Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 730 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS › Subpart H - CRITERIA AND STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO CLASS VI WELLS › Section 730.182 - Required Class VI Injection Well Permit Information

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Section sets forth the information that the Agency must
				  consider when authorizing a Class VI injection well. For a converted Class I,
				  Class II, or Class V experimental injection well, certain maps, cross-sections,
				  tabulations of wells within the area of review, and other data may be included
				  in the application by reference, provided they are current, readily available
				  to the Agency, and sufficiently identified as to be retrieved. In cases where
				  USEPA issues the permit, all the information in this Section must be submitted
				  to the USEPA, Region 5.
a) Prior to
				the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new Class VI injection well
				or the conversion of an existing Class I, Class II, or Class V injection well
				to a Class VI injection well, the owner or operator must submit, pursuant to
				Section
				730.191(e),
				and the Agency must consider, the following:
1) The information required by 35 Ill. Adm.
				Code
				702.123(a) through
				(f);
2) A map showing the injection well for which
				a permit is sought and the applicable area of review consistent with Section
				730.184.
				Within the area of review, the map must show the number or name and location of
				all injection wells, producing wells, abandoned wells, plugged wells, or dry
				holes; deep stratigraphic boreholes; Agency- or USEPA-approved subsurface
				cleanup sites; surface bodies of water, springs, mines (surface and
				subsurface), quarries, water wells; and other pertinent surface features,
				including structures intended for human occupancy, state boundaries, 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;
3) Information on the geologic structure and
				hydrogeologic properties of the proposed storage site and overlying formations,
				including the following documents and information:
A) Maps and cross sections of the area of
				review;
B) The location,
				orientation, and properties of known or suspected faults and fractures that may
				transect the confining zones in the area of review and a determination that the
				faults and fractures would not interfere with containment;
C) Data on the depth, areal extent,
				thickness, mineralogy, porosity, permeability, and capillary pressure of the
				injection and confining zones; including geology and facies changes based on
				field data, which may include geologic cores, outcrop data, seismic surveys,
				well logs, and names and lithologic descriptions;
D) Geomechanical information on fractures,
				stress, ductility, rock strength, and in-situ fluid pressures within the
				confining zones;
E) Information on
				the seismic history that includes the presence and depth of seismic sources and
				a determination that the seismicity would not interfere with containment;
				and
F) Geologic and topographic
				maps and cross sections that illustrate regional geology, hydrogeology, and the
				geologic structure of the local area;
4) A tabulation of all wells within the area
				of review that penetrate the injection or confining zones. The tabulated data
				must include a description of each well's type, construction, date drilled,
				location, depth, applicable records of plugging and completion, and any
				additional information that the Agency may require to evaluate the request for
				a permit;
5) Maps and stratigraphic
				cross sections indicating the general vertical and lateral limits of all USDWs,
				water wells, and springs within the area of review, their positions relative to
				the injection zones, and the direction of water movement, where
				known;
6) Baseline geochemical data
				on subsurface formations that includes all USDWs in the area of
				review;
7) Proposed operating data
				for the proposed geologic sequestration site that includes that following items
				of information:
A) The average and maximum
				daily rate and volume or mass, and the total anticipated volume or mass, of the
				carbon dioxide stream;
B) The
				average and maximum injection pressures;
C) The sources of the carbon dioxide stream;
				and
D) An analysis of the chemical
				and physical characteristics of the carbon dioxide stream;
8) A proposed program for pre-operational
				formation testing that fulfills the requirements of Section
				730.187
				to obtain an analysis of the chemical and physical characteristics of the
				injection zones and confining zones;
9) A proposed stimulation program, a
				description of stimulation fluids to be used, and a determination that
				stimulation will not interfere with containment;
10) A proposed procedure to outline steps
				necessary to conduct injection operation;
11) Schematics or other appropriate drawings
				of the surface and subsurface construction details of the well;
12) Injection well construction procedures
				that fulfill the requirements of Section
				730.186;
13) A proposed area of review and corrective
				action plan that fulfills the requirements of Section 730.184;
14) A demonstration which is sufficient to
				support an Agency determination that the applicant has met the financial
				responsibility requirements under Section
				730.185;
15) A proposed testing and monitoring plan,
				as required by Section
				730.190;
16) A proposed injection well plugging plan,
				as required by Section
				730.192(b);
17) A proposed post-injection site care and
				site closure plan, as required by Section
				730.193(a);
18) At the Agency's discretion, a
				demonstration of an alternative post-injection site care timeframe required, as
				required by Section
				730.193(c);
19) A proposed emergency and remedial
				response plan, as required by Section
				730.194(a);
20) A list of contacts, submitted to the
				Agency, for those states identified to be within the area of review of the
				Class VI project based on information provided pursuant to subsection (a)(2);
				and
21) Any other information
				requested by the Agency that would support an Agency determination whether to
				issue the requested permit.