Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45b-1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) "Active well"
			 means an unplugged well that is in service or in monitoring status.
(b) "American petroleum institute gravity"
			 and "API gravity" mean the specific gravity scale developed by the American
			 petroleum institute for measuring the relative density of various petroleum
			 liquids, expressed in degrees API.
(c) "Applicant" means the operator and the
			 owner requesting a permit as specified in this article. If the operator and the
			 owner are not the same person, the owner and the operator shall jointly submit
			 an application for a permit.
(d)
			 "Brine" means saline water with a sodium chloride concentration equal to or
			 greater than 90 percent.
(e) "Brine
			 pond" means the excavated or diked structure used for the surface containment
			 of brine used in the creation, maintenance, and operation of an underground
			 crude oil storage well.
(f) "Crude
			 oil" means unrefined, liquid petroleum.
(g) "Crude oil reserve" means the storage of
			 crude oil for future use.
(h)
			 "Crude oil storage well," "underground crude oil storage well," and "storage
			 well" mean a well used for the injection or withdrawal of crude oil into or out
			 of an underground crude oil storage cavern.
(i) "Department" means Kansas department of
			 health and environment.
(j) "Draft
			 permit" means a document that is pending approval by the secretary to be issued
			 as a permit.
(k) "Fracture
			 gradient" means the pressure gradient, measured in pounds per square inch per
			 foot, that causes the geological formations to physically fracture.
(l) "Freshwater" means water containing not
			 more than 1,000 milligrams per liter of total dissolved solids (TDS).
(m) "Licensed geologist" means a geologist
			 licensed to practice geology in Kansas by the Kansas board of technical
			 professions.
(n) "Licensed
			 professional engineer" means a professional engineer licensed to practice
			 engineering in Kansas by the Kansas board of technical professions.
(o) "Licensed professional land surveyor"
			 means a professional land surveyor licensed to practice land surveying in
			 Kansas by the Kansas board of technical professions.
(p) "Liner" means the casing normally
			 installed within the production casing.
(q) "Maximum allowable operating pressure"
			 means the maximum pressure authorized by the department and measured at the
			 product side of the wellhead.
(r)
			 "Maximum allowable synthetic membrane liner leakage rate" means a monitored or
			 a calculated leakage rate of 10 percent of the collection and leak return
			 system capacity.
(s) "Maximum
			 operating pressure" means the maximum pressure monitored during a 24-hour
			 period and measured at the product side of the wellhead.
(t) "Monitoring status" means temporary
			 status for a well that has been placed out of service by removing the product
			 and filling the cavern with brine.
(u) "Municipal population center" means an
			 incorporated city.
(v) "Operator"
			 means the person recognized by the secretary as being responsible for the
			 physical operation of an underground crude oil storage facility or a brine
			 pond.
(w) "Owner" means the person
			 owning all or part of any underground crude oil storage facility or brine
			 pond.
(x) "Permit" means an
			 authorization, license, or equivalent control document issued to the owner and
			 the operator by the secretary. A permit may be issued for any of the following:
(1) A new underground crude oil storage
			 facility and the associated crude oil storage wells;
(2) an existing underground crude oil storage
			 facility and the associated crude oil storage wells; or
(3) a brine pond.