
(C) Prior to the
director's granting approval for the operation of a Class I hazardous waste
injection well, the owner shall submit to the director for review the following
information, which shall be included in the completion report:
(1) All available logging and testing program
data on the well.
(2) A
demonstration of mechanical integrity pursuant to rule
3745-34-58 of the Administrative
Code.
(3)
The anticipated maximum pressure and flow rate at which the permittee will
operate.
(4)
The results of the injection zone and confining zone testing program as
required in rule
3745-34-60 of the Administrative
Code.
(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 confining zone and with materials used
to construct the well.
(7)
The calculated area of review based on data obtained during logging and testing
of the well and the formation, and where necessary revisions to the information
submitted under rule
3745-34-60 of the Administrative
Code.
(8) The status of
corrective action on wells identified in rule
3745-34-60 of the Administrative
Code.
(D) Prior to
granting approval for the plugging and abandonment or closure of a Class I
hazardous waste injection well, the director shall review the information
required by rules
3745-34-61 and
3745-34-62 of the Administrative
Code.
(E) Any permit issued for a
Class I hazardous waste injection well for disposal on the premises where the
waste is generated shall contain a certification by the owner or operator that:
(1) The generator of the hazardous waste has
a program to reduce the volume or quantity and toxicity of such waste to the
degree determined by the generator to be economically practicable.
(2) Injection of the waste is that
practicable method of disposal currently available to the generator which
minimizes the present and future threat to human health and the
environment.