| (a) The commission shall consider the following before
issuing a Class I Injection Well Permit:
(1) all information in the completed application for
permit;
(2) all information in the Technical Report submitted
with the application for permit in accordance with §305.45(a)(8)
of this title (relating to Contents of Application for Permit). Subparagraphs
(A) - (Q) of this paragraph apply to all Class I wells except those
Class I wells authorized to inject only nonhazardous desalination
concentrate or nonhazardous drinking water treatment residuals. Information
to be considered includes, but is not limited to:
(A) a map showing the location of the injection well
for which a permit is sought and the applicable area of review. Within
the area of review, the map must 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;
(B) a tabulation of all wells within the area of review
which penetrate the injection zone or confining zone, and for salt
dome cavern disposal wells, the salt dome cavern injection zone, salt
dome cavern confining zone and caprock. 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 executive director may require;
(C) 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;
(D) maps and cross-sections indicating the general
vertical and lateral limits of underground sources of drinking water
(USDWs) and freshwater aquifers, their positions relative to the injection
formation and the direction of water movement, where known, in each
USDW or freshwater aquifer which may be affected by the proposed injection;
(E) maps, cross-sections, and description of the geologic
structure of the local area;
(F) maps, cross-sections, and description of the regional
geologic setting;
(G) proposed operating data:
(i) average and maximum daily injection rate and volume
of the fluid or waste to be injected over the anticipated life of
the injection well;
(ii) average and maximum injection pressure;
(iii) source of the waste streams;
(iv) an analysis of the chemical and physical characteristics
of the waste streams;
(v) for salt dome cavern waste disposal, the bulk waste
density, permeability, porosity, and compaction rate, as well as the
individual physical characteristics of the wastes and transporting
media;
(vi) for salt dome cavern waste disposal, the results
of tests performed on the waste to demonstrate that the waste will
remain solid under cavern conditions; and
(vii) any additional analyses which the executive director
may reasonably require;
(H) proposed formation testing program to obtain an
analysis of the chemical, physical, and radiological characteristics
of formation fluids, and other information on the injection zone and
confining zone;
(I) proposed stimulation program, if needed;
(J) proposed operation and injection procedures;
(K) engineering drawings of the surface and subsurface
construction details of the injection well;
(L) contingency plans, based on a reasonable worst-case
scenario, to cope with all shut-ins; loss of cavern integrity, or
well failures so as to prevent migration of fluid into any USDW;
(M) plans (including maps) for meeting the monitoring
requirements of this chapter, such plans shall include all parameters,
test methods, sample methods, and quality assurance procedures necessary
and used to meet these requirements;
(N) for wells within the area of review which penetrate
the injection zone or confining zone but are not adequately constructed,
completed, or plugged, the corrective action proposed to be taken;
(O) construction procedures including a cementing and
casing program, contingency cementing plan for managing lost circulation
zones and other adverse subsurface conditions, well materials specifications
and their life expectancy, logging procedures, deviation checks, and
a drilling, testing, and coring program;
(P) delineation of all faults within the area of review,
together with a demonstration, unless previously demonstrated to the
commission or to the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
that the fault is not sufficiently transmissive or vertically extensive
to allow migration of hazardous constituents out of the injection
zone; and
(Q) the authorization status of the pre-injection units
for the injection well.
(3) This paragraph applies to those Class I wells authorized
to inject only nonhazardous desalination concentrate or nonhazardous
drinking water treatment residuals. Information to be considered includes,
but is not limited to:
(A) 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 must show the number, or name, and location of
all producing 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;
(B) a tabulation of data on all wells within the area
of review that 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 executive director may require;
(C) a topographic map (or other map if a topographic
map is unavailable) extending one mile beyond the property boundaries
of the source depicting the facility and each of its intake and discharge
structures; each of its hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal
facilities; each well where fluids from the facility are injected
underground; and those wells, springs, and other surface water bodies,
and drinking water wells listed in public records or otherwise known
to the applicant within a quarter mile of the facility property boundary;
(D) 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 which may be affected
by the proposed injection;
(E) maps and cross sections detailing the geologic
structure of the local area;
(F) generalized maps and cross sections illustrating
the regional geologic setting;
(G) proposed operating data:
(i) average and maximum daily rate and volume of the
fluid to be injected;
(ii) average and maximum injection pressure; and
(iii) source and an analysis of the chemical, physical,
radiological and biological characteristics of injection fluids;
(H) proposed formation testing program to obtain an
analysis of the chemical, physical and radiological characteristics
of and other information on the receiving formation;
(I) proposed stimulation program;
(J) proposed injection procedure;
(K) schematic or other appropriate drawings of the
surface and subsurface construction details of the well;
(L) contingency plans to cope with all shut-ins or
well failures so as to prevent migration of fluids into any USDW;
(M) plans (including maps) for meeting the monitoring
requirements in §331.64 of this title (relating to Monitoring
and Testing Requirements);
(N) 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 §331.45(2)(G) of
this title (relating to Executive Director Approval of Construction
and Completion); and
(O) construction procedures including a cementing and
casing program, logging procedures, deviation checks, and a drilling,
testing, and coring program; and
(4) whether the applicant will assure, in accordance
with Chapter 37, Subchapter Q of this title (relating to Financial
Assurance for Underground Injection Control Wells), the resources
necessary to close, plug, abandon, and if applicable, provide post-closure
care for the well and/or waste disposal cavern as required;
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