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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 25 - Facility Operating Requirements › Section 25-15 - Location, construction, and operating requirements for concrete production fluid storage structures

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 15.
(a) New
				concrete production fluid storage structures shall not be located:
(1) within two hundred (200) feet of an
				existing occupied dwelling, unless written consent is obtained from the owner
				of the dwelling consenting to the construction and operation of the structure
				closer than two hundred (200) feet;
(2) within two hundred (200) feet of a
				domestic water well or one thousand (1,000) feet of a public water supply
				well;
(3) within two hundred (200)
				feet of a stream, lake, pond, or other body of water unless the operator
				demonstrates that construction standards or topography will prevent any
				discharge from the concrete storage structure; or
(4) within the one hundred (100) year
				floodplain of any river or stream unless the top of the structure will be at
				least two (2) feet above the one hundred (100) year flood elevation and:
(A) a permit is obtained for construction
				within a floodway under IC 14-28-1; or
(B) written confirmation is received from the
				division of water stating that a permit is not required under IC
				14-28-1.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 25 - Facility Operating Requirements › Section 25-16 - Abandonment of concrete production fluid storage structures

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 16.
(a)
				Abandonment of concrete production fluid storage structures shall be conducted
				according to the requirements of this section.
(b) Prior to abandonment, oil and gas waste
				materials shall be removed from the structure and disposed in accordance with
				312 IAC 29-31-2.
(c) Prior to removal of any of the concrete
				structure, the owner or operator shall notify the oil and gas inspector at
				least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the scheduled demolition operations.
				The oil and gas inspector shall inspect the structure before any backfilling
				operations commence.
(d) If the
				bottom of the concrete structure is equal to or less than three (3) feet below
				the ground surface, the entire structure shall be demolished and
				removed.
(e) If the bottom of the
				concrete structure is greater than three (3) feet below the ground surface:
(1) the concrete sides of the structure and
				any other portions of the structure that are within three (3) feet of the
				ground surface shall be demolished down to a depth of at least three (3) feet
				below the ground surface;
(2) the
				bottom of the concrete structure shall be perforated at sufficient intervals to
				prevent the accumulation of water following backfilling and grading operations;
				and
(3) the concrete rubble removed
				under this subsection may be buried within the remainder of the concrete
				structure provided all concrete rubble is buried at least three (3) feet below
				the ground surface.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 25 - Facility Operating Requirements › Section 25-17 - Registration of existing production fluid storage pits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 17.
(a) Within
				one hundred twenty (120) days of the effective date of this article, an owner
				or operator of an existing production fluid storage pit shall register the
				structure with the division.
(b)
				The division shall prescribe the form and other information to accompany the
				report of registration of a production fluid storage pit that shall include the
				following:
(1) Name and address of the pit
				owner.
(2) Name of lease or
				production unit for the pit.
(3)
				The location of the production fluid storage pit by quarter, quarter section,
				township, range, and county.
(4) A
				map showing the location of the pit and that indicates the distance and
				direction from the pit to the nearest public road intersection or other
				prominent landmark.
(5) A plan view
				or sketch of the production fluid storage pit depicting the length, width,
				height, and maximum design capacity of the pit.
(6) The age of the production fluid storage
				pit, if known, and the date the pit was first used by the current owner or
				operator.
(7) The type and age of
				the synthetic liner installed in the production fluid storage pit, if
				any.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 25 - Facility Operating Requirements › Section 25-18 - Registration and approval of new production fluid storage pits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC
				  14-28-1; IC 14-37
Sec. 18.
(a) An owner
				or operator shall submit a plan for the construction and operation of a new
				production fluid storage pit for approval by the division. A new pit shall not
				be constructed until a determination is made that the plan meets the
				requirements of this section and the division has issued a registration number
				to the pit.
(b) The division shall
				prescribe the form and other information to accompany the production fluid
				storage pit plan that shall include the following:
(1) Name and address of the owner of the
				pit.
(2) Name of lease or
				production unit for the pit.
(3)
				The location of the pit by quarter, quarter section, township, range, and
				county.
(4) A map showing the pit
				and that indicates the distance and direction from the pit to the nearest
				public road intersection or other prominent landmark.
(5) A plan view or sketch depicting the
				length, width, height, and maximum design capacity of the structure.
(6) A description of the synthetic liner that
				will be installed meeting the requirements of section 19(c) of this
				rule.
(7) A plan view of the
				subsurface drainage and monitoring system to be installed beneath the pit to
				meet the requirements of section 19(d) of this rule.
(8) A demonstration that the pit meets the
				location requirements of section 19(b) of this rule.
(9) Where any portion of the proposed pit
				will involve excavation, fill, or the construction or erection of structures
				within the one hundred (100) year floodplain of any river or stream, the plan
				shall include the following:
(A) A
				demonstration that the top of the pit will be at least two (2) feet above the
				one hundred (100) year flood elevation.
(B) One (1) of the following:
(i) Written confirmation from the division of
				water that a permit is not required under IC
				14-28-1.
(ii) An approved application for construction
				within a floodway under IC
				14-28-1.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 25 - Facility Operating Requirements › Section 25-19 - Location, construction, and operating requirements for production fluid storage pits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-28-1; IC 14-37
Sec. 19.
(a) The use
				of production fluid storage pits that have not been constructed or modified to
				meet the requirements of this section is prohibited. Within one hundred eighty
				(180) days after the effective date of this article, existing production fluid
				storage pits not meeting the requirements of this section shall be taken out of
				service and abandoned according to the requirements of section 20 of this rule
				unless:
(1) a plan for modification of the pit
				has been filed with the division in accordance with section 17(e) of this rule;
				and
(2) the plan has not yet been
				approved by the division.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 25 - Facility Operating Requirements › Section 25-20 - Abandonment of production fluid storage pits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 20.
(a)
				Abandonment of production fluid storage pits shall be conducted according to
				the requirements of this section.
(b) Prior to abandonment, all oil and gas
				waste materials shall be removed from the pit and disposed of according to the
				requirements of
				312 IAC 29-31-2.
(c) The synthetic liner shall be removed and
				disposed of at a solid waste landfill or other waste management facility
				permitted by the department of environmental management to accept this type of
				waste.
(d) Prior to backfilling any
				portion of the pit, the owner or operator shall notify the oil and gas
				inspector at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the scheduled
				backfilling operations. The oil and gas inspector shall inspect the pit before
				any backfilling operations commence.
(e) Contaminated soil encountered during pit
				closure operations shall be removed and managed according to the requirements
				of section 4 or 5 of this rule.
(f)
				The owner or operator may be required to conduct further investigations or to
				perform additional remedial operations to correct adverse environmental impacts
				that may have resulted from the operation of a production fluid storage
				pit.
(g) After removal of the pit
				contents, liner, and contaminated soil under this section, the excavation shall
				be backfilled with native soil materials sufficient to ensure that the site is
				stable and that will allow for settling with the surface restored as close as
				possible to the original land contour. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent
				the construction of a pond or other impoundment on the site of the former
				production fluid storage pit if the pond or impoundment is authorized by the
				landowner and the structure has in all other aspects been abandoned under the
				requirements of this section.
(h)
				Upon conclusion of abandonment operations, the owner or operator shall submit a
				report of pit abandonment to the division. The report shall be on a form
				prescribed by the division that shall include details of the procedures used to
				close the pit in accordance with the requirements of this section.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 25 - Facility Operating Requirements › Section 25-21 - Production wells with uncirculated production casing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 21.
(a) This
				section applies to all oil and gas production wells completed without a
				circulated production casing.
(b)
				The owner or operator shall maintain fluid levels in production wells completed
				without circulated production casing at least one hundred (100) feet below the
				depth of the lowermost underground source of drinking water.
(c) Fluid levels within one hundred (100)
				feet of the elevation of the lowermost underground source of drinking water are
				considered to pose a risk of contamination to the underground source of
				drinking water unless the operator can demonstrate one (1) or more of the
				following:
(1) Based on fluid analysis or
				annual monitoring of fluid levels, the well does not pose a threat to ground
				water quality.
(2) An internal
				mechanical integrity test is performed at least once every five (5) years on
				the production casing to demonstrate that the casing is adequate to isolate
				well fluids from the underground source of drinking water.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 25 - Facility Operating Requirements › Section 25-22 - Open burning of solid or liquid waste

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 22.
The owner or operator shall not engage in open burning of
				  oil and gas waste material of any kind unless authorized by all applicable
				  local, state, and federal laws.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 25 - Facility Operating Requirements › Section 25-23 - Protection of waterfowl and flying mammals

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 23.
The owner or operator shall cover the following structures
				  with netting or other protective material designed to keep birds and flying
				  mammals from entering the structure and coming into contact with production
				  fluids:
(1) Concrete production fluid
				storage structures that are not completely covered with a concrete cover or
				other solid covering.
(2)
				Production fluid storage pits.
(3)
				Open top tanks used for the storage of produced fluids or liquid oilfield
				wastes.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 25 - Facility Operating Requirements › Section 25-24 - Approval or denial of applications; notice

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 24.
(a) The
				division shall issue notice of approval or denial of an application submitted
				under section 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 17, or 18 of this rule in accordance with
				312 IAC 29-3-5.
(b) A decision to approve or deny an
				application is subject to IC 4-21.5.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 26 - Petroleum Production Reporting › Section 26-1 - Requirement to report monthly production annually

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
(a) Effective
				January 1, 2018, an owner or operator of oil, natural gas, and coal bed methane
				production wells shall record monthly oil, natural gas, and coal bed methane
				production sales volumes for each individual lease or production
				unit.
(b) An owner or operator
				shall submit a report of monthly production sales volumes by March 1 of each
				year beginning March 1, 2019, for all production sales volumes from the
				previous calendar year.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 26 - Petroleum Production Reporting › Section 26-2 - Required information

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) Oil
				production sales volumes shall be reported using the volume of oil as measured
				at the time of sale following custody transfer and from which the division of
				interest is calculated.
(b) Natural
				gas and coal bed methane production sales volumes shall be reported using the
				volume of gas measured at the time of sale following custody transfer from
				which the division of interest is calculated using a pressure base of fourteen
				and seventy-three hundredths (14.73) psia at sixty (60) degrees
				Fahrenheit.
(c) The production
				report shall include the following:
(1)
				Operator name.
(2) Lease, farm
				name, or production unit.
(3)
				Production month and year.
(4)
				Purchaser number or lease number assigned by the oil and gas purchaser to the
				lease or the well for accounting and production payment purposes.
(5) County of production.
(6) Pool or field name.
(7) Section, township, and range.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 26 - Petroleum Production Reporting › Section 26-3 - Sale or transfer of wells; obligation to report

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
An owner or operator who sells or transfers a well shall be
				  responsible for submitting the report under this rule for the portion of the
				  reporting period on and before the effective date of the transfer of the permit
				  to another owner or operator. The new owner or operator shall be responsible
				  for submitting the report under this rule for the portion of the reporting
				  period after the effective date of the transfer of the permit to the new owner.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 27 - Operation of Wells in Hydrogen Sulfide (H[2]S) Areas › Section 27-1 - General requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
(a) For
				purposes of this rule, an "area of hydrogen sulfide
				(H2S)" is an area with a minimum concentration of one
				hundred (100) parts per million or more in ambient atmosphere as determined by
				the division. The concentration of hydrogen sulfide
				(H2S) in the ambient atmosphere shall be ascertained by
				the owner or operator at the owner's or operator's expense:
(1) upon the request of the division;
				or
(2) when the owner or operator
				determines that hydrogen sulfide (H2S) may be
				present.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 27 - Operation of Wells in Hydrogen Sulfide (H[2]S) Areas › Section 27-2 - Storage tank requirements in hydrogen sulfide (H

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) Storage
				tanks operated as a part of a production operation at or near atmospheric
				pressure creating an area of hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
				three (3) feet downwind of an open hatch or atmospheric vent, shall be subject
				to the following:
(1) The owner or operator
				shall keep all tank hatches closed at all times except when necessary to
				inspect or to gauge such tanks.
(2)
				The owner or operator shall prevent entry to the storage tank facility by
				unauthorized persons. At a minimum, the following security measures shall be
				used:
(A) Security fencing is required when
				storage tanks are located in an incorporated city or town or within one
				thousand (1,000) feet of any of the following:
(i) Occupied dwellings.
(ii) Commercial buildings.
(iii) Places of business.
(iv) Schools.
(v) Churches.
(vi) Government buildings.
(vii) Public parks.
(B) For areas not specified in clause (A), by
				security fencing or by locking the hatches on all such tanks when not being
				inspected or gauged.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 27 - Operation of Wells in Hydrogen Sulfide (H[2]S) Areas › Section 27-3 - Warning signs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
(a) The owner
				or operator shall place warning signs alerting persons to the presence of
				hydrogen sulfide (H2S):
(1) at the entrance of each access road
				leading to the facility; and
(2)
				within fifty (50) feet of the tanks at each facility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 27 - Operation of Wells in Hydrogen Sulfide (H[2]S) Areas › Section 27-4 - Notification to local governments

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 4.
(a) On March
				31 of each calendar year, an owner or operator of production facilities in
				areas of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) shall provide
				notification of the existence of the well or facility associated with the
				drilling, operation, or plugging of a well for oil and gas purposes to the
				following:
(1) The county health department
				for each county that is located within five (5) miles of the
				facility.
(2) The fire department
				closest to the well or facility associated with the drilling, operation, or
				plugging of a well for oil and gas purposes.
(3) The chief executive for each incorporated
				town or city located within five (5) miles of the well or facility associated
				with the drilling, operation, or plugging of a well for oil and gas
				purposes.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 28 - Operating and Reporting Requirements for Class II Wells › Section 28-1 - Operating requirements for a Class II well

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
(a) An owner
				or operator shall obtain written authorization from the division under this
				rule to operate a Class II well. (b) Written authorization to inject shall be
				issued after the owner or operator has submitted to the division the following:
(1) A completion report showing the well has
				been constructed as a Class II well in accordance with the permit issued under
				312 IAC 29-5.
(2) An analysis of the injection fluid in
				accordance with section 7 of this rule.
(3) Certification that the well meets the
				requirements for external mechanical integrity under section 4 of this rule,
				verified by either of the following:
(A)
				Cement tickets.
(B) Other measures
				specified in section 4(c)(1) through 4(c)(6) of this rule.
(4) Certification that the well has passed an
				internal mechanical integrity test in accordance with section 2 of this
				rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 28 - Operating and Reporting Requirements for Class II Wells › Section 28-2 - Establishment of internal mechanical integrity for Class II wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a)
				Establishment of internal mechanical integrity includes:
(1) proper placement of the packer in
				accordance with subsection (b) or (c); and
(2) successful performance of a pressure test
				in accordance with subsection (e).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 28 - Operating and Reporting Requirements for Class II Wells › Section 28-3 - Use of nitrogen for internal mechanical integrity testing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
An owner or operator may use nitrogen to assist with
				  pressurizing the casing-tubing annulus to the required test pressure provided a
				  demonstration is made that the packer is set inside cemented casing at a point
				  within two hundred (200) feet above the uppermost perforations or the top of
				  the uppermost injection zone in open hole completions in accordance with
				  312 IAC
				  29-27-2(b). The demonstration shall
				  consist of either:
(1) a wireline or
				other reliable measurement to confirm the packer setting depth; or
(2) an affidavit of the current well owner or
				operator who set the packer that the packer is set at the depth reflected on
				the current completion or recompletion report for the well.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 28 - Operating and Reporting Requirements for Class II Wells › Section 28-4 - Establishment of external mechanical integrity for Class II wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 4.
(a) In
				conjunction with the establishment of internal mechanical integrity for Class
				II wells, the external mechanical integrity shall be evaluated by the division
				to establish that underground sources of drinking water are protected from
				upward migration of injection fluids.
(b) To establish external mechanical
				integrity, all Class II wells shall be constructed in accordance with
				312 IAC 29-20-7 through
				312 IAC 29-20-9.
(c) If external mechanical integrity of a
				Class II well drilled in accordance with
				312 IAC 29-20-7 through
				312 IAC 29-20-9 cannot be
				demonstrated by cement records, the owner or operator may establish external
				mechanical integrity through one (1) or more of the following methods:
(1) A temperature or noise log indicating top
				of cement.
(2) A cement bond log
				showing gamma ray, transit time, collar locator, and variable density
				log.
(3) Advanced cement evaluation
				logs.
(4) Radioactive tracer survey
				indicating lack of fluid migration behind the casing.
(5) Oxygen-activation log indicating lack of
				fluid migration behind the casing.
(6) Another method authorized by the division
				upon a demonstration by the owner or operator that the test applies methods and
				standards generally accepted in the petroleum industry that have been found
				reliable for demonstrating external mechanical integrity.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 28 - Operating and Reporting Requirements for Class II Wells › Section 28-5 - Monitoring and reporting requirements for Class II wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 5.
(a) The owner
				or operator shall monitor and record:
(1)
				maximum injection pressure;
(2)
				average injection pressure; and
(3)
				the injection volume;
for a Class II well on a weekly basis.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 28 - Operating and Reporting Requirements for Class II Wells › Section 28-6 - Well head fittings and valves to allow monitoring of injection and annular pressures

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 6.
The owner or operator shall install on a Class II
				  well:
(1) a well head configured to
				include a one-fourth (1/4) inch female fitting with shut-off valve to allow
				monitoring of the annulus between the production casing and the injection
				tubing; and
(2) a one-fourth (1/4)
				inch female fitting with shut-off valve on the tubing to measure the injection
				pressure.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 28 - Operating and Reporting Requirements for Class II Wells › Section 28-7 - Analysis of Class II fluids

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 7.
In addition to the injection fluid analysis required under
				  section 1 of this rule, an owner or operator shall submit a standard laboratory
				  analysis of a representative sample of the fluid being injected into the Class
				  II well:
(1) when a change in source
				or nature of the injection fluid occurs; or
(2) upon request by the division.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 28 - Operating and Reporting Requirements for Class II Wells › Section 28-8 - File review and update of Class II well permits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 8.
(a) At any
				time, but at least every five (5) years, the division will perform a file
				review of a Class II well to determine whether continued operation of the well
				meets the requirements of IC 14-37 and this article.
(b) A review conducted under subsection (a)
				may consider the following:
(1) The current
				injection intervals.
(2) Maximum
				injection pressures and rates.
(3)
				Compliance with well construction requirements for Class II wells including
				internal and external mechanical integrity of the Class II well.
(4) A survey of all wells within the area of
				review that penetrate the injection zone to consider whether these wells may:
(A) be adversely affected by the operation of
				the Class II well; and
(B) have the
				potential to cause or contribute to the migration of injection fluids into
				underground sources of drinking water due to inadequate construction or
				plugging.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 28 - Operating and Reporting Requirements for Class II Wells › Section 28-9 - Plugging of leaking wells within area of review

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 9.
(a) If the
				division has reason to believe that injection fluids are migrating into an
				underground source of drinking water or leaking to the surface or into an
				unpermitted zone through an unpermitted or previously unknown well or drill
				hole located within the area of review of a Class II well, the well shall be
				plugged by the owner or operator unless the owner or operator demonstrates that
				the migrating fluids are not the result of the operation of the Class II well.
				The owner or operator may be ordered by the division to shut in the Class II
				well until all necessary corrective actions required by this section are
				completed to prevent the migration of injection fluids.
(b) An unpermitted or previously unknown well
				or drill hole that cannot be shown to have been constructed or plugged in a
				manner sufficient to protect the migration of fluids into an underground source
				of drinking water or to the surface or into an unpermitted zone shall be
				plugged by the current owner or operator of the Class II well.
(c) If the division has reason to believe a
				well previously plugged in accordance with IC 14-37located within the area of
				review of a Class II well is causing injection fluids to migrate into an
				underground source of drinking water or is leaking to the surface or into an
				unpermitted zone, the previously plugged well shall be replugged within sixty
				(60) days or an alternative time frame approved by the division director by:
(1) the previous permittee at the time the
				previously plugged well was plugged, if known; or
(2) the owner or operator of the Class II
				well, if the previous permittee does not replug the well.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 28 - Operating and Reporting Requirements for Class II Wells › Section 28-10 - Approval or denial of applications; notice

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 10.
(a) The
				division shall issue notice of approval or denial of an application submitted
				under section 1 or 8 of this rule in accordance with
				312 IAC 29-3-5.
(b) A decision to approve or deny an
				application is subject to IC 4-21.5.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 31 - Management of Wastes and On-site Remediation › Section 31-1 - Purpose and scope of this rule

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				purpose of this rule is to establish requirements for the management,
				treatment, and disposal of wastes associated with the operation of wells for
				oil and gas purposes under IC 14-37other than those wastes covered under
				312 IAC 29-21 for drilling and
				completion wastes,
				312 IAC 29-22 for well
				stimulation wastes,
				312 IAC 29-23 for well workover
				wastes, or
				312 IAC 29-32 for NORM
				wastes.
(b) It is the
				responsibility of the owner or operator to ensure that all wastes resulting
				from an activity or process used in connection with the operation of wells for
				oil and gas purposes under IC 14-37 and this article are managed and disposed
				of in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local waste management
				laws and regulations, including wastes not specifically identified in this
				article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 31 - Management of Wastes and On-site Remediation › Section 31-2 - Management, treatment, and disposal options for commonly encountered oil and gas waste materials

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) This
				section establishes requirements for the management, treatment, and disposal of
				commonly encountered oil and gas waste materials.
(b) An owner's or operator's use of disposal
				methods other than those specified in this section, shall be considered a
				violation of this article subject to enforcement action, unless:
(1) prior written authorization is received
				from the division director after consultation with the department of
				environmental management; or
(2)
				the owner or operator demonstrates that the disposal method is permissible
				under local, state, and federal waste management laws and
				regulations.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 32 - Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) › Section 32-1 - Identification of NORM-contaminated equipment

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
(a) For
				purposes of this rule, "production facilities considered at risk for containing
				NORM contamination" means the following:
(1)
				New Albany Shale gas production operations.
(2) Enhanced recovery oil production
				operations.
(3) Any production
				facility where equipment used in operations described in subdivision (1) or (2)
				has been stored.
(4) Any production
				facility determined by the division to contain NORM contamination based on
				radiation survey instrument measurements.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 32 - Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) › Section 32-2 - Management and disposal plan for NORM-contaminated equipment

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) An owner
				or operator of a facility found to contain NORM-contaminated equipment shall
				prepare a plan for the identification and management of NORM-contaminated
				equipment that identifies the procedures for:
(1) calibrating radiation survey instruments
				according to the requirements of the equipment manufacturer;
(2) training users in the proper use of the
				radiation survey instruments; and
(3) inventorying and tracking the location of
				each piece of NORM-contaminated equipment at the facility.
The plan shall be made available for inspection and copying
				  by the division during reasonable business hours.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 32 - Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) › Section 32-3 - Prohibited disposal

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
(a) An owner
				or operator shall not dispose of oil and gas NORM waste or NORM-contaminated
				equipment except as provided in this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 32 - Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) › Section 32-5 - Permit for injection into Class II well

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 5.
(a) An owner
				or operator shall obtain a permit specifically authorizing the disposal of oil
				and gas NORM waste by injection into a Class II well before injecting the
				waste.
(b) The division shall issue
				a permit to dispose of oil and gas NORM waste in a Class II well only if the
				division determines that the waste will not present a hazard to:
(1) public health;
(2) safety; and
(3) the environment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 32 - Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) › Section 32-6 - Record keeping

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 6.
(a) The owner
				or operator of the lease, unit, or facility at which oil and gas NORM waste or
				NORM-contaminated equipment was generated shall maintain records that include
				the:
(1) identity of the property where the
				NORM waste or NORM-contaminated equipment was generated by lease, unit, or
				facility name, and producing formation, if known;
(2) identity of the facility, site, or well
				where the NORM waste or NORM-contaminated equipment was disposed of;
(3) physical nature of the NORM waste or
				NORM-contaminated equipment;
(4)
				volume of NORM waste the person disposed of at that facility, site, or well;
				and
(5) radioactivity level or
				levels of the NORM waste, stated in pCi/g of Radium-226 combined with
				Radium-228 and any other NORM radionuclide for soil and other media such as
				pipe scale, contaminated soil, basic sediment, or NORM-contaminated equipment
				stated in µR/hr for equipment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 33 - Temporary Abandonment of Wells and Well Plugging Requirements › Section 33-1 - Requirement to plug and abandon wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
An owner or operator must plug and abandon a well
				  that:
(1) is determined to be a dry
				hole;
(2) ceases to produce oil,
				natural gas, or coal bed methane; or
(3) is no longer operated for the purpose for
				which the well is permitted;
unless the owner or operator is authorized to delay the
				  plugging and abandonment of the well under section 3 of this rule or is granted
				  approval to temporarily abandon the well under section 4 of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 33 - Temporary Abandonment of Wells and Well Plugging Requirements › Section 33-2 - Responsibility for plugging a well

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) An owner
				or operator of a well is responsible for plugging a well under IC 14-37 and
				this rule.
(b) A person who is not
				the owner or operator of a well who intends to plug a well, or to reenter and
				clean out a previously plugged well for the purpose of replugging the well, is
				subject to the:
(1) notice and plan
				requirements of sections 6 through 8 of this rule;
(2) requirements of sections 9 through 22 of
				this rule;
(3) requirement to file
				well plugging reports under section 23 of this rule; and
(4) requirements for well site cleanup and
				restoration under section 24(b) of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 33 - Temporary Abandonment of Wells and Well Plugging Requirements › Section 33-3 - Deferring the plugging and abandoning of a well

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
(a) An owner
				or operator may defer the plugging and abandoning of a well as required under
				section 1 of this rule for a well that has been drilled, completed, and cased
				for production, if:
(1) the well is otherwise
				in compliance with IC 14-37 and this article; and
(2) the owner or operator satisfies the
				requirements of this section.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 33 - Temporary Abandonment of Wells and Well Plugging Requirements › Section 33-4 - Temporary abandonment of wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 4.
(a) An owner
				or operator of a well may temporarily abandon a well if the well otherwise
				meets the requirements of IC 14-37 and this article and the well conforms to
				the requirements of this section. To temporarily abandon a well, the owner or
				operator must file an application for temporary abandonment on a form
				prescribed by the division within sixty (60) days after any of the following:
(1) The date on which the drilling and casing
				of the well is completed.
(2) The
				date on which the operation of the well is terminated.
(3) The expiration of the period during which
				the owner or operator defers abandoning the well under section 3 of this
				rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 33 - Temporary Abandonment of Wells and Well Plugging Requirements › Section 33-5 - Specifications for cement used in the plugging of wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 5.
(a) Cement
				used in the plugging of wells under this rule shall:
(1) be Class A, C, or H, as described in the
				"Specification for Cements and Materials for Well Cementing", American
				Petroleum Institute, API Specification 10A, Twenty-Fourth Edition (December
				2010); and
(2) comply with
				"Standard Specification for Portland Cement", ASTM International, ASTM Standard
				C150/150M-11 (May 2011).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 33 - Temporary Abandonment of Wells and Well Plugging Requirements › Section 33-6 - Written notice of intent to plug a well and well plugging plan

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 6.
(a) Except as
				provided in sections 9 and 10 of this rule, the owner and operator shall give
				written notice to the division of intent to plug an existing well at least
				fifteen (15) days before commencing the plugging of the well.
(b) The written notice required by subsection
				(a) shall be on a form prescribed by the division.
(c) Unless a well plugging plan has been
				previously submitted to the division for approval, the notice required under
				subsection (b) must include a plan for plugging the well that:
(1) describes the specific methods that would
				be used;
(2) specifies the date on
				which plugging operations are scheduled to commence, if known; and
(3) indicates compliance with this rule,
				including the location of each cement plug to be placed in the well.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 33 - Temporary Abandonment of Wells and Well Plugging Requirements › Section 33-7 - Notification to underground gas storage operator

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 7.
At least ten (10) days before commencing the plugging of any
				  well located within one-half (½) mile of an underground gas storage
				  facility boundary, the owner or operator shall give written notice of intent to
				  plug the well to the underground gas storage facility operator of the well. The
				  notice shall:
(1) include a copy of
				the well plugging plan;
(2)
				indicate the date on which plugging is planned to commence; and
(3) provide the opportunity for the
				underground storage operator to have a representative present to witness the
				well plugging operations.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 33 - Temporary Abandonment of Wells and Well Plugging Requirements › Section 33-8 - Notification to oil and gas inspector

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 8.
(a) Unless an
				emergency or an urgent condition exists under section 9 of this rule, in
				addition to the written notice and plan required under section 7 of this rule
				an owner or operator must provide notice to the oil and gas inspector assigned
				to the well of the date and time on which well plugging operations are
				scheduled to commence. The notice shall consist of at least one (1) of the
				following:
(1) Written notice delivered in
				person to the inspector.
(2) An
				e-mail message sent to the inspector, with a read-receipt request verifying the
				date and time the inspector read the message.
(3) Verbal communication provided in person
				or by telephone to the inspector.
(4) A voice mail message left on the
				telephone of the inspector and either:
(A)
				verbal communication in person or by telephone with the assistant director of
				field inspections; or
(B) voice
				mail message left on the telephone of the assistant director of field
				inspections.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 33 - Temporary Abandonment of Wells and Well Plugging Requirements › Section 33-9 - Procedures for plugging well when emergency or urgent condition exists

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 9.
(a)
				Notwithstanding sections 6 through 8 of this rule, if an emergency or an urgent
				condition exists that requires immediate plugging of a well, an owner or
				operator may commence well plugging operations upon oral communication of the
				plan for plugging the well and receipt of oral approval from at least one (1)
				of the following:
(1) The division
				director.
(2) The assistant
				director of field inspections.
(3)
				The assistant director of underground injection and technical
				services.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 33 - Temporary Abandonment of Wells and Well Plugging Requirements › Section 33-10 - Order to redrill and replug a well

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 10.
The division director may require an owner or operator to
				  redrill and replug a well if the owner or operator does not comply with the
				  requirements of sections 5 through 9 of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 33 - Temporary Abandonment of Wells and Well Plugging Requirements › Section 33-11 - Management and storage of plugging wastes and plugging pits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 11.
(a) The
				discharge of fluids from any activity associated with plugging operations to
				any surface or ground waters or in a location where it is likely to cause
				pollution to any surface or groundwater is prohibited.
(b) When plugging a well, the owner or
				operator must provide at least one (1) plugging pit or leak-free, portable
				above ground tank into which plugging fluid wastes are deposited.
(c) Where excavated plugging pits are used,
				they shall be constructed and maintained to provide a minimum of two (2) feet
				of freeboard at all times.
(d) All
				excavated plugging pits shall be constructed with a liner using one (1) of the
				following methods:
(1) Use of a synthetic
				liner meeting the requirements of
				312 IAC
				29-21-2(b).
(2) A compacted clay liner may be applied to
				the bottom and sides of the pit to create an impervious barrier. Construction
				of the compacted clay liner shall be in accordance with accepted construction
				and design principles designed to prevent any leakage or seepage from the pit.
				The clay used to construct the liner may be in situ or mixed with additional
				off-site materials, if the on-site clay is inadequate.
(3) Other materials or methods used for liner
				construction may be used if authorized by the division director after a
				demonstration is made by the owner or operator that such materials or methods
				will provide equivalent protection and prevent leakage or seepage of fluids
				from the pit.