| (2) The operator must retain data on the nature and
composition of all injected fluids collected pursuant to §5.203(j)(2)(A)
of this title until 10 years after storage facility closure. The operator
shall submit the records to the director at the conclusion of the
retention period, and the records must thereafter be retained at the
Austin headquarters of the Commission.
(3) The operator must retain all testing and monitoring
data collected pursuant to the plans required under §5.203(j)
of this title, including wellhead pressure records, metering records,
and integrity test results, and modeling inputs and data used to support
AOR calculations for at least 10 years after the data is collected.
(4) The operator must retain well plugging reports,
post-injection storage facility care data, including data and information
used to develop the demonstration of the alternative post-injection
storage facility care timeframe, and the closure report collected
pursuant to the requirements of §5.206(k)(6) and (m) of this
title for 10 years following storage facility closure.
(5) The operator must retain all documentation of good
faith claim to necessary and sufficient property rights to operate
the geologic storage facility until the director issues the final
certificate of closure in accordance with §5.206(k)(7) of this
title.
(6) The director has authority to require the operator
to retain any records required in this subchapter for longer than
10 years after storage facility closure.
(7) The director may require the operator to submit
the records to the director at the conclusion of the retention period.
This agency hereby certifies that the rules as adopted have been
reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the
agency's legal authority.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §5.207 adopted to be effective December 20, 2010, 35 TexReg 11202; amended to be effective September 19, 2022, 47 TexReg 5797; amended to be effective September 11, 2023, 48 TexReg 5022 |
