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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-17 - Groundwater monitoring

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 of an underground hydrocarbon storage facility shall submit a groundwater
			 monitoring plan with the final permit application to the secretary for review
			 and consideration for approval to ensure the protection of public health,
			 safety, and the environment.
(b)
			 Each permittee shall ensure that the groundwater monitoring wells meet the
			 following requirements:
(1) Each permittee
			 shall set the screen in each shallow monitoring well at a depth that is
			 inclusive of the seasonal fluctuation of the water table.
(2) Each permittee shall ensure that all deep
			 groundwater monitoring wells extend a minimum of 25 feet into the bedrock, or
			 to a depth based on the geology and hydrogeology at the facility and approved
			 by the secretary to ensure the protection of public health, safety, and the
			 envir onment.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-18 - Record requirements and retention

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each permittee
			 shall complete and submit an annual report, on a form furnished by the
			 department, on or before April 1 of each year. The annual report shall include
			 the following:
(1) A description of any
			 incident of uncontrolled or unanticipated product loss;
(2) the well number and date of any logs or
			 sonar surveys conducted;
(3) the
			 estimated storage capacity for all unplugged caverns;
(4) a list of any caverns being washed;
(5) a list of the volume of
			 product injected and withdrawn for each well;
(6) a list, by well number, of the type of
			 product stored; and
(7) a list, by
			 well number, of the maximum and minimum product storage pressures encountered
			 during the report year.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-19 - Well workovers

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 shall submit a workover plan to the secretary for review and consideration for
			 approval to ensure the protection of public health, safety, and the
			 environment. The following provisions shall apply:
(1) Each permittee shall submit the workover
			 plan at least 10 days before performing any downhole or wellhead work that
			 involves dismantling or removal of the wellhead.
(2) A permittee shall not be required to
			 submit a workover plan for routine maintenance or replacement of gauges,
			 sensors, or valves.
(3) Verbal
			 authorization to initiate downhole or wellhead work may be issued by the
			 secretary if the permittee has fulfilled the requirements of this subsection.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-20 - Plugging requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each permittee
			 shall submit a plugging plan, including monitoring and testing requirements, to
			 the secretary for review and consideration for approval at least 60 days before
			 the plugging event.
(b) Each
			 permittee shall follow the plugging procedure specified in the department's
			 document titled "procedure for the plugging and abandonment of a hydrocarbon
			 storage well, procedure #:UICLPG-3," dated March 2003, which is hereby adopted
			 by reference.
(c) Each permittee
			 shall restore and preserve the integrity of the site as follows:
(1) Dispose of all liquid waste in an
			 environmentally safe manner;
(2)
			 clear the area of debris;
(3)
			 drain and fill all excavations;
(4) remove all unused concrete bases,
			 machinery, and materials; and
(5)
			 level and restore the site.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-21 - Underground hydrocarbon storage fees

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Effective on
			 and after January 1, 2004, each permittee shall submit an annual permit fee of
			 $18,890 per facility and $305 per unplugged storage well on or before April 1
			 of each year.
(b) Each permittee
			 shall submit a permit fee of $305 for any unplugged storage well inadvertently
			 omitted from the collection of permit fees for the year 2003.
(c) Each applicant for a permit for a
			 proposed new underground hydrocarbon storage well shall submit a fee of $700
			 with the permit application.
(d)
			 Fees shall be made payable to the "Kansas department of health and environment
			 subsurface hydrocarbon storage fund."
(e) The fees collected under the provisions
			 of this regulation shall not be refunded.
(f) If ownership of an underground
			 hydrocarbon storage well or underground hydrocarbon storage facility changes
			 during the term of a valid permit, no additional fee shall be required unless a
			 change occurs that results in a new storage well or an expanded facility
			 operation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-22 - Permit required for a brine pond

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Since the
			 underground storage of hydrocarbons and the access to and transfer of
			 hydrocarbons is dependent on the safe and secure operation and maintenance of
			 associated brine ponds, no person shall construct, operate, or maintain any
			 brine pond associated with an underground hydrocarbon storage facility without
			 obtaining a brine pond permit from the secretary.
(b) Each permittee of a brine pond in
			 existence before April 1, 2003 shall meet the requirements for liner
			 construction if either of the following conditions exists:
(1) A potential threat to public health,
			 safety, or the environment exists.
(2) An existing brine pond is dewatered due
			 to the repair, replacement, or expansion of the brine pond.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-23 - Brine pond application and permit

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each permittee
			 of an existing brine pond and each applicant for a permit for a new brine pond
			 shall submit an application for a permit to the secretary. Upon review of the
			 application, either of the following shall be issued by the secretary:
(1) A final permit if the application is
			 approved; or
(2) a notice that the
			 permit has been denied if the applicant has not complied with the requirements
			 of this article of regulations. The notice shall include justification for the
			 permit denial.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-24 - Public notice for a brine pond

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Public notice
			 shall be given by the secretary for the following permit actions:
(1) A permit application for any new brine
			 pond associated with an underground hydrocarbon storage well;
(2) modifications that require a draft
			 permit;
(3) modifications to an
			 existing brine pond;
(4) a denied
			 permit; and
(5) a scheduled
			 hearing.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-25 - Renewal, modification, and transfer of a brine pond permit

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) The issuance or
			 modification of a brine pond permit or the variance of the specific
			 requirements of a brine pond permit may be authorized by the secretary for a
			 term of less than 10 years.
(b)
			 The automatic transfer of a brine pond permit shall be prohibited. The terms of
			 a permit transfer shall include the following:
(1) Each person requesting a permit transfer
			 shall submit a completed application to the secretary at least 60 days before
			 the proposed effective date of the transfer.
(2) Each permittee shall comply with the
			 conditions of the existing permit until the secretary reissues the permit.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-26 - Signatories for brine pond permit applications and reports

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 of an existing brine pond and each applicant for a permit for a new brine pond
			 shall designate signatories to sign the permit applications and reports
			 required by the secretary.
(b)
			 Positions that may be approved by the secretary as signatories shall include
			 either of the following:
(1) Operations
			 manager;
(2) brine pond
			 specialist; or
(3) a position with
			 responsibility at least equivalent to that required by the positions listed in
			 this subsection.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-27 - Financial assurance for brine pond closure

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each permittee
			 of a brine pond shall establish financial assurance for the decommissioning and
			 abandonment of any brine pond permitted by the secretary under this article of
			 regulations.
(b)
(1) Each permittee of an existing brine pond
			 shall submit proof of financial assurance before April 1, 2004 and, thereafter,
			 annually on or before January 31 of each year. Each applicant for a permit for
			 a new brine pond shall submit proof of financial assurance to the secretary
			 with the permit application and, thereafter, annually on or before January 31
			 of each year.
(2) Each permittee
			 and each applicant shall meet the following requirements:
(A) Submit a detailed written estimate, in
			 current dollars, of the cost to close any brine pond at the facility. The
			 estimate shall be reviewed and approved by a licensed professional engineer or
			 licensed geologist;
(B) develop an
			 estimate of the closure cost for each brine pond at the facility as follows:
(i) The estimate shall be based on the cost
			 charged by a third party to properly decommission the brine pond; and
(ii) the brine pond shall be
			 assumed to be at maximum storage capacity; and
(C) increase the closure cost estimate and
			 the amount of financial assurance provided if any change in the brine pond
			 closure plan or in the operation increases the maximum cost of brine pond
			 closure at any time.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-28 - Design, construction, and maintenance of brine ponds

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each applicant
			 shall submit a design and construction plan for each new brine pond associated
			 with an underground hydrocarbon storage facility to the secretary. The design
			 and construction plan shall be approved if the secretary determines the plan is
			 protective of public health, safety, and the environment. Each brine pond shall
			 be designed by a licensed professional engineer.
(b) Each applicant shall ensure that the
			 impermeable synthetic membrane liner system for each brine pond is comprised of
			 primary and secondary impermeable synthetic membrane liners with an
			 intermediate leak detection system. The following requirements shall apply:
(1) The primary and secondary liners shall be
			 at least 30 mils in thickness.
(2)
			 The engineer designing the brine pond shall obtain a certification from the
			 liner manufacturer providing the following information:
(A) Confirmation that the specified liner is
			 compatible for use with the brine;
(B) confirmation that the specified liner is
			 ultraviolet-resistant; and
(C)
			 data for the manufacturer's estimated leakage, permeability, or transmissivity
			 rate for specific liners, including the rate of movement of fluids through the
			 synthetic membrane liner due to the properties and thickness of the liner
			 material, expressed in units of volume per area per time;
(D) any normally expected manufacturing
			 defects in the liner material; and
(E) any normally expected defects associated
			 with the seaming and installation process.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-29 - Groundwater monitoring for brine ponds

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 of an existing brine pond and each applicant for a permit for a new brine pond
			 shall submit a groundwater monitoring plan with the brine pond permit
			 application to the secretary for review and consideration for approval. The
			 monitoring plan shall be approved if the secretary determines that the plan is
			 protective of public health, safety, and the environment.
(b) Each permittee of an existing brine pond
			 and each applicant for a permit for a new brine pond shall meet the following
			 requirements:
(1) Install monitoring wells
			 around the perimeter of the brine pond. The well spacing shall be based on the
			 geology and hydrogeology at the facility and shall be approved by the secretary
			 if the secretary determines that the well spacing is protective of public
			 health, safety, and the environment; and
(2) set the screen in all shallow groundwater
			 monitoring wells at a depth that is inclusive of the seasonal fluctuation of
			 the water table.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-30 - Brine pond closure requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each brine pond
			 permittee shall submit a closure plan, including monitoring and testing
			 requirements, to the secretary for review and consideration for approval at
			 least 60 days before the closure of a brine pond. The closure plan shall be
			 approved if the secretary determines that the closure plan is protective of
			 public health, safety, and the environment.
(b) The permittee shall not commence closure
			 activities without the secretary's approval.
(c) Each permittee shall include the
			 following information in the brine pond closure plan:
(1) The procedure for deactivating the
			 various brine lines employed at the facility;
(2) the procedures for the remediation,
			 removal, or disposal of brine, accumulated sludge in the brine pond,
			 contaminated soils, and contaminated groundwater;
(3) a description regarding the proposed
			 maintenance, deactivation, conversion, or demolition of the brine pond
			 structure; and
(4) procedures
			 addressing the plugging of any water wells or groundwater monitoring wells
			 associated with the brine pond.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-2 - Permit required

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) No person shall
			 create, operate, or maintain an underground storage well for natural gas in
			 bedded salt without obtaining a permit from the secretary.
(b) Underground storage caverns for natural
			 gas shall be constructed only in bedded salt.
(c) A variance may be granted by the
			 secretary if both of the following conditions are met:
(1) The variance is protective of public
			 health, safety, and the environment.
(2) The applicant or permittee agrees to
			 perform additional testing, monitoring, or well improvements, or any
			 combination of these, if required by the secretary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-3 - Well conversions and reentry

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) The conversion
			 of an existing well to underground natural gas storage shall be prohibited if
			 the well was not originally designed for the underground storage of natural
			 gas, unless the secretary determines that the conversion is protective of
			 public health, safety, and the environment.
(b) The conversion of an underground natural
			 gas storage well for other purposes shall be prohibited, unless the secretary
			 determines that the conversion is protective of public health, safety, and the
			 environment.
(c) The reentry of a
			 plugged underground natural gas storage well for the purpose of reactivating
			 activities associated with the underground storage of natural gas or liquid
			 hydrocarbons shall be prohibited.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-4 - Application for permit

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each applicant
			 shall submit a completed application for a permit to create, operate, and
			 maintain an underground natural gas storage well, on an application form
			 furnished by the department. Upon review of the application, one of the
			 following shall be issued by the secretary:
(1) A permit, if the application is approved;
			 or
(2) a notice that the permit
			 has been denied if the applicant has not complied with the requirements of this
			 article of regulations. The notice shall include justification for the permit
			 denial.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-5 - Public notice

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Public notice
			 shall be given by the secretary for any of the following permit actions:
(1) A permit application for an underground
			 natural gas storage well;
(2) any
			 modifications that require a draft permit;
(3) any modifications for an existing storage
			 facility;
(4) the denial of a
			 permit; or
(5) a scheduled
			 hearing.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-6 - Modification and transfer of a permit

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) The automatic
			 transfer of a permit shall be prohibited. The requirements for each permit
			 transfer shall be as follows:
(1) Each person
			 requesting a permit transfer shall submit a completed application to the
			 secretary at least 60 days before the effective date of the proposed transfer.
(2) Each permittee shall comply
			 with the requirements of the existing permit until the secretary reissues the
			 permit.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-7 - Signatories for permit applications and reports

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 of an existing underground natural gas storage well and each applicant for a
			 permit for a proposed underground natural gas storage well shall designate
			 signatories to sign the permit applications and all reports required by the
			 secretary.
(b) Positions that may
			 be approved by the secretary to be signatories shall include the following:
(1) Plant or operations manager;
(2) cavern specialist;
(3) superintendent; and
(4) a position with responsibility at least
			 equivalent to that required by the positions listed in this subsection.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-8 - Siting requirements for new underground natural gas storage wells

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each applicant
			 shall assess the geographical, topographical, and physical data for any
			 proposed natural gas storage well location to determine whether the siting
			 requirements have been met. The following siting requirements shall be met:
(1) Each new underground natural gas storage
			 facility shall be located at least three miles from the established boundaries
			 of municipal population centers.
(2) Each proposed new facility or boundary
			 expansion for any existing facility shall be located as follows:
(A) Not less than five miles from an active
			 or abandoned conventional shaft mining operation; and
(B) not less than two miles from the
			 facility's boundary of any solution mining operation.
(3) Each applicant shall assess the extent
			 and nature of current or past conventional subsurface mining activities within
			 five miles of the underground natural gas storage facility boundary to
			 determine any potential impact to public health, safety, or the environment
			 resulting from proposed activities at the facility.
(4) Each applicant shall identify and assess
			 all wells, including abandoned wells, from available sources of information,
			 within a one-mile perimeter of the facility's boundary to determine if the
			 following conditions exist:
(A) All wells
			 have been constructed in a manner to protect public health, safety, and the en
			 vironment.
(B) All abandoned
			 wells, including oil, gas, water, and monitoring wells, have been properly
			 plugged.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-9 - Financial assurance for underground natural gas storage facility closure

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 of an underground natural gas storage facility shall establish financial
			 assurance for the following:
(1) Closure of
			 the facility; and
(2) the plugging
			 of any underground natural gas storage well.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-10 - Operations and maintenance plan

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 of an existing underground natural gas storage facility and each applicant for
			 a permit for a new underground natural gas storage facility shall submit a plan
			 for the long-term operation and maintenance of the facility with the permit
			 application.
(b) Each operation
			 and maintenance plan shall include the following:
(1) A description of the methods to be used
			 to prevent the overpressuring of wells and storage caverns;
(2) a plan map view of the location of any
			 disposal wells or corrosion control wells; and
(3) the location, depth, and construction
			 details for all shallow and deep groundwater monitoring wells.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-11 - Emergency response plan and safety and security measures

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 of an existing underground natural gas storage facility and each applicant for
			 a permit for a proposed underground natural gas storage facility shall prepare
			 an emergency response plan as part of the permit application or the plugging
			 plan. The following requirements shall apply:
(1) Each permittee and each applicant shall
			 maintain the emergency response plan at the facility and at the company
			 headquarters and shall make it available for inspection by the secretary.
(2) Each permittee and each
			 applicant shall make a copy of the plan available to all coordinating agencies
			 or committees involved in emergency response.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-12 - Design and construction of underground natural gas storage wells

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each permittee
			 of an existing underground natural gas storage well and each applicant for a
			 permit for a new underground natural gas storage well shall ensure that each
			 underground natural gas storage well is constructed with surface casing. The
			 following requirements shall apply:
(1)
			 Surface casing shall be set through all fresh and usable water formations and
			 into competent bedrock.
(2)
			 Surface casing shall be cemented by circulating cement through the bottom of
			 the casing to the surface.
(3) The
			 annular space between the casing and the formation shall be filled with cement.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-13 - Monitoring

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each permittee
			 shall ensure that each underground natural gas storage well is equipped with
			 pressure sensors to continuously monitor wellhead pressures on the product line
			 at the wellhead. The following requirements shall apply:
(1) The pressure sensor shall be capable of
			 recording the maximum and minimum operating pressures during a 24-hour period.
(2) The pressure sensor shall be
			 capable of recording operating pressures at an interval approved by the
			 secretary.
(3) The permittee shall
			 provide pressure data, including historic continuous monitoring, to the
			 secretary upon request.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-14 - Testing and inspections

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each permittee
			 shall submit a plan to the secretary for review and consideration for approval
			 to ensure the protection of public health, safety, and the environment before
			 conducting any underground natural gas storage well or cavern testing. Testing
			 shall not commence without prior approval from the secretary.
(b) Each permittee shall submit a summary of
			 the test to the secretary within 45 days after completion of the test. The
			 summary shall include the following:
(1) A
			 chronology of the test;
(2) copies
			 of all logs;
(3) storage well
			 completion information;
(4)
			 pressure readings;
(5) volume
			 measurements; and
(6) an
			 explanation of the test results.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-15 - Groundwater monitoring

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 of an existing underground natural gas storage facility and each applicant for
			 a permit for a new underground natural gas storage facility shall submit a
			 groundwater monitoring plan with the permit application to the secretary for
			 review and consideration for approval to ensure the protection of public
			 health, safety, and the environment.
(b) Each permittee shall ensure that each
			 groundwater monitoring well meets the following requirements:
(1) Each permittee shall set the screen in
			 each shallow monitoring well at a depth that is inclusive of the seasonal
			 fluctuation of the water table.
(2) Each permittee shall ensure that all deep
			 groundwater monitoring wells extend a minimum of 25 feet into the bedrock, or
			 to a depth based on the geology and hydrogeology at the facility and approved
			 by the secretary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-16 - Record requirements and retention

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each permittee
			 shall complete and submit an annual report, on a form furnished by the
			 department, on or before April 1 of each year. The annual report shall include
			 the following:
(1) A description of any
			 incident of uncontrolled or unanticipated product loss;
(2) the well number and date of any logs or
			 sonar surveys conducted;
(3) the
			 estimated storage capacity for all unplugged caverns;
(4) a list of any caverns being washed;
(5) a list of the product volume
			 injected and withdrawn for each well; and
(6) a list, by well number, of the maximum
			 and minimum product storage pressures encountered during the report year.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-17 - Well workovers

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 shall submit a workover plan to the secretary for review and consideration for
			 approval to ensure the protection of public health, safety, and the
			 environment. The following provisions shall apply:
(1) Each permittee shall submit the workover
			 plan at least 10 days before performing any downhole or wellhead work that
			 involves dismantling or removal of the wellhead.
(2) The permittee shall not be required to
			 submit a workover plan for routine maintenance or replacement of gauges,
			 sensors, or valves.
(3) Verbal
			 authorization to initiate downhole or wellhead work may be issued by the
			 secretary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-18 - Plugging requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 shall submit a plugging plan to the secretary for review and consideration for
			 approval to ensure the protection of public health, safety, and the
			 environment, at least 60 days before the plugging event.
(b) Each permittee shall follow plugging
			 procedures specified in the department's document titled "procedure for the
			 plugging and abandonment of a natural gas storage well, procedure #: UICLPG-8,"
			 dated March 2003, which is hereby adopted by reference.
(c) Each permittee shall restore and preserve
			 the integrity of the site as follows:
(1)
			 Dispose of all liquid waste in an environmentally safe manner;
(2) clear the area of debris;
(3) drain and fill all excavations;
(4) remove all unused concrete
			 bases, machinery, and materials; and
(5) level and restore the site.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45a - UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELLS IN BEDDED SALT › Section 28-45a-19 - Underground natural gas storage fees

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Effective on
			 and after January 1, 2004, each permittee shall submit an annual permit fee of
			 $18,890 per facility and $305 per unplugged underground natural gas storage
			 well on or before April 1 of each year.
(b) Each permittee shall submit a permit fee
			 of $305 for any unplugged underground natural gas storage well inadvertently
			 omitted from the collection of permit fees for the year 2003.
(c) Each applicant for a permit for a
			 proposed new underground natural gas storage well shall submit a fee of $700
			 with the permit application.
(d)
			 Fees shall be made payable to the "Kansas department of health and environment
			 subsurface hydrocarbon storage fund."
(e) The fees collected under the provisions
			 of this regulation shall not be refunded.
(f) If the ownership of a storage well or
			 storage facility changes during the term of a valid permit, no additional fee
			 shall be required, unless a change occurs that results in a new storage well or
			 an expanded facility operation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-2 - Permit required for facilities and storage wells; variances

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) No person shall
			 create, operate, or maintain an underground crude oil storage facility or any
			 crude oil storage well without first obtaining a permit from the
			 secretary.
(b) The storage of crude
			 oil in caverns constructed in any rock formations other than bedded salt shall
			 be prohibited.
(c) A variance to
			 any requirement of this article may be granted by the secretary if both of the
			 following conditions are met:
(1) The
			 variance is protective of public health, safety, and the environment.
(2) The applicant or permittee agrees to
			 perform any additional testing, monitoring, or well improvements, or any
			 combination, if required by the secretary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-3 - Well conversions and reentry

Current through Register Vol.
			 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) The conversion of an existing well that
			 was not originally designed for crude oil storage to an underground crude oil
			 storage well shall be considered for approval if both of the following
			 conditions are met:
(1) The applicant submits
			 a completed application as required by K.A.R. 28-45b-4.
(2) The secretary determines that the
			 conversion is protective of public health, safety, and the
			 environment.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-4 - Permit required for facility and associated storage wells

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each applicant
			 who intends to construct a new underground crude oil storage well shall submit
			 a completed permit application to the secretary, on a form approved by the
			 department, at least 180 days before the proposed commencement date for the
			 construction of the new crude oil storage well. Well construction shall not
			 begin until the secretary has issued the permit.
(b) Each applicant who intends to convert an
			 existing well to a crude oil storage well shall submit a completed permit
			 application to the secretary, on a form approved by the department, at least
			 180 days before the proposed date for operation of the crude oil storage well.
			 Well modifications and operations shall not commence until the secretary has
			 issued the permit.
(c) Each
			 applicant who intends to construct a new storage well for the purpose of
			 creating a crude oil reserve shall submit a completed permit application to the
			 secretary at least 180 days before the proposed commencement date for storage
			 well construction. Well construction shall not begin until the secretary has
			 issued the permit.
(d) Each
			 applicant who wishes to convert an existing storage well for the purpose of
			 creating a crude oil reserve shall submit a completed permit application to the
			 secretary at least 180 days before the proposed date for operation of the crude
			 oil storage well. Well modifications and operations shall not commence until
			 the secretary has issued the permit.
(e) Each applicant who intends to create a
			 crude oil reserve shall include the following with the permit application:
(1) A description of monitoring and testing
			 methods to demonstrate that the quality of the crude oil is maintained during
			 storage;
(2) a description of
			 methods and a schedule for routinely testing the integrity of the wellhead,
			 casing, and transfer equipment; and
(3) a description of the brine transfer
			 system, including brine source, disposal method, and means of
			 transfer.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-5 - Public notice

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July
			 11, 2024
(a) Public
			 notice shall be given by the secretary for any of the following permit actions:
(1) Any permit application for a crude oil
			 storage well;
(2) the denial of a
			 permit; or
(3) a scheduled
			 hearing.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-6 - Modification and transfer of a permit

Current through Register Vol.
			 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) The automatic transfer of a permit shall
			 be prohibited.
The requirements for each permit transfer shall be as
				follows:
(1) Each person requesting a
			 permit transfer shall notify the secretary at least 60 days before the
			 effective date of the proposed transfer.
(2) Each owner and each operator shall comply
			 with the conditions of the existing permit until the secretary reissues the
			 permit.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-7 - Signatories for permit applications and reports

Current through
			 Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each applicant for a permit shall
			 designate at least one signatory to sign the permit applications and all
			 reports required by the secretary.
(b) The positions that may be approved by the
			 secretary to be signatories shall be the following:
(1) Plant or operations manager;
(2) cavern specialist;
(3) superintendent; and
(4) any position with responsibility at least
			 equivalent to that required by the positions listed in this
			 subsection.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-8 - Siting requirements for new storage wells and facilities

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each applicant
			 shall assess the geographical, topographical, and physical data for any
			 proposed underground crude oil storage well location to determine whether
			 siting requirements have been met. The following siting requirements shall be
			 met:
(1) Each new storage facility shall be
			 located at least three miles from the established boundaries of municipal
			 population centers.
(2) Each
			 proposed new facility or boundary expansion for an existing facility shall be
			 located as follows:
(A) Not less than five
			 miles from an active or abandoned conventional shaft mining operation;
			 and
(B) not less than two miles
			 from the facility's boundary of any solution mining operation.
(3) Each applicant shall assess
			 the extent and nature of current or past conventional subsurface mining
			 activities within five miles of the underground crude oil storage facility's
			 boundary to determine any potential impact to public health, safety, or the
			 environment resulting from the proposed activities at the facility.
(4) Each applicant shall identify and assess
			 all wells, including abandoned wells, from available sources of information,
			 within a one-mile perimeter of the facility's boundary to determine if the
			 following conditions are met:
(A) The wells
			 have been constructed in a manner to protect public health, property, and the
			 environment.
(B) The abandoned
			 wells, including water, oil, gas, monitoring, and underground storage wells,
			 have been properly plugged.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-9 - Financial assurance for closure of underground crude oil storage facility

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each applicant
			 shall submit, with the permit application and annually thereafter on or before
			 the permit renewal date, proof of financial assurance to the secretary for the
			 following:
(1) Closure of the facility;
			 and
(2) the plugging of any crude
			 oil storage well.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-10 - Operations and maintenance plan

Current through Register Vol. 43,
			 No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each applicant shall submit a plan for
			 the long-term operation and maintenance of the facility with the permit
			 application.
(b) Each operation and
			 maintenance plan shall include the following information:
(1) A description of the methods to be used
			 to prevent the overpressuring of wells and storage caverns;
(2) a plan view map of the location of any
			 disposal wells and corrosion control wells; and
(3) the location, depth, and well
			 construction for all shallow and deep groundwater monitoring and observation
			 wells.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-11 - Emergency response plan and safety and security measures

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a)
(1) Each applicant for a permit for an
			 underground crude oil storage facility shall make the emergency response plan
			 available for inspection by the secretary when the permit application is
			 submitted to the department.
(2)
			 Each permittee shall maintain the emergency response plan at the facility and
			 at the company headquarters and shall make the plan available for inspection by
			 the secretary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-12 - Design and construction of storage wells

Current through
			 Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each permittee shall ensure that each
			 storage well is constructed with surface casing. The following requirements
			 shall apply:
(1) The surface casing shall be
			 set through all fresh and usable water formations and into competent
			 bedrock.
(2) The surface casing
			 shall be cemented by circulating cement through the bottom of the casing to the
			 surface.
(3) The annular space
			 between the casing and the formation shall be filled with cement.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-13 - Monitoring

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Each permittee
			 shall ensure that pressure sensors continuously monitor wellhead pressures for
			 both the product and brine sides at the wellhead for each storage well. The
			 following requirements shall apply:
(1) The
			 pressure sensor shall be capable of recording the maximum and minimum operating
			 pressures during a 24-hour period.
(2) The pressure sensor shall be capable of
			 recording operating pressures at an interval approved by the
			 secretary.
(3) Each permittee shall
			 provide pressure data, including historic continuous monitoring, to the
			 secretary upon request.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-14 - Testing and inspections

Current through Register Vol. 43, No.
			 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
			 Each permittee shall submit a plan to the secretary for review and
			 consideration for approval to ensure the protection of public health, safety,
			 and the environment, before conducting any testing of a storage well or a
			 cavern. Testing shall not commence without prior approval from the
			 secretary.
(b) Each permittee shall
			 submit a summary of the testing to the secretary within 45 days after
			 completing the test. The summary shall include the following:
(1) A chronology of the test;
(2) copies of all logs;
(3) storage well construction
			 information;
(4) pressure
			 readings;
(5) volume measurements;
			 and
(6) an explanation of the test
			 results.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-15 - Groundwater monitoring

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28,
			 July 11, 2024
(a) Each
			 applicant shall submit a groundwater monitoring plan with the permit
			 application to the secretary for review and consideration for approval to
			 ensure the protection of public health, safety, and the environment.
(b) Each permittee shall ensure that the
			 groundwater monitoring wells meet the following requirements:
(1) Each permittee shall set the screen in
			 each shallow monitoring well at a depth that is inclusive of the seasonal
			 fluctuation of the water table.
(2)
			 Each permittee shall ensure that all deep ground-water monitoring wells extend
			 a minimum of 25 feet into the bedrock, or to a depth based on the geology and
			 hy-drogeology at the facility and approved by the secretary to ensure the
			 protection of public health, safety, and the environment.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-16 - Record requirements and retention

Current through Register
			 Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each permittee shall submit an annual
			 report, on a form approved by the department, on or before April 1 of each
			 year. The annual report shall include the following:
(1) A description of any incident of
			 uncontrolled or unanticipated product loss;
(2) the well number and date of any logs or
			 sonar surveys conducted;
(3) the
			 estimated storage capacity for each cavern associated with an unplugged
			 well;
(4) a list of any caverns
			 being washed;
(5) a list of the
			 volume of product injected and withdrawn for each storage well;
(6) a list, by well number, of the type of
			 product stored; and
(7) a list, by
			 well number, of the maximum and minimum product storage pressures encountered
			 during the report year.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-17 - Well workovers

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28,
			 July 11, 2024
(a) Each
			 permittee shall submit a workover plan to the secretary for review and
			 consideration for approval to ensure the protection of public health, safety,
			 and the environment. The following provisions shall apply:
(1) Each permittee shall submit the workover
			 plan at least 10 days before performing any downhole or wellhead work that
			 involves dismantling or removal of the wellhead.
(2) A permittee shall not be required to
			 submit a workover plan for routine maintenance or replacement of gauges,
			 sensors, or valves.
(3) Verbal
			 authorization to initiate downhole or wellhead work may be issued by the
			 secretary if the permittee has fulfilled the requirements of this
			 subsection.