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-555 - Requirements for Cavern Disposal

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  Applicants for new commercial solution-mined salt cavern facilities to receive
				  and dispose of E and P Waste and operators of such existing facilities must
				  comply with the administrative and technical criteria of LAC 43:XIX, Subpart 1,
				  Chapter 5 (§501 et seq.)
				  as well as the applicable definitions, administrative criteria and technical
				  criteria of LAC 43:XVII, Subpart 4, Chapter 31 (§3101 et seq., Disposal of Exploration
				  and Production Waste in Solution-Mined Salt Caverns).
B. The application for a new commercial salt
				  cavern for the disposal of E and P Waste shall include, but may not limited to
				  the following information:
1. the general
				  provisions of LAC 43:XVII.3103;
2.
				  an application shall contain the information required in LAC 43:XVII.3107, as
				  follows:
a.§3107. B-Administrative
				  Information;
b.§3107. C-Maps
				  and Related Information;
c.§3107. D-Area of Review;
d.§3107. E-Technical
				  Information;
3. the
				  legal permit conditions required in LAC 43:XVII.3109, as follows:
a.§3109. A-Signatories;
b.§3109. C-Duty to Comply;
c.§3109. D-Duty to Halt or Reduce
				  Activity;
d.§3109. E-Duty to
				  Mitigate;
e.§3109. F-Proper
				  Operation and Maintenance;
f.§3109. G-Inspection and
				  Entry;
g.§3109. H. 3, 4, 7b,
				  8, 9 and 10-Notification Requirements;
h.§3109. I-Duration of
				  Permits;
i.§3109. J-Compliance
				  Review;
j.§3109. K-Additional
				  Conditions;
4. the
				  location criteria of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3113;
5. the site assessment requirements of
				  Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3115;
6. the cavern and surface facility design
				  requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3117;
7. the well construction and completion
				  requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3119;
8. the operating requirements of Statewide
				  Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3121;
9. the safety requirements of Statewide Order
				  No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3123;
10.
				  the monitoring requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC
				  43:XVII.3125;
11. the pre-operating
				  and completion report requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC
				  43:XVII.3127;
12. the well and salt
				  cavern mechanical integrity pressure and leak test requirements of Statewide
				  Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3129;
13. the requirements for determining cavern
				  configuration and measuring cavern capacity in Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC
				  43:XVII.3131;
14. the limits on
				  cavern capacity in Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3133;
15. the requirements for inactive caverns in
				  Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3135;
16. the monthly reporting requirements of
				  Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3137;
17. the record retention requirements of
				  Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3139;
18. the applicable closure and post-closure
				  requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3141.