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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart B - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 240.220 - Contents of Application

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The application for a permit to drill, deepen or convert to a
				  production well shall include:
a) The
				name of the well.
b) The well
				location surveyed by an Illinois licensed land surveyor or Illinois registered
				professional engineer, the GPS (Global Positioning System) latitude and
				longitude location, and ground elevation of the well. A survey or GPS location
				is not required for a converted or deepened well, for a drilled out plugged
				hole if the original well location was surveyed, or for a well permitted under
				Section
				240.210(d).
				The GPS location shall be recorded as degrees and decimal degrees recorded to 6
				decimal places in the North American Datum 1983 projection and shall be
				accurate to within 3 feet. The reported GPS location is required to be an
				actual GPS field measurement and not a calculated or conversion
				measurement.
c) A map showing:
1) the boundaries of the leasehold or
				enhanced oil recovery unit;
2) the
				exact location of the well proposed to be drilled, deepened or converted, and
				an outline of the proposed drilling unit;
3) the location of all producing wells
				previously drilled on the drilling unit; and
4) the location of all offset wells on
				adjacent drilling units.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart B - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 240.230 - Authority of Person Signing Application

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a) The application for a permit to drill,
				deepen, or convert to a production well shall identify whether the owner of the
				right to drill and to operate the well is an individual, partnership,
				corporation or other entity, and shall contain the address and signature of the
				owner or person authorized to sign for such owner.
b) If the owner is an individual, the
				application shall be signed by the individual. If the owner is a partnership,
				the application shall be signed by a general partner. If the owner is a
				corporation, the application shall be signed by an officer of the
				corporation.
c) In lieu of the
				signature of the owner or such authorized person, the application may be signed
				by a person having a power of attorney to sign for such owner or authorized
				person, provided a certified copy of the power of attorney is on file with the
				Department or accompanies the application.
d) The entity or person to whom the permit is
				issued shall be called the Permittee and shall be responsible for all
				regulatory requirements relative to the well.
e) If the applicant is a corporation, the
				charter must authorize the corporation to engage in the permitted activity, and
				the corporation must be incorporated or authorized to do business in the State
				of Illinois.
f) If the applicant is
				an individual, partnership, or other unincorporated entity that is not a
				resident of Illinois, provide an irrevocable consent to be sued in
				Illinois.
g) If the applicant has
				been issued a FEIN, that number must be reported on the application.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart B - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 240.240 - Additional Requirements for Directional Drilling

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a) If the applicant intends to deviate from
				the vertical in accordance with Section
				240.450,
				the application shall include a map showing the proposed direction of deviation
				and proposed horizontal distance between the end of the well bore and the
				surface location of the well.
b)
				Within sixty (60) days after the completion of drilling, a certified
				directional survey of the well must be filed with the Department showing the
				surface location of the well, the location of the top and bottom of the
				producing interval and the location of the end of the well bore.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart B - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 240.245 - Additional Requirements for Horizontal Drilling

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a) If the applicant intends to drill one or
				more horizontal drainholes using a short radius, from a vertical wellbore, the
				wellbore shall be spaced in accordance with Section
				240.455.
b) The wellbore shall require only one
				permit.
c) The application for
				horizontal drilling shall include:
1) The
				legal location of the vertical wellbore and the proposed legal location of the
				bottomhole termination of each horizontal drainhole.
2) A plat map showing the surface location of
				the vertical wellbore and the location and length of each proposed horizontal
				drainhole. The applicant shall mark each horizontal drainhole on the
				application with a separate identifier.
3) A copy of the directional drilling survey
				for each horizontal drainhole shall be submitted to the Department within sixty
				(60) days after the completion of drilling of the horizontal
				drainhole.
4) A Well Completion
				Report shall be submitted for the vertical wellbore, if the vertical wellbore
				is newly drilled, and for each horizontal drainhole in accordance with Section
				240.640(a).
5) A Well Drilling Report shall be submitted
				for the vertical wellbore, if the vertical wellbore is newly drilled, and for
				each horizontal drainhole in accordance with Section
				240.640(b).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart B - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 240.250 - Issuance of Permit to Drill or Operate

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a) If the applicant satisfies requirements of
				the Act and this Part, the Department shall issue a permit.
b) A permit shall not be issued to an
				applicant if:
1) the applicant has falsified
				or otherwise misstated any information on or relative to the permit
				application;
2) the applicant has
				failed to abate a violation of the Act specified in a final administrative
				decision of the Department;
3) an
				officer, director, agent, power of attorney or partner in the applicant, or a
				person with an interest in the applicant exceeding 5% was or is an officer,
				director, partner, agent, power of attorney or person with an interest
				exceeding 5% in another entity that failed to abate a violation of the Act
				specified in a final administrative decision of the Department;
4) the applicant was or is an officer,
				director, agent, power of attorney, partner, or person with an interest
				exceeding 5%in another entity that has failed to abate a violation of the Act
				specified in a final administrative decision of the Department (Section 8a of
				the Act);
5) funds have been
				expended and remain outstanding from the PRF to plug wells, under Subpart P,
				for which the applicant was a previous permittee; or the applicant was or is an
				officer, director, agent, power of attorney partner, or person with an interest
				exceeding 5% in a permittee for which funds were expended; or an officer,
				director, agent, power of attorney or partner in the applicant, or a person
				with an interest in the applicant exceeding 5%, was or is an officer, director,
				agent, power of attorney, partner or person with an interest exceeding 5% in a
				permittee for which funds were expended; or
6) the applicant is delinquent in the payment
				of Annual Well Fees; or the applicant was or is an officer, director, agent,
				power of attorney, partner, or person with an interest exceeding 5% in another
				permittee who is delinquent in payment of Annual Well Fees; or an officer,
				director, agent, power of attorney or partner in the applicant, or person with
				an interest in the applicant exceeding 5%, was or is an officer, director,
				agent, power of attorney, partner or person with an interest exceeding 5% in a
				permittee who is delinquent in payment of Annual Well Fees.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart B - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 240.251 - Revocation of Permit to Drill

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a) The
				Department may revoke a permit if:
1) The
				permittee fails to meet permit conditions; or
2) The permit was issued in error;
				or
3) The permittee is not in
				compliance with Section
				240.250(b).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart B - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 240.255 - Conversion of a Production Well to a Water Well

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Production wells may not be converted to a livestock or
				  domestic use water well that is required to have a permit from the Illinois
				  Department of Public Health. Production wells converted to livestock or
				  domestic use water wells prior to January 1, 1989 may remain in use provided
				  the portion of the well extending below the base of the fresh water was plugged
				  prior to January 1, 1989.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart B - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTION WELLS › Section 240.260 - Change of Well Location

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No well may be drilled at a location other than that
				  specified on the permit except as provided in Subpart D.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.300 - Applicability

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The provisions of this Subpart apply to Injection, Disposal
				  and Commercial Disposal Class II UIC wells.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.310 - Application for Permit to Drill, Deepen, or Convert or Amend to a Class II UIC Well

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a) No person
				shall drill, deepen or convert any well for use as a Class II UIC well without
				a permit from the Department.
b) No
				person shall inject into a freshwater aquifer or be issued a permit to inject
				into a freshwater aquifer unless:
1) the
				freshwater aquifer into which injection is proposed has been excepted as
				specified in Section 240.312; or
2) a completed application requesting an
				aquifer exemption was submitted to the Department prior to February 1, 1998 and
				USEPA Region V has completed a technical review, determined that the
				application meets the relevant criteria, and intends to put the application
				forward for final approval by the USEPA under
				40 CFR
				146.4; or
3) a request for an aquifer exemption is
				submitted to the Department in accordance with Section
				240.311 and approved by the
				USEPA under 40 CFR
				146.4.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.311 - Application for Freshwater Aquifer Exemption

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a) If it is determined by the Department a
				freshwater aquifer exemption is required in order to permit and/or operate a
				Class II well, the applicant shall submit to the Department a written request
				to exempt the freshwater aquifer along with evidence showing the freshwater
				aquifer satisfies the criteria for an exemption.
b) A freshwater aquifer or a portion thereof
				may be determined under
				40 CFR
				146.4 to be exempted if evidence is submitted
				showing the following criteria are met:
1)
				The aquifer does not currently serve as a source of drinking water;
				and
2) Either:
A) The aquifer cannot now and will not in the
				future serve as a source of drinking water because:
i) the aquifer is mineral, hydrocarbon or
				geothermal energy producing, or can be demonstrated by a permit applicant as
				part of a permit application for a Class II or III operation to contain
				minerals or hydrocarbons that considering their quantity and location are
				expected to be commercially producible; or
ii) the aquifer is situated at a depth or
				location that makes recovery of water for drinking water purposes economically
				or technologically impractical; or
iii) the aquifer is so contaminated that it
				would be economically or technologically impractical to render that water fit
				for human consumption; or
iv) the
				aquifer is located over a Class III well mining area subject to subsidence or
				catastrophic collapse; or
B) The total dissolved solids content of the
				ground water is more than 3,000 and less than 10,000 mg/1 and it is not
				reasonably expected to supply a public water system.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.312 - Freshwater Aquifer Exemptions

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a)
				The following aquifer exemptions have been approved by the U.S. Environmental
				Protection Agency.
b) Siloam pool
				located in Township 2 South, Range 4 West in Brown County consisting of:
1) SE/4 SE/4 of Section 7; and
2) S/2 NE/4 and S/2 of Section 8;
				and
3) SW/4 SE/4 and SW/4 of
				Section 9; and
4) W/2 NE/4 and NW/4
				of Section 15; and
5) NE/4 SE/4 and
				N/2 NE/4 and NE/4 of Section 16; and
6) N/2 NE/4 and N/2 NW/4 and SE/4 NW/4 of
				Section 17; and
7) NE/4 NE/4 of
				Section 18.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.320 - Contents of Application

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The application for a permit to drill, deepen or convert
				  shall include:
a) The name of the
				well.
b) The well location surveyed
				by an Illinois licensed land surveyor or Illinois registered professional
				engineer, the GPS (Global Positioning System) latitude and longitude location
				and ground elevation of the well. A survey or GPS location is not required for
				a converted or deepened well, for a drilled out plugged hole if the original
				well location was surveyed, or for a well permitted under Section
				240.310(f).
				The GPS location shall be recorded as degrees and decimal degrees recorded to 6
				decimal places in the North American Datum 1983 projection and shall be
				accurate to within 3 feet. The reported GPS location is required to be an
				actual GPS field measurement and not a calculated or conversion
				measurement.
c) A map showing:
1) the boundaries of the leasehold or
				enhanced oil recovery unit, if applicable;
2) the names of all permittees of producing
				leaseholds within 1/4 mile of the proposed Class II UIC Well;
3) the location of the well proposed to be
				drilled, deepened or converted;
4)
				the location of all wells penetrating the proposed injection interval within
				the 1/4 mile area of review as defined in Section
				240.360.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.330 - Authority of Person Signing Application

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a) All applications for permits to drill,
				deepen, or convert to a Class II UIC well shall identify whether the owner of
				the right to drill and to operate the well is an individual, partnership,
				corporation or other entity, and shall contain the address and signature of the
				owner or person authorized to sign for such owner.
b) If the owner is an individual, the
				application shall be signed by the individual. If the owner is a partnership,
				the application shall be signed by a general partner. If the owner is a
				corporation, the application shall be signed by an officer of the
				corporation.
c) In lieu of the
				signature of the owner or such authorized person, the application may be signed
				by a person having a power of attorney to sign for such owner or authorized
				person, provided a certified copy of the power of attorney is on file with the
				Department or accompanies the application.
d) The entity or person to whom the permit is
				issued shall be called the Permittee and shall be responsible for all
				regulatory requirements relative to the well.
e) If the applicant is a corporation, the
				charter must authorize the corporation to engage in the permitted activity, and
				the corporation must be incorporated or authorized to do business in the State
				of Illinois.
f) If the applicant
				has been issued a FEIN, that number must be reported on the
				application.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.340 - Proposed Well Construction and Operating Parameters

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a) Well Construction Records for Conversion
				Wells
If the application is for the conversion of a previously
				  drilled well, the applicant shall:
1)
				submit a complete copy of all available geophysical logs run on the
				well;
2) submit a copy of the
				initial Completion Report or casing and cementing records of the well;
				and
3) establish external
				mechanical integrity in accordance with Section
				240.770(c).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.350 - Groundwater and Potable Water Supply Information

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a) The applicant shall submit a statement
				certifying there are no potable water wells located within 200 feet of the
				proposed Class II UIC well, and there are no municipal water supply wells
				located within 2500 feet of the proposed Class II UIC well.
b) Freshwater Analyses
1) The applicant shall submit a standard
				laboratory analysis of fresh water from 2 or more freshwater wells located
				within 1/4 mile of the proposed injection well and showing the location and
				depth of the well and the dates the samples were obtained. The samples shall be
				analyzed for at least the following parameters: using the applicable American
				Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards, i.e., pH, using Standard
				D1293-99 (Standard Test Methods for pH of Water (2005)); Chloride, using
				Standard D4458-09 (Standard Test Method for Chloride in Brackish Water,
				Seawater and Brines (2009)); Total Dissolved Solids, using Standard D5907-10
				(Standard Test Methods for Filterable Matter (Total Dissolved Solids) and
				Nonfilterable Matter (Total Suspended Solids) in Water (2010)); and Specific
				Gravity, using Standard D1429-08 (Standard Test Methods for Specific Gravity of
				Water and Brine (2008)) from ASTM International, P.O. Box C700, West
				Conshohocken PA 19428-2959 (all incorporations by reference contain no later
				amendments or additions). The samples shall be obtained and analyzed no earlier
				than 1 year prior to the date of filing of the application. The locations of
				the well from which the freshwater samples were obtained shall also be shown on
				the map required in Section
				240.320.
2) If, due to circumstances beyond his or her
				control, the applicant cannot obtain the analysis required under subsection
				(b)(1), the applicant shall submit in lieu of that analysis a statement
				explaining why the analysis could not be obtained.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.360 - Area of Review

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a) The area of
				review shall include all wells located within 1/4 mile of the proposed Class II
				UIC well, including directionally and horizontally drilled wells, which
				penetrate the injection interval within 1/4 mile of the proposed Class II UIC
				well.
b) The applicant shall submit
				evidence that all wells which penetrate the injection formation within the area
				of review contain an adequate amount of cement and are constructed or plugged
				in a manner which will prevent the injection fluid and the fluid in the
				injection formation from entering the freshwater zone. The types of evidence
				that will be considered acceptable by the Department include, but are not
				limited to: well completion reports, cementing records, well construction
				records, cement bond logs, tracer surveys, oxygen activation logs, plugging
				records and expert opinions as to geological and engineering
				conditions.
c) The applicant shall
				submit evidence for all wells which penetrate the injection formation within
				the area of review and which are determined by the Department to contain an
				inadequate amount of cement or are inadequately constructed or plugged, that
				injection into the proposed well and formation will not cause contamination of
				the freshwater zone. If well fluid level measurements are required as part of
				the submitted evidence, the fluid level measurements shall be witnessed by a
				Department Well Inspector. The Department shall have the authority to determine
				if the submitted information is acceptable as showing that the freshwater zone
				will not be contaminated through said well(s).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.370 - Public Notice

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a) Contents of
				Notice and Publication
Public notice shall be given no earlier than 30 days prior to
				  the filing of the application. A notice that an application for a permit to
				  drill, deepen or convert to a Class II UIC well has been or will be filed with
				  the Department shall be published by the applicant in a newspaper of general
				  circulation and published in the county in which the proposed injection well is
				  to be located. The applicant shall submit a copy of, or the original of, the
				  Certificate of Publication to the Department prior to approval of the
				  application.
1) The notice shall
				include:
A) the name and address of the
				applicant;
B) the date on or before
				which the application will be filed;
C) the legal description of the location of
				the proposed injection well, including both the United States Public Land
				Survey and GPS coordinates if required under Section
				240.320(b);
D) the geologic name and depth of the
				injection intervals;
E) the
				proposed maximum injection pressure and maximum injection rate;
F) the address and telephone number for the
				Office; and
G) a statement that the
				public has 15 days to comment on the application and that comments must be made
				in writing to the Office. The deadline for filing comments shall appear in the
				notice. The comment period shall be either:
i)
				15 days from the date the application is filed with the Department, when the
				application is filed after notice has been published; or
ii) 15 days from the date of publication of
				the notice, when the notice is published after the application is
				filed.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.380 - Issuance of Permit

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a) If the
				applicant satisfies the requirements of the Act and this Part, the Department
				shall issue a permit.
b) A permit
				shall not be issued to an applicant not in compliance with Section
				240.250(b).
c) Permits shall expire 1 year from the date
				of issuance unless acted upon by commencement of drilling, deepening or
				converting operations authorized by the permit, which are to be continued with
				due diligence, but not to exceed 2 years from the date of commencement of
				drilling or conversion operations, at which time the well shall be plugged,
				production casing set or conversion operations completed.
d) Permits are not transferable prior to the
				drilling of the well.
e) If during
				drilling the well is lost (collapsed casing or hole, etc.), the permittee is
				required to submit a new application and receive a new permit prior to drilling
				an offset well.
f) The Department
				may revoke a permit in accordance with Section
				240.251(a).
g) The Department shall notify the permittee
				of its intent to revoke a permit effective 30 days from the date of notice
				unless a hearing is requested in accordance with subsection (h).
h) If a written objection to the revocation
				is filed within 30 days after the date of the notice:
1) A pre-hearing conference shall be held
				within 15 days after the receipt of the request for hearing.
A) A pre-hearing conference shall be
				scheduled in order to:
i) Simplify the factual
				and legal issues presented by the hearing request;
ii) Receive stipulations and admissions of
				fact and of the contents and authenticity of documents;
iii) Exchange lists of witnesses the parties
				intend to have testify and copies of all documents the parties intend to
				introduce into evidence at the hearing;
iv) Set a hearing date; and
v) Discuss and resolve such other matters as
				may tend to expedite the disposition of the hearing request and to assure a
				just conclusion.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.385 - Conversion of a Class II Well to a Water Well

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Class II wells may not be converted to a livestock or
				  domestic use water well that is required to have a permit from the Illinois
				  Department of Public Health. Class II wells converted to livestock or domestic
				  use water wells prior to January 1, 1989 may remain in use provided the portion
				  of the well extending below the base of the fresh water was plugged prior to
				  January 1, 1989.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.390 - Permit Amendments

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a) Change
				of Injection Interval
1) The permittee shall
				not change to an unpermitted injection interval without obtaining a permit
				amendment from the Department.
2)
				The permittee shall make application for amendment on a form provided by the
				Department.
3) The application for
				amendment shall include all the information or data required under, and be in
				accordance with, Sections
				240.320
				and
				240.330,
				except that a survey under Section
				240.320(b)
				is not required.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart C - PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II UIC WELLS › Section 240.395 - Update of Class II UIC Well Permits Issued Prior to July 1, 1987

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a) All Class II UIC
				wells permitted as injection or disposal wells prior to July 1, 1987 that have
				not previously been reviewed in conjunction with the Department's Class II UIC
				Program shall be reviewed by the Department to establish:
1) current injection intervals;
2) maximum injection pressures and rates in
				accordance with Section
				240.340(c)
				and (e); and
3) compliance with well construction
				requirements for existing Class II UIC wells in accordance with Sections
				240.730,
				240.740
				and
				240.770
				of this Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart D - SPACING OF WELLS › Section 240.400 - Definitions

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For the purposes of this Subpart:
"Gas" means a mixture of hydrocarbons and varying quantities
				  of non-hydrocarbons in a gaseous state which may or may not be associated with
				  oil, including those liquids resultant from condensation, but not including
				  casing head gas.
"Gas Well" means a well with a gas to oil production ratio
				  equal to or greater than 10,000 cubic feet of gas to 1 barrel of oil.
"Pooled Unit" means a spacing unit created by:
combining separate mineral interests under the pooling clause
				  of a lease or agreement;
a pooling declaration; or
an Integration Order issued by the
				  Department.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart D - SPACING OF WELLS › Section 240.410 - Drilling Units

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a) Oil Wells
1) The Department shall not issue a permit
				for the drilling or deepening of a well for the production of oil within the
				State of Illinois unless the proposed well location and spacing are within
10 acres of surface area lying within the
				  quarter-quarter-quarter section of land (as established by the official United
				  States Public Land Survey). The location of the well shall not be less than 330
				  feet from the nearest lease boundary line except any lease boundary line
				  located within a pooled unit. The location shall be no less than 330 feet from
				  the nearest location of a producing well, a well being drilled, or a well for
				  which a permit has previously been issued, but not yet drilled, for a well to
				  the same individual reservoir. The location shall be no less than 10 feet from
				  the nearest drilling unit boundary line; or
2) A permittee shall not be obligated to
				drill any further wells pursuant to provisions in a lease existing prior to
				April 22, 2016. Any obligation shall be determined, to the extent relevant and
				applicable, by regulations in effect as of the date of the lease.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart D - SPACING OF WELLS › Section 240.420 - Well Location Exceptions within Drilling Unit

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a) Whenever the conditions of a drilling unit
				render it impractical to drill an oil or gas well at a location conforming to
				the requirements of Section
				240.410, an oil or gas well may
				be drilled at a nonconforming location as follows:
1) If the proposed location is less than 330
				feet (or other applicable setback) from the nearest lease boundary line, the
				application shall be accompanied by a written agreement or agreements between
				the applicant and any leaseholders or mineral rights owners (if no leaseholder
				exist) whose leases or mineral rights are adjacent to and less than 330 feet
				(or other applicable setback) from the proposed location. In lieu of the
				submission of a written agreement or agreements, the applicant shall give
				notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to any leaseholders or
				mineral rights owners (if no leaseholders exist) whose leases or mineral rights
				are adjacent to and less than 330 feet (or other applicable setback) from the
				proposed location. The notice shall include the proposed location of the well
				and the reason the location is requested, and shall inform the leaseholders or
				mineral rights owners that they may file written objections with the Department
				within 15 days after service of the notice. If a written objection is received,
				the matter shall be set for hearing, which shall be conducted in accordance
				with the provisions of Section
				240.370(d).
2) In determining whether to approve a
				proposed nonconforming location, the Department will consider the feasibility
				and expense of drilling on location, any hazard or damage to persons or
				property or to the environment, and whether the proposed location would
				adversely affect the correlative rights of any of the owners of the reservoir
				or result in waste or the drilling of unnecessary wells.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart D - SPACING OF WELLS › Section 240.425 - Change of a Permitted Drilling Location

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a) If, after a permit is issued but prior to
				the commencement of drilling, the permittee determines that the permitted
				location is impractical to drill:
1) The
				permittee is allowed, without prior approval from the Department, to move the
				location a maximum of 60 feet from the permitted location, provided the amended
				location meets the requirements of Section
				240.410 or the location
				exceptions in Section
				240.420.
				A surveyed, amended application, showing the amended location and the reason
				the location was moved, shall be submitted to the Department within 10 days
				after moving the location.
2) If
				the proposed well location is more than 60 feet from the permitted location,
				provided the amended location meets the requirements of Section
				240.410 or the location
				exceptions in Section 240.410, a surveyed, amended application must be
				submitted showing the proposed location and the reason the location is
				requested. Approval for the location must be received from the Department prior
				to the commencement of drilling.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart D - SPACING OF WELLS › Section 240.430 - Drilling Unit Exceptions

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a) In the
				case of irregular sections containing more or less than 640 acres, in those
				areas where the United States Government has not made an official survey, in
				areas covered by the old French Surveys and Grants, in meandered lands, in
				government lots, and in subdivisions thereof where the acreage in
				quarter-quarter-quarter sections and quarter-quarter sections do not conform to
				the requirements of Section
				240.410, the Department
				shall establish drilling units for wells such that drilling units will not
				cause a greater well density than would be encountered in regular official
				surveys relative to the distance between wells and the external drilling unit
				boundary lines specified in Section 240.410.
b) If the proposed oil wells will be part of
				an enhanced oil recovery project, spacing requirements for oil or gas
				production wells are as follows:
1) Except as
				provided in subsection (b)(2), the drilling unit and well location requirements
				of Section
				240.410 do not apply to
				an oil well that is part of an enhanced oil recovery project. For purposes of
				this Subpart, an enhanced oil recovery project is a lease, or a unit composed
				of a group of leases operating under an agreement that provides for the sharing
				of production by all of the owners within the unit, which has one or more
				enhanced oil recovery injection wells permitted and in operation at the time an
				application for a permit to drill and operate an oil well is filed. The
				enhanced oil recovery injection wells in operation must be injecting into the
				reservoir that will be produced in order for the project to be classified as an
				enhanced oil recovery project.
2)
				Oil wells permitted and drilled in accordance with this Section must be located
				no less than 330 feet from the nearest lease boundary line or unit boundary,
				except that, if, at the time of application, a lease immediately adjacent to
				the proposed well has producing wells located less than 330 feet from the
				common boundary line, then the proposed well may be located at a distance
				closer than 330 feet, but no closer than the distance to the common boundary
				line of the immediately offsetting well.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart D - SPACING OF WELLS › Section 240.440 - More Than One Well on a Drilling Unit

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More than one well may be drilled on a drilling unit to
				  different reservoirs, allocating the acreage in the drilling unit for each
				  producing reservoir as specified in Section
				  240.410.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart D - SPACING OF WELLS › Section 240.450 - Directional Drilling

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a) A
				directional drilled well is a wellbore which is purposely deviated from the
				vertical and intersects the planned zone of production at a projected surface
				location other than the surface location of the well specified on the
				permit.
b) For a directionally
				drilled well, the drilling unit shall be established and the well permitted
				with reference to the location of the well where it is proposed to be
				completed. All portions of the reservoir exposed in the wellbore shall meet the
				well location and spacing requirements specified in Section
				240.410 or Section
				240.460
				for modified units.
c) If a
				directionally drilled well is drilled with more than one (1) directional hole
				from a single vertical wellbore, each directional hole shall be considered a
				separate well and permitted in accordance with Subpart B.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart D - SPACING OF WELLS › Section 240.455 - Horizontal Drilling

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a) For
				purposes of this Subpart, a horizontal well is a wellbore that has an overall
				length within the reservoir of twice the thickness of the reservoir.
b) An oil or gas production well may be
				developed with one or more horizontal drainholes drilled from a single vertical
				wellbore and may be considered a single well and permitted in accordance with
				the provisions of Subpart B.
c) If
				the proposed horizontal well will be part of an enhanced oil recovery project,
				the spacing requirements for all portions of the horizontal drainholes shall
				comply with Section
				240.430(b).
d) For a horizontal well:
1) the spacing requirements shall comply with
				Section
				240.410; or
2) a horizontal drilling unit may be
				designated consisting of two or more drilling units of the same size, shape and
				location as that required for a well of the same depth in accordance with
				Section 240.410. The horizontal drilling unit may cross section
				lines.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart D - SPACING OF WELLS › Section 240.460 - Modified Drilling Unit

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a) The
				Department shall schedule a hearing to consider a petition for modification of
				the location of the standard drilling unit described in Section
				240.410, based on
				geologic or engineering characteristics of the reservoir, relative to the land
				survey system specified in Section
				240.410 and well density
				specified in Section
				240.465.
b) Upon petition of any person having an
				interest in oil or gas in a lease or drilling unit, when the proposed unit does
				not fit within divisions created by the official United States Public Land
				Survey described in Section 240.410, the Department shall initiate a review of
				the petition to determine whether the petition will be accepted. If the permit
				is accepted, a public hearing will be scheduled pursuant to subsection
				(e).
c) Contents of petition shall
				include:
1) the name and address of the
				petitioner;
2) a legal land
				description of the drilling unit sought to be established;
3) a description of the petitioner's interest
				in oil or gas in the drilling unit at issue; and
4) the petitioner's geologic or engineering
				reason for requesting a modified drilling unit.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart D - SPACING OF WELLS › Section 240.465 - Special Drilling Unit

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a) The
				Department shall consider a petition to establish a special drilling unit based
				on whether:
1) the well density specified in
				Section
				240.430(a)
				is maintained; and
2) a standard
				drilling unit cannot be formed utilizing the integration provisions of Section
				240.132.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart E - WELL DRILLING, COMPLETION AND WORKOVER REQUIREMENTS › Section 240.500 - Definitions

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For the purpose of this Subpart the term:
"Completion Fluids" means liquids that are used to complete
				  or workover a well including saltwater, crude oil, frac fluids, acids and other
				  treatment chemicals.
"Completion Fluid Waste" means completion fluids that are
				  generated from the well during completion or workover activities.
"Drilling Fluid" means any freshwater based drilling muds,
				  air or air foam mixtures used in the drilling of a well.
"Drilling Fluid Waste" means drilling fluids, muds and
				  cuttings that are generated from the well during drilling activities.
"Oil Drilling Fluid" means any refined oil based drilling mud
				  or drilling mud containing greater than 5% by volume crude oil.
"Saltwater Drilling Fluid" means any saltwater based drilling
				  mud in excess of 10,000 ppm chlorides.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart E - WELL DRILLING, COMPLETION AND WORKOVER REQUIREMENTS › Section 240.510 - Department Permit Posted

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During well drilling, deepening or conversion operations a
				  copy of the permit shall be kept at the well site.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart E - WELL DRILLING, COMPLETION AND WORKOVER REQUIREMENTS › Section 240.520 - Drilling Fluid Handling and Storage

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a)
				Cable Tool or Air Rotary Drilling
When drilling with cable tools or air rotary equipment the
				  permittee shall provide at least one (1) sediment pit or above ground container
				  into which drill cuttings and drilling fluids shall be deposited.
b) Rotary Drilling with Mud
When drilling with rotary drilling equipment using drilling
				  fluids, the permittee shall provide at least one (1) sediment pit or above
				  ground portable container into which drill cuttings shall be deposited, and one
				  (1) drilling fluid circulation pit or leak free above ground container. Other
				  pits, such as a reserve pit used for storage of drilling fluid waste, may be
				  constructed as needed by the permittee.
c) Drilling Pits
1) Pits used for drill cuttings (sediment
				pits) and drilling fluids (circulation pits) or drilling fluid wastes (reserve
				pits) shall be constructed with sufficient capacity to contain all drilling
				fluids within the pits, and maintained in a manner that reasonably prevents
				against overflow during drilling operations and prior to commencing pit
				restoration in accordance with Section
				240.540 of
				this Part. Discharge of drilling fluids from the pits into any surface water or
				water drainage way is prohibited.
2) Sediment pits and drilling fluid
				circulation pits and reserve pits shall be used only for the temporary storage
				of drill cuttings and drilling fluids, and shall not be used for the disposal
				of general oilfield wastes.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart E - WELL DRILLING, COMPLETION AND WORKOVER REQUIREMENTS › Section 240.525 - Saltwater or Oil Based Drilling Fluid Handling and Storage

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a) When initiating drilling operations using
				saltwater or oil drilling fluids, the permittee shall provide at least one (1)
				lined sediment pit or above ground, portable container into which drill
				cuttings shall be deposited, and one (1) lined drilling fluid circulation pit
				or leak free, above ground container.
b) Pits used for drill cuttings (sediment
				pits) and drilling fluids (circulation pits) or reserve pits (drilling fluid
				waste storage) shall be lined with at least a 20 mil thickness liner. If
				drilling operations begin with fresh water based mud and a mud cake is
				established in the drilling and circulation pits prior to the use of saltwater
				or oil based mud, liners are not required unless those pits will be used for
				drilling fluid waste disposal. Reserve pits into which saltwater or oil based
				drilling fluid wastes are deposited or disposed shall be lined. Pits shall be
				constructed with sufficient capacity to contain all drilling fluids within the
				pits, and maintained in a manner that reasonably prevents against overflow
				during drilling operations and prior to commencing pit restoration in
				accordance with Section
				240.540 of
				this Part. Discharge of drilling fluids from the pits into any surface water or
				water drainage way is prohibited.
c) Sediment pits and drilling fluid
				circulation pits and reserve pits shall be used only for the storage and
				disposal of drill cuttings and drilling fluids, and shall not be used for the
				disposal of general oilfield wastes.