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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 4 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-2 › Chapter 31 - Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste in Solution-Mined Salt Caverns › Section XVII-3127 - Pre-Operating Requirements-Completion Report

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The operator of a salt cavern waste
				  disposal facility shall not accept, store, treat, process, or otherwise
				  initiate waste disposal operations until all required information has been
				  submitted to the Office of Conservation and the operator has received written
				  authorization from the Office of Conservation clearly stating waste disposal
				  operations may begin.
B. The
				  operator shall submit a report to the Office of Conservation that describes, in
				  detail, the work performed resulting from any approved permitted activity. A
				  report shall include all information relating to the work and information that
				  documents compliance with these rules and the approved permitted activity. The
				  report shall be prepared and submitted for any approved work relating to the
				  construction, installation and completion of the surface portion of the
				  facility and information on the construction, conversion, or workover of the
				  salt cavern well or salt cavern.
C.
				  Where applicable to the approved permitted activity, information in a
				  completion report shall include:
1. all
				  required state reporting forms containing original signatures;
2. revisions to any operation or construction
				  plans since approval of the permit application;
3. as-built schematics of the layout of the
				  surface portion of the facility;
4.
				  as-built piping and instrumentation diagram(s);
5. copies of applicable records associated
				  with drilling, completing, working over, or converting the salt cavern well
				  and/or salt cavern including a daily chronology of such activities;
6. revised certified location plat of the
				  salt cavern well if the actual location of the well differs from the location
				  plat submitted with the salt cavern well application;
7. as-built subsurface diagram of the salt
				  cavern well and salt cavern labeled with appropriate construction, completion,
				  or conversion information, i.e., depth and diameter of all tubulars, depths of
				  top of cap rock and salt, and top and bottom of the cavern;
8. as-built diagram of the surface wellhead
				  labeled with appropriate construction, completion, or conversion information,
				  i.e., valves, gauges, and flowlines;
9. results of any core sampling and
				  testing;
10. results of well or
				  cavern tests such as casing and casing seat tests, well/cavern mechanical
				  integrity pressure and leak tests;
11. copies of any wireline logging such as
				  open hole and/or cased hole logs, cavern sonar survey;
12. any additional data documenting the work
				  performed for the permitted activity, information requested by the Office of
				  Conservation, or any additional reporting requirements imposed by the approved
				  permit.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 4 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-2 › Chapter 31 - Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste in Solution-Mined Salt Caverns › Section XVII-3129 - Well and Salt Cavern Mechanical Integrity Pressure and Leak Tests

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A. The operator of
				  the salt cavern well and cavern shall have the burden of meeting the
				  requirements for well and cavern mechanical integrity. The Office of
				  Conservation shall be notified in writing at least seven days before any
				  scheduled mechanical integrity test. The test may be witnessed by Office of
				  Conservation personnel but must be witnessed by a qualified third
				  party.
B. Frequency of Tests.
				  Without exception or variance to these rules and regulations, all salt cavern
				  wells and salt caverns shall be tested for and satisfactorily prove mechanical
				  integrity before being placed into initial waste disposal service. After the
				  initial test for well and cavern mechanical integrity, all subsequent tests
				  shall occur at least once every five years. Additionally, mechanical integrity
				  testing shall be done for the following reasons regardless of test frequency:
1. after any alteration to any cemented
				  casing or cemented liner;
2. after
				  performing any remedial work to reestablish well or cavern integrity;
3. before suspending salt cavern waste
				  disposal operations for reasons other than a lack of well/cavern mechanical
				  integrity if it has been more than three years since the last mechanical
				  integrity test;
4. before
				  well/cavern closure; or
5. whenever
				  the Office of Conservation believes a test is warranted.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 4 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-2 › Chapter 31 - Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste in Solution-Mined Salt Caverns › Section XVII-3131 - Cavern Configuration and Capacity Measurements

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A. Sonar caliper surveys shall be performed
				  on all salt caverns. With prior approval of the Office of Conservation, the
				  operator may use another similar proven technology designed to determine cavern
				  configuration and measure cavern capacity as a substitute for a sonar
				  survey.
B. Frequency of Surveys. A
				  sonar caliper survey shall be performed and submitted as part of the salt
				  cavern waste disposal permit application. All subsequent surveys shall occur at
				  least once every five years. Additional surveys shall be done for any of the
				  following reasons regardless of frequency:
1.
				  before commencing salt cavern closure operations;
2. whenever leakage into or out of the salt
				  cavern is suspected;
3. after
				  performing any remedial work to reestablish salt cavern well or salt cavern
				  integrity; or
4. whenever the
				  Office of Conservation believes a survey is warranted.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 4 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-2 › Chapter 31 - Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste in Solution-Mined Salt Caverns › Section XVII-3133 - Cavern Capacity Limits

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A. The
				  waste volume permitted for disposal into a salt cavern may not exceed 90
				  percent of the salt cavern volume measured from the sonar caliper survey
				  submitted as part of the permit application. Upon reaching the permitted waste
				  volume, the owner or operator shall remove the salt cavern from further waste
				  disposal service and within seven days notify the Office of Conservation of
				  such. Due to the potential for salt cavern enlargement resulting from disposal
				  of undersaturated fluids, the operator may request a modification to the permit
				  to allow for a continued waste disposal based on the findings of a new cavern
				  capacity survey. If the Office of Conservation denies the request for permit
				  modification, the operator shall begin preparations for salt cavern closure per
				  approved updated closure and post-closure plan. The operator shall maintain a
				  strict accounting of the waste volume disposed into the salt cavern, the fluid
				  volume displaced from the salt cavern, and the salt cavern volume.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 4 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-2 › Chapter 31 - Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste in Solution-Mined Salt Caverns › Section XVII-3135 - Inactive Caverns

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A. The operator
				  shall comply with the following minimum requirements when there has been no
				  disposal of waste into a salt cavern for 30 consecutive days or more,
				  regardless of the reason:
1. notify the Office
				  of Conservation as per the requirements of §3109. H 3;
2. disconnect all flowlines for injection to
				  the salt cavern well;
3. maintain
				  continuous monitoring of salt cavern pressure, fluid withdrawal, and other
				  parameters required by the permit;
4. maintain and demonstrate salt cavern well
				  and salt cavern mechanical integrity if disposal operations were suspended for
				  reasons other than a lack of mechanical integrity;
5. maintain compliance with financial
				  responsibility requirements of these rules and regulations;
6. any additional requirements of the Office
				  of Conservation to document the salt cavern well and salt cavern shall not
				  endanger the environment, or the health, safety and welfare of the public
				  during the period of salt cavern inactivity.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 4 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-2 › Chapter 31 - Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste in Solution-Mined Salt Caverns › Section XVII-3137 - Monthly Operating Reports

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A.
				  The operator shall submit monthly waste receipts and operation reports to the
				  Office of Conservation. Monthly reports are due no later than 15 days following
				  the end of the reporting month.
B.
				  The operator shall have the option of submitting monthly reports by any of the
				  following methods:
1. the appropriate Office
				  of Conservation supplied form;
2.
				  an operator generated form of the same format and containing the same data
				  fields as the Office of Conservation's form; or
3. electronically in a format meeting the
				  Office of Conservation's requirements for electronic data submission.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 4 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-2 › Chapter 31 - Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste in Solution-Mined Salt Caverns › Section XVII-3139 - Record Retention

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A. The owner or
				  operator shall retain copies of all records, data, and information concerning
				  the design, permitting, construction, and operation of the salt cavern well,
				  salt cavern, and related surface facility. Records shall be retained throughout
				  the operating life of the salt cavern waste disposal facility and for five
				  years following conclusion of any post-closure care requirements. Records,
				  data, and information shall include, but shall not be limited to the permit
				  application, cementing (primary and remedial), wireline logs, drill records,
				  casing records, casing pressure tests, well recompletion records, well/cavern
				  mechanical integrity tests, cavern capacity and configuration surveys, surface
				  construction, sources of wastes disposed, waste manifests, waste testing
				  results, post-closure activities, corrective action, etc. All documents
				  relating to any waste accepted and rejected for disposal shall be kept at the
				  facility and shall be available for inspection by agents of the Office of
				  Conservation at any time.
B. Should
				  there be a change in the owner or operator of the salt cavern waste disposal
				  facility, copies of all records identified in the previous paragraph shall be
				  transferred to the new owner or operator. The new owner or operator shall then
				  have the responsibility of maintaining such records.
C. The Office of Conservation may require the
				  owner or operator to deliver the records to the Office of Conservation at the
				  conclusion of the retention period. If so, the records shall be retained at a
				  location designated by the Office of Conservation.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3303 - General Provisions

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A.
				  Applicability
1. These rules and regulations
				  shall apply to all applicants, owners and/or operators of solution-mining wells
				  in the state of Louisiana.
2. Rules
				  governing the permitting, drilling, constructing, operating, and maintaining of
				  Class III solution-mining wells previously codified in applicable sections of
				  Statewide Order No. 29-N-1 (LAC 43:XVII, Subpart 1) or successor documents are
				  now codified in Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 (LAC 43:XVII, Subpart 5) or
				  successor documents.
3. An
				  applicant, owner, and operator of a solution-mining well should become familiar
				  with these rules and regulations to assure that the well and cavern shall
				  comply with these rules and regulations.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3305 - Permit Requirements

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A.
				  Applicability. No person shall construct, convert, or operate a solution-mining
				  well without first obtaining written authorization (permit) from the Office of
				  Conservation.
B. Application
				  Required. Applicants for a solution-mining well, permittees with expiring
				  permits, or any person required to have a permit shall complete, sign, and
				  submit one original application form with required attachments and
				  documentation and an electronic copy of the same to the Office of Conservation.
				  The commissioner may request additional paper copies of the application if it
				  is determined that they are necessary. The complete application shall contain
				  all information necessary to show compliance with applicable state laws and
				  these regulations.
C. Who Applies.
				  It is the duty of the owner or proposed owner of a facility or activity to
				  submit a permit application and obtain a permit. When a facility or activity is
				  owned by one person and operated by another, it is the duty of the operator to
				  file and obtain a permit.
D.
				  Signature Requirements. All permit applications shall be signed as follows.
1. Corporations. By a principal executive
				  officer of at least the level of vice-president, or duly authorized
				  representative of that person if the representative performs similar policy
				  making functions for the corporation. A person is a duly authorized
				  representative only if:
a. the authorization
				  is made in writing by a principal executive officer of at least the level of
				  vicepresident;
b. the authorization
				  specifies either an individual or position having responsibility for the
				  overall operation of a solution-mining well, such as the position of plant
				  manager, superintendent, or position of equivalent responsibility. A duly
				  authorized representative may thus be either a named individual or any
				  individual occupying a named position; and
c. the written authorization is submitted to
				  the Office of Conservation.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3307 - Application Content

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A. The
				  following minimum information shall be required for each permit application for
				  a solution-mining well to create a new solution-mining salt cavern. The
				  applicant shall also refer to the appropriate application form for any
				  additional information that may be required.
1. For Class III solution-mining wells being
				  simultaneously permitted for Class II hydrocarbon storage and/or Class V
				  storage, a single consolidated submittal containing all applications may be
				  accepted.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3311 - Permitting Process

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A.
				  Applicability. This Section contains procedures for issuing and transferring
				  permits to operate a solution-mining well. Any person required to have a permit
				  shall apply to the Office of Conservation as stipulated in §3305 The
				  Office of Conservation shall not issue a permit before receiving an application
				  form and any required supplemental information showing compliance with these
				  rules and regulations and that is administratively and technically completed to
				  the satisfaction of the Office of Conservation.
B. Notice of Intent to File Application
1. The applicant shall make public notice
				  that a permit application for a solution-mining well or wells, or an area
				  permit, is to be filed with the Office of Conservation. A notice of intent
				  shall be published at least 30 days but not more than 180 days before filing
				  the permit application with the Office of Conservation. Without exception, the
				  applicant shall publish a new notice of intent if the application is not
				  received by the Office of Conservation within the filing period. If the
				  applicant is dually permitting a well for both Class III solution-mining and
				  Class II hydrocarbon storage or Class V storage, the public notice of intent
				  for both applications may be combined.
2. The notice shall be published once in the
				  legal advertisement sections in the official state journal and the official
				  journal of the parish of the proposed project location. The cost for publishing
				  the notice of intent shall be the responsibility of the applicant and shall
				  contain the following minimum information:
a.
				  name and address of the permit applicant and, if different, the facility to be
				  regulated by the permit;
b. the
				  geographic location of the proposed project;
c. name and address of the regulatory agency
				  to process the permit action where interested persons may obtain information
				  concerning the application or permit action; and
d. a brief description of the business
				  conducted at the facility or activity described in the permit
				  application.
3. The
				  applicant shall submit the proof of publication of the notice of intent when
				  submitting the application.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3313 - Site Assessment

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A.
				  Applicability. This Section applies to all applicants, owners or operators of
				  solution-mining wells. The applicant, owner or operator shall be responsible
				  for showing that the solution-mining operation shall be accomplished using good
				  engineering and geologic practices for solution-mining operations to preserve
				  the integrity of the salt stock and overlying sediments. In addition to all
				  applicants showing this in their application, as part of the compliance review
				  found in subsection 3309 K, the commissioner may require any owner or operator
				  of a solution-mining well to provide the same or similar information required
				  in this Section. This shall include, but not be limited to:
1. an assessment of the engineering,
				  geological, geomechanical, geochemical, and geophysical properties of the salt
				  stock;
2. stability of the salt
				  stock and overlying and surrounding sediments;
3. stability of the cavern design
				  (particularly regarding its size, shape, depth, and operating
				  parameters);
4. the amount of
				  separation between the cavern of interest and adjacent caverns and structures
				  within the salt stock;
5. the
				  amount of separation between the outermost cavern wall and the periphery of the
				  salt stock; and
6. an assessment of
				  well information and oil and gas activity within the vicinity of the salt dome
				  which may affect the solution-mining cavern.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3315 - Cavern Design and Spacing Requirements

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A. This Section provides general standards
				  for design of caverns to assure that project development can be conducted in a
				  reasonable, prudent, and a systematic manner and shall stress physical and
				  environmental safety. The owner or operator shall continually review the design
				  throughout the construction and operation phases taking into consideration
				  pertinent additional detailed subsurface information and shall include
				  provisions for protection from damage caused by hydraulic shock. If necessary,
				  the original development and operational plans shall be modified to conform to
				  good engineering practices.
B.
				  Cavern Spacing Requirements
1. Property
				  Boundary
a. Existing Solution-Mining Caverns.
				  No part of a solution-mining cavern permitted as of the date these regulations
				  are promulgated shall extend closer than 100 feet to the property of others
				  without consent of the owner(s). Continued operation without this consent of an
				  existing solution-mining cavern within 100 feet of the property of others may
				  be allowed as follows.
i. The operator of the
				  cavern shall make a good faith effort to provide notice in a form and manner
				  approved by the commissioner to the adjacent property owner(s) of the location
				  of its cavern.
ii. The commissioner
				  shall hold a public hearing in Baton Rouge if a non-consenting adjacent owner
				  whose property line is within 100 feet objects to the cavern's continued
				  operation. Following the public hearing the commissioner may approve the
				  cavern's continued operation upon a determination that the continued operation
				  of the cavern has no adverse effects to the property rights of the adjacent
				  property owner(s).
iii. If no
				  objection from a non-consenting adjacent property owner is received within 30
				  days of the notice provided in accordance with
				  §3315.B.1.a.i above,
				  then the commissioner may approve the continued operation of the cavern
				  administratively.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3321 - Safety

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A. Emergency Action
				  Plan. An Emergency Action Plan containing emergency contact telephone numbers,
				  procedures and specific information for facility personnel to respond to a
				  release, upset, incident, accident, or other site emergency shall be kept at
				  the facility and shall be reviewed and updated as needed. An outline of the
				  plan, including emergency contact telephone numbers, shall be prepared and
				  submitted as part of the permit application or compliance review.
B. Controlled Site Access. Access to
				  solution-mining facilities shall be controlled by fencing or other means around
				  the facility property. All points of entry into the facility shall be through a
				  lockable gate system.
C. Personnel.
				  While solution-mining, testing, or performing any work requiring a UIC-17 (Work
				  Permit), trained and competent personnel shall be on duty and stationed as
				  appropriate at the solution-mining well, facility's onsite local control room,
				  or other facility control location at the storage site, during all hours and
				  phases of facility operation. If the solution-mining facility chooses to use an
				  offsite monitoring and control automated telemetry surveillance system,
				  approved by the commissioner, provisions shall be made for trained personnel to
				  be on-call at all times and 24 hours a day staffing of the facility may not be
				  required.
D. Wellhead Protection and
				  Identification
1. A protective barrier shall
				  be installed and maintained around the wellhead as protection from physical or
				  accidental damage by mobile equipment or trespassers.
2. An identifying sign shall be placed at the
				  wellhead of each solution-mining well and shall include at a minimum the
				  operator's name, well/cavern name and number, well's serial number,
				  section-township-range, and any other information required by the Office of
				  Conservation. The sign shall be of durable construction with all lettering kept
				  in a legible condition.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3323 - Monitoring Requirements

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A. Pressure
				  Gauges, Pressure Sensors, Flow Sensors
1.
				  Pressure gauges or pressure sensors/transmitters that show pressure on the
				  fluid injection string, fluid withdrawal string, and any annulus of the well,
				  including the blanket material annulus, shall be installed at each wellhead.
				  Gauges or pressure sensors/transmitters shall be designed to read gauge
				  pressure in 10 PSIG increments. All gauges or pressure sensors/transmitters
				  shall be properly calibrated and shall always be maintained in good working
				  order. The pressure valves onto which the pressure gauges are affixed shall
				  have 1/2 inch female fittings.
2.
				  Pressure sensors designed to actuate the automatic closure of all emergency
				  shutdown valves in response to a preset pressure (high) shall be installed and
				  properly maintained for all fluid injection and fluid withdrawal strings, and
				  blanket material annulus.
3. Flow
				  sensors designed to actuate the automatic closure of all emergency shutdown
				  valves in response to abnormal increases in cavern injection and withdrawal
				  flow rates shall be installed and properly maintained on each solution-mining
				  well.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3327 - Well and Cavern Mechanical Integrity Pressure and Leak Tests

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A. The operator of
				  the solution-mining well and cavern shall have the burden of meeting the
				  requirements for well and cavern mechanical integrity. The Office of
				  Conservation shall be notified in writing at least seven days before any
				  scheduled mechanical integrity test. The test may be witnessed by Office of
				  Conservation personnel but must be witnessed by a qualified third party.
				  Generally accepted industry methods and standards shall apply when conducting
				  and evaluating the tests required in this Rule.
B. Frequency of Tests
1. Without exception or variance to these
				  rules and regulations, all solution-mining wells and caverns shall be tested
				  for and satisfactorily demonstrate mechanical integrity before beginning
				  injection activities.
2. All
				  subsequent demonstrations of mechanical integrity shall occur at least once
				  every five years. Additionally, mechanical integrity testing shall be done for
				  the following reasons regardless of test frequency:
a. after physical alteration to any cemented
				  casing or cemented liner;
b. after
				  performing any remedial work to reestablish well or cavern integrity;
c. before well closure, except when the
				  cavern has experienced mechanical failure;
d. whenever leakage into or out of the cavern
				  system is suspected;
e. whenever
				  the commissioner determines a test is warranted.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3329 - Cavern Configuration and Capacity Measurements

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A. Sonar caliper surveys shall be performed
				  on all caverns. With prior approval of the Office of Conservation, the operator
				  may use another similar proven technology designed to determine cavern
				  configuration and measure cavern capacity as a substitute for a sonar
				  survey.
B. Frequency of Surveys. A
				  sonar caliper survey of the entire cavern shall be performed at least once
				  every five years and must include horizontal shots beginning just below the
				  deepest cemented casing shoe. At least once every 10 years a sonar caliper
				  survey, or other approved survey, shall be performed that logs the roof of the
				  cavern using uptilted survey measurements. Additional surveys as specified by
				  the Office of Conservation shall be performed for any of the following reasons
				  regardless of frequency:
1. before commencing
				  cavern closure operations;
2.
				  whenever leakage into or out of the cavern system is suspected is
				  suspected;
3. after performing any
				  remedial work to reestablish solution-mining well or cavern integrity or raise
				  the deepest casing seat;
4. before
				  returning the cavern to storage service after a period of salt solution-mining
				  or washing to purposely increase the storage cavern size or capacity;
5. after completion of any additional
				  solution-mining or washing for caverns engaged in simultaneous storage and salt
				  solution-mining; or
6. whenever the
				  Office of Conservation believes a survey is warranted.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3331 - Inactive Caverns and Caverns in which Mining Activities are to be Concluded

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A. The
				  operator shall comply with the following minimum requirements when there has
				  been no injection into a solution-mining cavern for one year or the operator is
				  prepared to conclude mining activities, regardless of the reason:
1. notify the Office of Conservation in
				  writing within seven days of the well or cavern becoming inactive
				  (out-of-service). The notification shall include the date the cavern was
				  removed from service, the reason for taking the cavern out of service, and the
				  expected date when the cavern may be returned to service (if known);
2. disconnect all flowlines for injection to
				  the solution-mining well. If the operator anticipates that the cavern will be
				  put back into service within the following year, they may submit a request to
				  the commissioner to allow the cavern to remain inactive without disconnecting
				  the flowlines;
3. maintain
				  continuous monitoring of cavern pressure, fluid withdrawal, and other
				  parameters required by the permit;
4. submit quarterly reports on the
				  appropriate Form (Form UIC-50 or successor) in accordance with
				  §3333
5. maintain and demonstrate well
				  and cavern mechanical integrity if mining operations were suspended for reasons
				  other than a lack of mechanical integrity;
7. maintain compliance with financial
				  responsibility requirements of these rules and regulations; and
8. any additional requirements of the Office
				  of Conservation to document the solution-mining well and cavern shall not
				  endanger the environment, or the health, safety and welfare of the public
				  during the period of cavern inactivity.
9. No inactive solution-mining cavern may be
				  returned to service without first submitting a written request and work permit
				  application to the Office of Conservation and obtaining approval of the
				  commissioner.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3333 - Operating Reports

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A. The operator
				  shall submit quarterly operation reports to the Office of Conservation. Reports
				  are due no later than 15 days following the end of the reporting
				  period.
B. Quarterly reports shall
				  be submitted electronically on the appropriate form (Form UIC-50 r successor)
				  and reference the operator name, well name, well number, well state serial
				  number, salt dome name, and contain the following minimum information acquired
				  weekly during the reporting quarter:
1.
				  maximum wellhead pressures (PSIG) on the injection string;
2. maximum wellhead pressure (PSIG) on the
				  blanket material annulus;
3. volume
				  in barrels of injected material;
4.
				  results of any monitoring program required by permit or compliance
				  action;
5. summary of any test of
				  the solution-mining well or cavern;
6. summary of any workover performed during
				  the month including minor well maintenance;
7. pressure releases from inactive
				  caverns;
8. description of any
				  event resulting in noncompliance with these rules which triggers an alarm or
				  shutdown device and the response taken;
9. description of any event that exceeds
				  operating parameters for annulus pressure or injection pressure as may be
				  specified in the permit.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3335 - Record Retention

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A. The owner or
				  operator shall retain copies of all records, data, and information concerning
				  the design, permitting, construction, workovers, tests, and operation of the
				  solution-mining well, cavern, and related surface facility. Records shall be
				  retained throughout the operating life of the solution-mining well and for five
				  years following conclusion of any post-closure care requirements. Records,
				  data, and information shall include, but shall not be limited to the permit
				  application, cementing (primary and remedial), wireline logs, drill records,
				  casing records, casing pressure tests, well recompletion records, well/cavern
				  mechanical integrity tests, cavern capacity and configuration surveys, surface
				  construction, closure, post-closure activities, corrective action, sampling
				  data, etc. Unless otherwise specified by the commissioner, monitoring records
				  obtained pursuant to
				  §3323.B shall be
				  retained by the owner or operator for a minimum of five years from the date of
				  collection. All documents shall be available for inspection by agents of the
				  Office of Conservation at any time.
B. When there is a change in the owner or
				  operator of the solution-mining well, copies of all records shall be
				  transferred to the new owner or operator. The new owner or operator shall then
				  have the responsibility of maintaining such records.
C. The Office of Conservation may require the
				  owner or operator to deliver the records to the Office of Conservation at the
				  conclusion of the retention period.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-3 › Chapter 33 - Class III (Solution-Mining) Injection Wells › Section XVII-3337 - Closure and Post-Closure

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A. Closure.
				  The owner or operator shall close the solution-mining well, cavern, surface
				  facility or parts thereof as approved by the Office of Conservation. Closure
				  shall not begin without written authorization from the Office of Conservation.
1. Notice of Intent to Close
a. The operator shall review the closure plan
				  before seeking authorization to begin closure activities to determine if the
				  conditions for closure are still relevant to the actual conditions of the
				  solution-mining well, cavern, or surface facility. Revisions to the method of
				  closure reflected in the plan shall be submitted to the Office of Conservation
				  for approval no later than the date on which the notice of closure is required
				  to be submitted as shown in the subparagraph below.
b. The operator shall notify the Office of
				  Conservation in writing at least 30 days before the expected closure of a
				  solution-mining well, cavern, or surface facility. Notification shall be by
				  submission of a request for a work permit. At the discretion of the Office of
				  Conservation, a shorter notice period may be allowed.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 6 - Statewide Order No. 29-N-6 › Chapter 6 - Class VI Injection Wells › Section XVII-603 - General Provisions

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A.
				  Applicability. These rules and regulations apply to all owners and operators of
				  proposed and existing Class VI injection wells and projects in the state of
				  Louisiana.
1. The commissioner shall
				  administer the provisions of Act 517 and these regulations promulgated
				  thereunder for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide.
2. The provisions of this Chapter only apply
				  to geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide in underground reservoirs as
				  defined in §601 above. The geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide is not
				  permitted in solution-mined salt caverns under these provisions.
3. This provisions of this Chapter also apply
				  to owners or operators of permit- or rule-authorized Class I, Class II, or
				  Class V experimental carbon dioxide injection projects who seek to apply for a
				  Class VI geologic sequestration permit for their well or wells. Owners or
				  operators seeking to convert existing Class I, Class II, or Class V
				  experimental wells to Class VI geologic sequestration wells must demonstrate to
				  the commissioner that the wells were engineered and constructed to meet the
				  requirements at §617.A.1 and ensure protection of USDWs, in lieu of
				  requirements at §617.A.2 By December 10, 2011, owners or operators of
				  either Class I wells previously permitted for the purpose of geologic
				  sequestration or Class V experimental technology wells no longer being used for
				  experimental purposes that will continue injection of carbon dioxide for the
				  purpose of GS must apply for a Class VI permit. A converted well must still
				  meet all other requirements under this Chapter.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 6 - Statewide Order No. 29-N-6 › Chapter 6 - Class VI Injection Wells › Section XVII-605 - Permit Requirements, Application, Signatories

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A. Applicability. The rules and regulations
				  of this Section apply to all Class VI injection wells or project applications
				  required to be filed with the Department of Natural Resources (Office of
				  Conservation) for authorization under R.S. 1950 Title 30.
B. The commissioner cannot issue a permit on
				  an area basis for a Class VI well or permit.
C. Application Required
1. Permit Application. New applicants,
				  permittees, and any person required to have a permit shall complete, sign, and
				  submit an application to the commissioner as described in this Section.
a. the applicant shall submit one signed
				  paper version of the application and an exact duplicate of the application in
				  an electronic format approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may request
				  additional paper copies of the application, either in its entirety or in part,
				  as needed.
b. the electronic
				  version of the application shall contain the following certification statement:
This document is an electronic version of the application
					 titled
(Insert Document Title)
dated
(Insert
					 Application Date)
. This electronic version is an exact duplicate of
					 the paper copy submitted in
(Insert the Number of Volumes Comprising
					 the Full Application)
to the Louisiana Office of Conservation.
c. The applicant shall submit the
				  application identified in §605.C.1 above to the USEPA in an electronic
				  format approved by the USEPA.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 6 - Statewide Order No. 29-N-6 › Chapter 6 - Class VI Injection Wells › Section XVII-609 - Legal Permit Conditions

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A.
				  Applicability. The rules and regulations of this Section set forth legal
				  conditions for Class VI well permits. Permits for owners or operators of Class
				  VI injection wells shall include conditions meeting applicable requirements of
				  §§609, 615, 617, 619, 621, 623, 625, 627, 629, and 631. All
				  conditions applicable to all permits shall be incorporated into the permits
				  either expressly or by reference. If incorporated by reference, a specific
				  citation to these regulations must be given in the permit
B. Signatories. All reports required by
				  permits and other information requested by the commissioner shall be signed as
				  in applications by a person described in §605 D
C. Financial Responsibility
1. The permit shall require the permittee to
				  maintain financial responsibility and resources to close, plug, and abandon the
				  underground injection wells and, where necessary, related surface facility, and
				  for post-injection site care and site closure in a manner prescribed by the
				  commissioner. Class VI well operators must also comply with §609.C.4 The
				  permittee must show evidence of financial responsibility to the commissioner by
				  the submission of:
a. a certificate of deposit
				  issued in sole favor of the Office of Conservation in a form prescribed by the
				  commissioner. A certificate of deposit may not be withdrawn, canceled, rolled
				  over or amended in any manner without the approval of the
				  commissioner;
b. a performance bond
				  (surety bond) in sole favor of the Office of Conservation in a form prescribed
				  by the commissioner;
c. a
				  letter-of-credit in sole favor of the Office of Conservation in a form
				  prescribed by the commissioner;
d.
				  site-specific trust account, or
e.
				  any other instrument of financial assurance acceptable to the
				  commissioner.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 6 - Statewide Order No. 29-N-6 › Chapter 6 - Class VI Injection Wells › Section XVII-611 - Permitting Process

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A.
				  Applicability. This Section contains procedures for issuing all Class VI
				  permits.
B. Application Submission
				  and Review
1. Any person required to have a
				  UIC permit shall submit an application to the Office of Conservation, UIC
				  Section, as outlined in §605
2. Check for completeness:
a. the commissioner shall not issue a permit
				  before receiving an application form and any required supplemental information
				  which are completed to his satisfaction. The completeness of any application
				  for a permit shall be judged independently of the status of any other permit
				  application or permit for the same facility or activity;
b. each application for a permit submitted
				  for a new UIC injection well will be reviewed for completeness by the
				  commissioner and the applicant will be notified of the commissioner's decision
				  within 30 days of its receipt. Each application for a permit submitted for an
				  existing injection well will be reviewed for completeness and the applicant
				  will be notified of the commissioner's decision within 60 days of receipt. Upon
				  completing the review, the commissioner shall notify the applicant in writing
				  whether the application is complete.
3. Incomplete Applications
a. If the application is incomplete, the
				  commissioner shall list in the notification in §611.B.2.b above, the
				  information necessary to make the application complete. When the application is
				  for an existing UIC injection well, the commissioner shall specify in the
				  notice a date for submitting the necessary information. The commissioner shall
				  notify the applicant that the application is complete upon receiving this
				  information. The commissioner may request additional information from an
				  applicant only when necessary to clarify, modify, or supplement previously
				  submitted material. Requests for such additional information will not render an
				  application incomplete.
b. If an
				  applicant fails or refuses to correct deficiencies found in the application,
				  the permit may be denied and, for existing wells, appropriate enforcement
				  actions may be taken under the applicable statutory provision.
4. If the commissioner decides
				  that a site visit is necessary for any reason in conjunction with the
				  processing of an application, he shall notify the applicant, state the reason
				  for the visit, and a date shall be scheduled.