Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 730 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS › Subpart B - CRITERIA AND STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO CLASS I NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE INJECTION WELLS › Section 730.114 - Information to be Considered by the Agency

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Section sets forth the information that must be
				  considered by the Agency in authorizing a Class I injection well. For an
				  existing or converted new Class I injection well, the Agency may rely on the
				  existing permit file for those items of information listed below which are
				  current and accurate in the file. For a newly drilled Class I injection well,
				  the Agency must require the submission of all the information listed below. For
				  both existing and new Class I injection wells, 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 (for example, in the Agency's files) and sufficiently identified
				  to be retrieved.
a) Prior to the
				issuance of a permit for an existing Class I injection well to operate or the
				construction or conversion of a new Class I injection well, the Agency must
				consider the following:
1) Information
				required in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				702.120
				through
				702.124
				and
				704.161(c);
2) A map showing the injection well for which
				a permit is sought and the applicable area of review. Within the area of
				review, the map must show the number, or name, and location of all producing
				wells, injection wells, abandoned wells, dry holes, surface bodies of water,
				springs, mines (surface and subsurface), quarries, water wells, and other
				pertinent surface features including residences 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) A tabulation of data on all wells within
				the area of review that penetrate into the proposed injection zone. Such data
				must include a description of each well's type, construction, date drilled,
				location, depth, record of plugging or completion, and any additional
				information the Agency may require;
4) Maps and cross-sections indicating the
				general vertical and lateral limits of all underground sources of drinking
				water within the area of review, their position relative to the injection
				formation, and the direction of water movement, where known, in each
				underground source of drinking water that may be affected by the proposed
				injection;
5) Maps and
				cross-sections detailing the geologic structure of the local area;
6) Generalized maps and cross-sections
				illustrating the regional geologic setting;
7) Proposed operating data, including the
				following information:
A) The average and
				maximum daily rate and volume of the fluid to be injected;
B) The average and maximum injection
				pressure; and
C) The source and an
				analysis of the chemical, physical, radiological, and biological
				characteristics of injection fluids;
8) A proposed formation testing program to
				obtain an analysis of the chemical, physical, and radiological characteristics
				of and other information on the receiving formation;
9) A proposed stimulation program;
10) The proposed injection
				procedure;
11) Schematic or other
				appropriate drawings of the surface and subsurface construction details of the
				system;
12) Contingency plans to
				cope with all shut-ins or well failures so as to prevent migration of fluids
				into any underground source of drinking water;
13) Plans (including maps) for meeting the
				monitoring requirements in Section
				730.113(b);
14) For wells within the area of review that
				penetrate the injection zone but are not properly completed or plugged, the
				corrective action proposed to be taken pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				704.193;
15) Construction procedures including a
				cementing and casing program; logging procedures; deviation checks; and a
				drilling, testing, and coring program; and
16) A certificate that the applicant has
				assured, through a performance bond or other appropriate means, the resources
				necessary to close, plug, or abandon the well as required by 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				704.189.