Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 20 - Lands, Department of › Rule 20.07.02 - RULES GOVERNING CONSERVATION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS IN THE STATE OF IDAHO › Subchapter C - DRILLING, WELL TREATMENT, AND PIT PERMITS › Section 20.07.02.210 - WELL TREATMENTS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Application Required
. An Application for Permit to Drill required by Section  200  must include any plans for well treatment if they are known before the well is drilled. If well treatments are not covered in the original drilling permit, then an application to amend the permit must be made to the Department with an application fee. Approval by the Department is required prior to the well treatments being implemented. Actions to clean the casing or perforations not in excess of pressures sufficient to overcome the fracture gradient in the surrounding formation are not considered to be well treatments, but operators must notify the Department when such actions occur. Applications for well treatments must include the permit number, well name, well location, as-built description if drilling has been completed, and the following: (3-18-22)
a. Depth to perforations or the openhole interval; (3-18-22)
b. The source of water or type of base fluid; (3-18-22)
c. Additives, meaning any substance or any combination of substances including proppant, having a specified purpose that is combined with base treatment fluid by trade name, if available, and MSDS for each additive; (3-18-22)
d. Type of proppant(s); (3-18-22)
e. Anticipated percentages by volume and total volumes of base treatment fluid, individual additives, and proppant(s); (3-18-22)
f. Estimated pump pressures; (3-18-22)
g. Method and timeline for the management, storage, and disposal of well treatment fluids, including anticipated disposal site of treatment fluids or plans for reuse; (3-18-22)
h. Size and design of storage pits, if proposed, in conformance with Section  230  of these rules; (3-18-22)
i. Information specific to hydraulic fracturing as described in Section  211  of these rules; (3-18-22)
j. Summary identifying all water bearing zones from the surface down to the bottom of the well; (3-18-22)
k. Fresh water protection plan that describes the proposed site specific measures to protect water quality from activities associated with well treatments. The Department will review this plan in consultation with the IDEQ. The Fresh Water Protection Plan shall include the following information: (3-18-22)
i. Ground water and storm water best management practices; (3-18-22)
ii. Statement certifying that the owner or operator is complying with Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) requirements administered by the EPA; (3-18-22)
iii. A preconstruction topographic site map or aerial photos identifying all habitable structures, wells, perennial and intermittent springs, surface waters, and irrigation ditches within one-quarter (1/4) mile of the oil or gas well. The distance or location may be changed based on site specific factors such as horizontal drilling, the expected length of fractures, or lack of suitable water sample locations within one-quarter (1/4) mile; (3-18-22)
iv. A brief description of the structural geology that may influence ground water flow and direction; and (3-18-22)
v. The general hydrogeological characteristics of the treatment area and surrounding land. (3-18-22)
l. Certification by the owner or operator that all aspects of the well construction, including the suitability and integrity of the cement used to seal the well, are designed to meet the requirements of proposed well treatments; (3-18-22)
m. Affidavit signed by the owner or operator stating that all home owners and water well owners within one-quarter (1/4) mile of the oil or gas well, and all owners of a public drinking water system that have a IDEQ recognized source water assessment or protection area within one-quarter (1/4) mile of the oil or gas well, have been notified of the proposed treatment. If a well deviates from the vertical, these surface distances will be from the entire length of the wellbore from the surface to total depth. The notification will also offer an opportunity to have the owner or operator sample and test the water, at the owner or operator's cost, prior to and after the oil or gas well being treated. Notification shall be by certified mail to the surface owner as identified by the county assessor's records, or to the well owner as identified on the IDWR registry of water rights or well log database; (3-18-22)
n. Proof of publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the well is located of a legal notice briefly describing the well treatment to be performed. Notice shall also advise all water well or public drinking water system owners, as described in Paragraph 210.01.m. of these rules, of the opportunity to have their water tested at the owner's or operator's cost before and after the well treatment; and (3-18-22)
o. Additional information as required by the Department. (3-18-22)