Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 45 - UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS › Section 28-45-2a - 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) "Applicant" means the operator and the
			 owner requesting a permit as specified in this article of regulations. If the
			 operator and the owner are not the same person, the owner and the operator
			 shall jointly submit an application for a permit.
(c) "Brine" means saline water with a sodium
			 chloride concentration equal to or greater than 90 percent.
(d) "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 hydrocarbon storage well.
(e) "Cavern" and "storage cavern"
			 mean the storage space created in a salt formation by solution mining.
(f) "Department" means the Kansas
			 department of health and environment.
(g) "Director" means the director of the
			 division of environment of the Kansas department of health and environment.
(h) "Draft permit" means a
			 document that is pending approval by the secretary to be issued as a final
			 permit.
(i) "Existing storage
			 well" means a well authorized or permitted by the secretary before April 1,
			 2003.
(j) "Existing brine pond"
			 means a brine pond authorized or permitted by the secretary before April 1,
			 2003.
(k) "Fracture gradient"
			 means the pressure gradient, measured in pounds per square inch per foot, that
			 will cause the geological formations to physically fracture.
(l) "Freshwater" means water containing not
			 more than 1,000 milligrams per liter of total dissolved solids.
(m) "Hydrocarbon storage well," "underground
			 hydrocarbon storage well," and "storage well" mean a well used for the
			 injection or withdrawal of hydrocarbon or liquified petroleum gas into or out
			 of an underground hydrocarbon storage cavern.
(n) "Licensed geologist" means a geologist
			 licensed to practice geology in Kansas by the Kansas board of technical
			 professions.
(o) "Licensed
			 professional engineer" means a professional engineer licensed to practice
			 engineering in Kansas by the Kansas board of technical professions.
(p) "Licensed professional land surveyor"
			 means a professional land surveyor licensed to practice land surveying in
			 Kansas by the Kansas board of technical professions.
(q) "Liner" means the casing normally
			 installed within the production casing.
(r) "Liquified petroleum gas" and "LPG" mean
			 by-products or derivatives of oil and gas, including propane, butane,
			 isobutane, and ethane, maintained in a liquid state under pressure.
(s) "Maximum allowable operating pressure"
			 means the maximum pressure authorized by the department and measured at the
			 product side of the wellhead.
(t)
			 "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.
(u) "Maximum
			 operating pressure" means the maximum pressure monitored during a 24-hour
			 period and measured at the product side of the wellhead.
(v) "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.
(w) "Municipal population center" means an
			 incorporated city.
(x) "Natural
			 gas" means the gaseous form of hydrocarbon consisting primarily of methane.
(y) "Operator" means the person
			 recognized by the secretary as being responsible for the physical operation of
			 an underground hydrocarbon storage facility or a brine pond.
(z) "Owner" means the person owning all or
			 part of any underground hydrocarbon storage facility or brine pond.
(aa) "Permit" means an authorization,
			 license, or equivalent control document issued to the owner and the operator by
			 the secretary.
(bb) "Permit
			 holder," "holder of a permit," and "permittee" mean the owner and the operator
			 issued a permit, as defined in this regulation, by the secretary.
(cc) "Person" means any individual, company,
			 corporation, institution, association, partnership, municipality, township, and
			 local, state, or federal agency.
(dd) "Porosity storage" and "underground
			 porosity storage" mean the storage of hydrocarbon gas in underground porous and
			 permeable strata that have been converted to hydrocarbon gas storage.
(ee) "Pressure gradient" means the
			 ratio of pressure per unit depth expressed as pounds per square inch per foot
			 of depth.
(ff) "Product" means any
			 hydrocarbon, including products and by-products from crude oil, derivatives of
			 oil and gas, and liquefied petroleum gas.
(gg) "Saturated brine" means saline water
			 with a sodium chloride concentration that is equal to or greater than 90
			 percent.
(hh) "Secretary" means
			 the secretary of the department of health and environment.
(ii) "Solutioning" means the process of
			 injecting fluid into a well to dissolve salt or any other readily soluble rock
			 or mineral.
(jj) "Supervisory
			 control and data acquisition" means an automated surveillance system in which
			 the monitoring and control of storage activities are accomplished at a central
			 or remote location.
(kk)
			 "Underground hydrocarbon storage cavern" means the storage of any hydrocarbon,
			 including liquid petroleum gas and excluding natural gas, in caverns formed by
			 solutioning in bedded salt.
(ll)
			 "Underground hydrocarbon storage facility" and "facility" mean the acreage
			 associated with the storage field with facility boundaries approved by the
			 secretary. This term shall include the brine ponds, wells, wellbore tubular
			 goods, the wellhead, and any related equipment, including any appurtenances
			 associated with the well field.
(mm) "Unsaturated brine" means saline water
			 with a sodium chloride concentration less than 90 percent.
(nn) "Usable water formation" means an
			 aquifer or any portion of the aquifer that meets any of the following criteria:
(1) Supplies any public water system;
(2) contains a supply of
			 groundwater that is sufficient to supply a public water system and that
			 currently supplies drinking water for human consumption; or
(3) contains fewer than 10,000 mg/L total
			 dissolved solids and is not an exempted aquifer.