Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 730 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS › Subpart G - CRITERIA AND STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO CLASS I HAZARDOUS WASTE INJECTION WELLS › Section 730.170 - Information to be Evaluated

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Section sets forth the information that must be
				  evaluated by the Agency in authorizing a Class I hazardous waste injection
				  well. For a new Class I hazardous waste injection well, the owner or operator
				  must submit all the information listed below as part of the permit application.
				  For an existing or converted Class I hazardous waste injection well, the owner
				  or operator must submit all information listed below as part of the permit
				  application except for those items of information that are current, accurate,
				  and available in the existing permit file. For either an existing or a new
				  Class I hazardous waste 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 permitting Agency's file), and sufficiently
				  identifiable to be retrieved.
a)
				Before issuing a permit for an existing Class I hazardous waste injection well
				to operate, or the construction or conversion of a new Class I hazardous waste
				injection well, the Agency must review the following to assure that the
				requirements of this Part and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 702 and 704 are met:
1) Information required in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				704.161;
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 must also
				show faults, if known or suspected;
3) A tabulation of all wells within the area
				of review that penetrate the proposed injection zone or confining 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) The protocol followed to identify, locate
				and ascertain the condition of abandoned wells within the area of review that
				penetrate the injection or the confining zones;
5) 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;
6) Maps and
				cross-sections detailing the geologic structure of the local area;
7) Maps and cross-sections illustrating the
				regional geologic setting;
8)
				Proposed operating data, as follows:
A) The
				average and maximum daily rate and volume of the fluid to be injected;
				and
B) The average and maximum
				injection pressure;
9)
				The proposed formation testing program to obtain an analysis of the chemical,
				physical, and radiological characteristics of and other information on the
				injection formation and the confining zone;
10) The proposed stimulation
				program;
11) The proposed injection
				procedure;
12) Schematic or other
				appropriate drawings of the surface and subsurface construction details of the
				well;
13) The contingency plan to
				cope with all shut-ins or well failures so as to prevent migration of fluids
				into any USDW;
14) The plans
				(including maps) for meeting monitoring requirements of Section
				730.168;
15) For wells within the area of review that
				penetrate the injection zone or the confining zone but are not properly
				completed or plugged, the corrective action to be taken pursuant to Section
				730.164;
16) The construction procedures including a
				cementing and casing program, well materials specification and their life
				expectancy; logging procedures; deviation checks; and a drilling, testing, and
				coring program; and
17) A
				demonstration, pursuant to Subpart G of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 704, that the
				applicant has the resources necessary to close, plug, or abandon the well and
				for post-closure care.