Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 1 - Statewide Order No. 29-B › Chapter 5 - Off-Site Storage, Treatment and/or Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste Generated from Drilling and Production of Oil and Gas Wells › Section XIX-507 - Location Criteria

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Commercial
				  facilities and transfer stations may not be located in any area:
1. within 1/4 mile of a public water supply
				  water well or within 1,000 feet of a private water supply well for facilities
				  permitted after January 1, 2002;
2.
				  where type A and B facilities and transfer stations, class II disposal wells,
				  storage containers, vessels and E and P waste treatment systems and related
				  equipment are located within 500 feet of a residential, commercial, or public
				  building, church, school or hospital or for any proposed new commercial
				  facility or transfer station where publication of the notice of intent or date
				  of the permit application filed with the Office of Conservation is dated after
				  the promulgation date of this rule, where type A and B facilities and transfer
				  stations, class II disposal wells, storage containers and E and P waste
				  treatment systems and related equipment are located within 1,250 feet of a
				  school, hospital, or public park;
3. where the perimeter of any Type A land
				  treatment cell is located within restricted distances from a residential or
				  public building, church, school, or hospital for treatment of Waste Types 06
				  and 12 as listed below:
Special Conditions
Restricted Distance
Land treatment of Waste Type 06:
[LESS THAN EQUAL TO] 113 mg/kg total benzene (MPC)
1,000'
Not tested or > 113 mg/kg total benzene (MPC)
2,000'
Land treatment of Waste Type 12
[LESS THAN EQUAL TO] 3198 mg/kg total benzene
								(MPC)
2,000'
> 3198 mg/kg total benzene (MPC)
(banned)
Land treatment of all other E and P Waste types
1,000'
4.
				  where the subsurface geology of any proposed injection zone (reservoir) does
				  not exhibit the following characteristics:
a.
				  adequate thickness and areal extent of the proposed injection zone;
				  and
b. adequate clay confining beds
				  separating the top of the proposed injection zone and the base of the lowermost
				  underground source of drinking water;
5. where permanent E and P Waste storage
				  containers, vessels, land treatment cells, and storm water retention (sediment)
				  ponds are located in a "V" or "A" zone as determined by flood hazard boundary
				  or rate maps and other information published by the Federal Emergency
				  Management Agency (FEMA) unless adequate levees are constructed to at least 1
				  foot above the 100-year flood elevation as certified by a professional engineer
				  or surveyor and able to withstand the velocity of the 100-year flood. Existing
				  facilities located in a "V" or "A" zone will be required to build facility
				  levees above the 100-year flood elevation as certified by a professional
				  engineer or land surveyor. As conditions change and new data is made available
				  by FEMA, owners of existing commercial facilities and transfer stations will be
				  required to update their facilities accordingly;
6. where such area, or any portion thereof,
				  has been designated as wetlands by the U.S. Corps of Engineers during, or prior
				  to, initial facility application review, unless the applicable wetland and DNR
				  Coastal Management Division coastal use permits are obtained;
7. where other surface or subsurface
				  conditions exist which in the determination of the Commissioner of Conservation
				  would cause the location to pose a threat of substantial, adverse effects on
				  public health or safety or the environment at or near the location.