Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 730 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS › Subpart D - CRITERIA AND STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO CLASS III INJECTION WELLS › Section 730.134 - Information to be Considered by the Agency

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Section sets forth information that must be considered
				  by the Agency in authorizing a Class III 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 (for example, in the Agency's files) and
				  sufficiently identified to be retrieved.
a) Prior to the issuance of a permit to
				operate an existing Class III injection well or area or for the construction of
				a new Class III injection well, the Agency must consider the following:
1) The information required in 35 Ill. Adm.
				Code
				702.120
				through
				702.124 and
				704.161(c);
2) A map showing the injection well or
				project area for which the 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 existing producing wells, injection wells, abandoned wells, dry holes,
				public water systems, and water wells. The map may also show surface bodies of
				waters, mines (surface and subsurface), quarries and other pertinent surface
				features including residences and roads, and faults if known or suspected. Only
				information of public record and pertinent information known to the applicant
				is required to be included on this map;
3) A tabulation of data reasonably available
				from public records or otherwise known to the applicant on wells within the
				area of review included on the map required pursuant to subsection (a)(2) that
				penetrate the proposed injection zone. Such data must include a description of
				each well's type, construction, date drilled, location, depth, record of
				plugging and completion, and any additional information the Agency may require.
				In cases where the information would be repetitive and the wells are of similar
				age, type, and construction the Agency may elect to only require data on a
				representative number of wells;
4)
				Maps and cross-sections indicating the vertical 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 movements, where known, in
				every 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 map and cross-sections
				illustrating the regional geologic setting;
7) Proposed operating data, as follows:
A) The average and maximum daily rate and
				volume of fluid to be injected;
B)
				The average and maximum injection pressure; and
C) Qualitative analysis and ranges in
				concentrations of all constituents of injected fluids. The applicant may
				request confidentiality as specified in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.107. If the
				information is proprietary an applicant may, in lieu of the ranges in
				concentrations, choose to submit maximum concentrations that must not be
				exceeded. In such a case the applicant must retain records of the undisclosed
				concentrations and provide them upon request to the Agency as part of any
				enforcement investigation;
8) A proposed formation testing program to
				obtain the information required by Section
				730.132(c);
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) Plans (including maps)
				for meeting the monitoring requirements of Section
				730.133(b);
13) Expected changes in pressure, native
				fluid displacement, direction of movement of injection fluid;
14) Contingency plans to cope with all
				shut-ins or well failures so as to prevent the migration of contaminating
				fluids into underground sources of drinking water;
15) 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;
				and
16) The corrective action
				proposed to be taken pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				704.193.