Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality
Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM CLASS I AND V WELLS
Section 27-9 - Individual Permits for Class V Facilities
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 27-9
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) The operator shall submit an application and obtain a permit prior to the construction, installation, modification or operation of any facility in the following subclasses: 5A3; 5B3; 5B5; 5C1; 5C2; 5C3; 5D1; 5D3; 5D4; 5E3, 5E4 and 5F2 unless the facility is covered by a general permit. In addition, any facility not authorized under Sections 10 and 11, and operators directed by the administrator to obtain an individual permit, shall obtain an individual permit under this section.
(b) The operator is responsible to make application for and obtain a permit. Each application must be submitted with all supporting data required in this chapter.
(c) A complete application for a Class V facility individual permit shall include:
(i) A brief description of the nature of the
business and the activities to be conducted that require the applicant to
obtain a permit under this chapter.
(ii) The name, address and telephone number
of the operator, and the operator's ownership status and status as a federal,
state, private, public or other entity.
(iii) The name address and telephone number
of the facility. Additionally, the location of the facility shall be identified
by section, township, range and county.
(iv) A calculation of the area of review
including:
(A) A calculation to determine the
maximum area affected by the injected waste for all Class V facilities
constructed or modified after the effective date of these regulations. This
calculation determines the total amount of void space around and down gradient
from the point of injection and uses accepted groundwater theory to determine
the extent of any affected groundwater around the facility.
(B) A Class V area of review shall never be
less than the area of potentially impacted groundwater.
(C) All areas of review shall be legally
described by township, range and section to the nearest ten (10) acres as
described under the general land survey system.
(v) Information about the proposed facility
including:
(A) A description of the substances
proposed to be discharged, including type, source, and chemical, physical,
radiological and toxic characteristics; and
(B) Construction and engineering details in
accordance with Section
13 of this chapter and Chapter 11 Water
Quality Rules and Regulations.
(vi) Information, including the name,
description, depth, geologic structure, faulting, fracturing, lithology,
hydrology, and fluid pressure of the receiver and any relevant confining zones.
The fracture pressure of the receiver shall be submitted only if the injection
is under pressure into a confined aquifer.
(vii) Water quality information including
background water quality data which will facilitate the classification of any
groundwaters which may be affected by the proposed discharge. This must include
information necessary for the division to classify the receiver and any
secondarily affected aquifers under Chapter 8, Wyoming Water Quality Rules and
Regulations.
(viii) A topographic
and other pertinent maps, extending at least one (1) mile beyond the property
boundaries of the facility, but never less than the area of review, depicting:
(A) The facility and each of its intake and
discharge structures;
(B) Each
well, drywell or subsurface fluid distribution system where fluids from the
facility are injected underground;
(C) Other wells, springs, and surface water
bodies, and drinking water wells listed in public records or otherwise known to
the applicant within the area of review; and
(D) Bedrock and surficial geology, geologic
structure, and hydrogeology in the area.
(ix) A list of other relevant permits,
whether federal or state, that the facility has been required to obtain, such
as construction permits. This includes a statement as to whether or not the
facility is within a state approved water quality management plan area, a state
approved wellhead protection area or a state approved source water protection
area.
(x) Detailed plans for
monitoring the volume and chemistry of the discharge, and water quality of
selected water wells within the area of review in accordance with Section
15 of this chapter.
(xi) All applications for permits, reports,
or information to be submitted to the administrator shall be signed by a
responsible officer as described in Section
6(f)(xiv) and the
application shall contain the certification contained in Section
6(f)(xv) of this
chapter.
(xii) All data used to
complete permit applications shall be kept by the applicant for a minimum of
three (3) years from the date of signing.
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