Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 1 - Statewide Order No. 29-N-1 › Chapter 1 - Class I, III, IV and V Injection Wells › Section XVII-111 - Permitting Process

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  Applicability. This Section contains procedures for issuing all UIC permits
				  other than emergency (temporary) permits. UIC authorizations by rule are not
				  permits and are covered by specific provisions in §103 E
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 §105
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;
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; and
c. for each application for a new Class I
				  injection well or a new Class III well or project, the commissioner shall, no
				  later than the date the application is ruled complete, prepare and mail to the
				  applicant a project decision schedule. The schedule shall specify target dates
				  by which the commissioner intends to:
i.
				  prepare a draft permit;
ii. give
				  public notice;
iii. complete the
				  public comment period, including any public hearing; and
iv. issue a final permit.
3. Incomplete
				  Applications
a. If the application is
				  incomplete, the commissioner shall list in the notification in §111. 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.