Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 9 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Part J - CLASS VI INJECTION WELL REQUIREMENTS › Section R18-9-J657 - Class VI; Required Permit Information

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. This Section
				  sets forth the information which must be considered by the Director in
				  authorizing Class VI wells. For converted Class I, Class II, or Class V
				  experimental 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 Director, and
				  sufficiently identified to be retrieved.
B. Prior to the issuance of a permit for the
				  construction of a new Class VI well or the conversion of an existing Class I,
				  Class II, or Class V well to a Class VI well, the owner or operator shall
				  submit, pursuant to R18-9-J666, and the Director shall consider the following:
1. Information required in R18-9-C616(D)(1)
				  through (9);
2. A map showing the
				  injection well for which a permit is sought and the applicable area of review
				  consistent with R18-9-J659. 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, State- or
				  EPA-approved subsurface cleanup sites, surface bodies of water, springs, mines
				  (surface and subsurface), quarries, water wells, other pertinent surface
				  features including structures intended for human occupancy, State, Tribal, and
				  Territory 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:
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 zone
				  or zones in the area of review and a determination that they would not
				  interfere with containment;
c. Data
				  on the depth, areal extent, thickness, mineralogy, porosity, permeability, and
				  capillary pressure of the injection and confining zone or zones; including
				  geology/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 zone or zones;
e. Information on the seismic history
				  including 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 illustrating regional geology, hydrogeology, and the geologic
				  structure of the local area.
4. A tabulation of all wells within the area
				  of review which penetrate the injection or confining zone or zones. Such data
				  must include a description of each well's type, construction, date drilled,
				  location, depth, record of plugging and/or completion, and any additional
				  information the Director may require;
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 zone or zones, and the direction of water movement, where
				  known;
6. Baseline geochemical data
				  on subsurface formations, including all USDWs in the area of review;
7. Proposed operating data for the proposed
				  geologic sequestration site:
a. Average and
				  maximum daily rate and volume and/or mass and total anticipated volume and/or
				  mass of the carbon dioxide stream;
b. Average and maximum injection
				  pressure;
c. The source or sources
				  of the carbon dioxide stream; and
d. An analysis of the chemical and physical
				  characteristics of the carbon dioxide stream.
8. Proposed pre-operational formation testing
				  program to obtain an analysis of the chemical and physical characteristics of
				  the injection zone or zones and confining zone or zones and that meets the
				  requirements at R18-9-J662;
9.
				  Proposed stimulation program, a description of stimulation fluids to be used
				  and a determination that stimulation will not interfere with
				  containment;
10. 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 meet the requirements of R18-9-J661;
13. Proposed area of review and corrective
				  action plan that meets the requirements under R18-9-J659;
14. A demonstration, satisfactory to the
				  Director, that the applicant has met the financial responsibility requirements
				  under R18-9-J660;
15. Proposed
				  testing and monitoring plan required by R18-9-J665;
16. Proposed injection well plugging plan
				  required by R18-9-J667(B);
17.
				  Proposed post-injection site care and site closure plan required by
				  R18-9-J668(A);
18. At the
				  Director's discretion, a demonstration of an alternative post-injection site
				  care timeframe required by R18-9-J668(C);
19. Proposed emergency and remedial response
				  plan required by R18-9-J669;
20. A
				  list of contacts, submitted to the Director, for those States, Tribes, and
				  Territories identified to be within the area of review of the Class VI project
				  based on information provided in subsection (B)(2) of this Section;
21. A listing of any historic property or
				  potential historic property as defined by
				  R12-8-301,
				  and
22. Any other information
				  requested by the Director.