(a) Pre-operation reports.
(1) Start-up date and time. At least 24 hours before
beginning drilling and cavern construction operations, the permittee
shall notify the executive director in writing of the anticipated
well construction and cavern construction start-up dates. Compliance
with all pre-operation terms of the permit must occur before beginning
injection operations.
(2) Notice of Completion. The permittee shall submit
notice of completion of construction to the executive director as
specified in §331.65(e)(1) of this title (relating to Reporting
Requirements).
(3) Well completion report. Within 90 days after the
completion of the well, the permittee shall submit a Well Completion
Report to the executive director addressing the considerations and
standards in §331.45(3) of this title (relating to Executive
Director Approval of Construction and Completion) and §331.243
of this title (relating to Bedded Salt Cavern Disposal Well Construction
Standards), and including a completed copy of the commission's Well
Data Form, and a surveyor's plat showing the exact location and giving
the latitude and longitude of the well. The report will also include
a certification that a notation on the deed to the facility property
or on some other instrument which is normally examined during title
search has been made stating the surveyed location of the well, and
the well permit number.
(4) Cavern completion report. Within 90 days after
the completion of the cavern, the permittee shall submit a Cavern
Completion Report to the executive director addressing the considerations
and standards in §331.45(3) of this title and §331.244 of
this title (relating to Bedded Salt Cavern Construction Standards),
and including a surveyor's plat showing the exact location and giving
the latitude and longitude of the cavern. The report will also include
a certification that a notation on the deed to the facility property
or on some other instrument which is normally examined during title
search has been made stating the surveyed location of the cavern,
the well permit number, the depth of the cavern floor and ceiling,
the cavern diameter, the dates of operation, and its permitted waste
streams.
(5) Local authorities. The permittee shall provide
written notice to the executive director in a manner specified by
the executive director that a copy of the permit has been properly
filed with the health and pollution control authorities of the county,
city, and town where the well is located.
(b) Operating reports.
(1) Injection operation quarterly report.
(A) For noncommercial facilities only, within 20 days
after the last day of the months of March, June, September, and December,
the permittee shall submit to the executive director a quarterly report
of injection operation on forms supplied by the executive director.
These forms will comply with the reporting requirements of 40 Code
of Federal Regulations §146.69(a).
(B) The owner or operator shall submit inventory balance
data measuring the volume of waste and brine injected into or withdrawn
from each bedded salt cavern well, including methods for measuring
and verifying volume.
(C) The executive director may require more frequent
reporting.
(2) Injection zone annual report. For all facilities,
the permittee shall submit annually with the December report of injection
operation an updated graphic or other acceptable report and description
of the effects of the well and cavern on the area of review, including
a report on monitoring required by §331.246(j) of this title
(relating to Bedded Salt Cavern and Well Monitoring and Testing Requirements).
To the extent such information is reasonably available the report
shall also include:
(A) locations of newly constructed or newly discovered
wells within the area of review if such wells were not included in
the technical report accompanying the permit application or in later
reports;
(B) a tabulation of data as required by §331.121(a)(2)(B)
of this title (relating to Class I Wells) for all such wells within
the area of review that penetrate the injection zone or confining
zone; and
(C) for noncommercial facilities only, a current injection
fluid analysis.
(3) Workover reports. Within 30 days after the completion
of the workover, a report shall be filed with the executive director
including the reason for well workover and the details of all work
performed.
(4) Well mechanical integrity, cavern integrity, and
other reports. The permittee shall submit within 30 days after test
completion a report including both data and interpretation on the
results of:
(A) periodic tests of well and cavern integrity; and
(B) any other test of the injection well or cavern
if required by the executive director.
(5) Emergency report of leak or other failure. The
permittee shall notify the underground injection control staff of
the Austin office and the local district office of the commission,
within 24 hours of any significant change in monitoring parameters
or of any other observations which could reasonably be attributed
to a leak or other failure of the well equipment or cavern integrity.
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