(a) Reporting requirements. The operator of a geologic
storage facility must provide, at a minimum, the following reports
to the director and retain the following information:
(1) Test records. The operator must file a complete
record of all tests in duplicate with the district office within 30
days after the testing. In conducting and evaluating the tests enumerated
in this subchapter or others to be allowed by the director, the operator
and the director must apply methods and standards generally accepted
in the industry. When the operator reports the results of mechanical
integrity tests to the director, the operator must include a description
of any tests and methods used. In making this evaluation, the director
must review monitoring and other test data submitted since the previous
evaluation.
(2) Operating reports. The operator also must include
summary cumulative tables of the information required by the reports
listed in this paragraph.
(A) Report within 24 hours. The operator must report
the items listed in clauses (i) through (v) of this subparagraph to
the director and the appropriate district office orally as soon as
practicable, but within 24 hours of discovery, and in writing within
five working days of discovery. The written submission shall contain
a description of the noncompliance and its cause, the period of noncompliance,
including exact dates and times, and if the noncompliance has not
been corrected, the anticipated time it is expected to continue, and
steps taken or planned to reduce, eliminate, and prevent reoccurrence
of the noncompliance. The operator shall report the following items:
(i) the discovery of any significant pressure changes
or other monitoring data that indicate the presence of leaks in the
well or the lack of confinement of the injected gases to the geologic
storage reservoir;
(ii) any evidence that the injected CO2 stream or associated pressure front may cause
an endangerment to a USDW;
(iii) any noncompliance with a permit condition, or
malfunction of the injection system, which may cause fluid migration
into or between USDWs;
(iv) any triggering of a shut-off system (i.e., down-hole
or at the surface); and
(v) any failure to maintain mechanical integrity.
(B) Report within 30 days. The operator must report:
(i) the results of periodic tests for mechanical integrity;
(ii) the results of any other test of the injection
well conducted by the operator if required by the director; and
(iii) a description of any well workover.
(C) Semi-annual report. The operator must report:
(i) a summary of well head pressure monitoring;
(ii) changes to the source as well as the physical,
chemical, and other relevant characteristics of the CO2 stream from the proposed operating data;
(iii) monthly average, maximum and minimum values for
injection pressure, flow rate, temperature, and volume and/or mass,
and annular pressure;
(iv) monthly annulus fluid volume added;
(v) a description of any event that significantly exceeds
operating parameters for annulus pressure or injection pressure as
specified in the permit;
(vi) a description of any event that triggers a shutdown
device and the response taken; and
(vii) the results of monitoring prescribed under §5.206(e)
of this title (relating to Permit Standards).
(D) Annual reports. The operator must submit an annual
report detailing:
(i) corrective action performed;
(ii) new wells installed and the type, location, number,
and information required in §5.203(e) of this title (relating
to Application Requirements);
(iii) re-calculated AOR unless the operator submits
a statement signed by an appropriate company official confirming that
monitoring and operational data supports the current delineation of
the AOR on file with the Commission;
(iv) the updated area for which the operator has a
good faith claim to the necessary and sufficient property rights to
operate the geologic storage facility;
(v) tons of CO2 injected;
and
(vi) other information as required by the permit.
(E) Annual updates. The operator must maintain and
update required plans in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
(i) Operators must submit an annual statement, signed
by an appropriate company official, confirming that the operator has:
(I) reviewed the monitoring and operational data that
are relevant to a decision on whether to reevaluate the AOR and the
monitoring and operational data that are relevant to a decision on
whether to update an approved plan required by §5.203 or §5.206
of this title; and
(II) determined whether any updates were warranted
by material change in the monitoring and operational data or in the
evaluation of the monitoring and operational data by the operator.
(ii) Operators must submit either the updated plan
or a summary of the modifications for each plan for which an update
the operator determined to be warranted pursuant to subclause (I)
of this clause. The director may require submission of copies of any
updated plans and/or additional information regarding whether or not
updates of any particular plans are warranted.
(3) The director may require the revision of any required
plan following any significant changes to the facility, such as addition
of injection or monitoring wells, on a schedule determined by the
director or whenever the director determines that such a revision
is necessary to comply with the requirements of this subchapter.
(b) Report format.
(1) The operator must report the results of injection
pressure and injection rate monitoring of each injection well on Form
H-10, Annual Disposal/Injection Well Monitoring Report, and the results
of internal mechanical integrity testing on Form H-5, Disposal/Injection
Well Pressure Test Report. Operators must submit other reports in
a format acceptable to the Commission. At the discretion of the director,
other formats may be accepted.
(2) The operator must submit all required reports,
submittals, and notifications under this subchapter to the director
and to the EPA in an electronic format approved by the director and
the Regional Administrator, respectively.
(c) Signatories to reports.
(1) Reports. All reports required by permits and other
information requested by the director, shall be signed by a person
described in §5.203(a)(1)(B) of this title, or by a duly authorized
representative of that person. A person is a duly authorized representative
only if:
(A) the authorization is made in writing by a person
described in §5.203(a)(1)(B) of this title;
(B) the authorization specifies either an individual
or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the
regulated facility or activity, such as the position of plant manager,
operator of a well or a well field, superintendent, or position of
equivalent responsibility; and
(C) the written authorization is submitted to the director.
(2) Changes to authorization. If an authorization under
paragraph (1) of this subsection is no longer accurate because a different
individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation
of the facility, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of
paragraph (1) of this subsection must be submitted to the director
prior to or together with any reports, information, or applications
to be signed by an authorized representative.
(d) Certification. All reports required by permits
and other information requested by the director under this subchapter,
shall be certified as follows: "I certify under penalty of law that
this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction
or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted.
Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system,
or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information,
the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief,
true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant
penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility
of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."
(e) Record retention.
(1) The operator must retain all data collected under
§5.203 of this title for Class VI permit applications throughout
the life of the geologic sequestration project and for 10 years following
storage facility closure.
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