Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-8 - Emergencies › Section 1501:9-8-02 - Incident notifications

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) By
			 means of a toll-free telephone number designated by the chief and posted on the
			 division's website or by electronic means designated by the chief and posted on
			 the division's website, a reporting person will notify the
			 division within thirty minutes after becoming aware of the occurrence of any of
			 the following unless notification within that time is impracticable under the
			 circumstances:
(1) A release of gas associated
			 with a reporting person's production operation or a reporting person's other
			 activity regulated under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code or under division
			 1501:9 of the Administrative Code that results from a blowout, an uncontrolled
			 pop-off valve release in an urban area, or any release of gas that threatens
			 public safety;
(2) A release of
			 hydrogen sulfide gas within the working area of a reporting person's production
			 operation or at a reporting person's location of another activity regulated
			 under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code or under division 1501:9 of the
			 Administrative Code in an amount that results in a sustained airborne
			 concentration of hydrogen sulfide gas that exceeds twenty parts per million for
			 a duration greater than ten minutes, or a release of hydrogen sulfide resulting
			 in injury to or death of an individual;
(3) Except as provided otherwise in this
			 paragraph, a fire or explosion associated with a reporting person's production
			 operation or a reporting person's other activity regulated under Chapter 1509.
			 of the Revised Code or under division 1501:9 of the Administrative Code in
			 which an emergency responder has been contacted by a reporting person. The
			 following are not reportable incidents:
(a)
			 Controlled flaring or controlled burns authorized under Chapter 1509. of the
			 Revised Code or under division 1501:9 of the Administrative Code or authorized
			 by the terms and conditions of a permit issued under Chapter 1509. of the
			 Revised Code;
(b) Properly
			 functioning emission control devices authorized pursuant to section
			 3704.03 of the Revised
			 Code;
(c) Subsurface detonation of
			 perforation-guns;
(d) Seismic
			 shots; or
(e) Controlled blasting
			 for well site construction.
(4) Except as provided in paragraph (A)(5) or
			 (A)(7) of this rule, a release of oil, condensate, or materials saturated with
			 oil or condensate that are associated with a reporting person's production
			 operation or a reporting person's other activity regulated under Chapter 1509.
			 of the Revised Code or under division 1501:9 of the Administrative Code if the
			 release is outside of secondary containment and into the environment and if the
			 release is in an amount that exceeds an estimated two hundred ten United States
			 gallons within any twenty- four hour period;
(5) A release of oil, condensate, or
			 materials saturated with oil or condensate, associated with a reporting
			 person's production operation or a reporting person's other activity regulated
			 under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code or under division 1501:9 of the
			 Administrative Code, if the release is outside of secondary containment and
			 into the environment and if the release is in an amount that exceeds an
			 estimated twenty-five United States gallons within any twenty-four hour period
			 in any of the following:
(a) An urban
			 area;
(b) An emergency management
			 zone of a surface water public drinking water supply;
(c) The five-year time of travel associated
			 with a groundwater based public drinking water supply as delineated or endorsed
			 under the source water assessment and protection program; or
(d) A one-hundred year flood hazard area as
			 delineated on the federal emergency management agency's national flood
			 insurance rate map.
(6)
			 A release of refined oil products, including but not limited to oil-based
			 drilling fluid, petroleum distillate, spent or unused paraffin solvent,
			 gasoline, fuel oil, diesel fuel, or lubricants associated with a reporting
			 person's production operation or a reporting person's other activity regulated
			 under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code or under division 1501:9 of the
			 Administrative Code if the release is outside of secondary containment and into
			 the environment and if the release is in an amount that exceeds an estimated
			 twenty-five United States gallons within any twenty-four hour period;
(7) A release of any substance listed in
			 paragraph (A)(4), (A)(5), or (A)(6) of this rule associated with a reporting
			 person's production operation or a reporting person's other activity regulated
			 under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code or under division 1501:9 of the
			 Administrative Code that enters waters of the state in an amount that causes a
			 film or sheen on the surface of the water;
(8) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
			 (A)(9) of this rule or as provided in division (C)(1) and (C)(2) of section
			 1509.22 of the Revised Code, a
			 release of brine or semi-solid wastes including but not limited to drilling
			 mud, sludge, or tank bottom sediments regulated under Chapter 1509. of the
			 Revised Code or under division 1501:9 of the Administrative Code associated
			 with a reporting person's production operation or a reporting person's other
			 activity regulated under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code or under division
			 1501:9 of the Administrative Code if the release is outside of secondary
			 containment and into the environment and if the release is in an amount that
			 exceeds forty-two United States gallons within any twenty-four hour
			 period;
(9) Except as otherwise
			 provided in division (C)(1)(b) or (C)(1)(d) of section
			 1509.22 of the Revised Code or
			 section 1509.226 of the Revised Code,
			 release of brine from a vehicle, vessel, railcar, or container operated by a
			 person to whom a registration certificate has been issued under section
			 1509.222 of the Revised Code or
			 to whom a resolution has been issued pursuant to section
			 1509.226 of the Revised Code if
			 the reporting person's release of brine enters the environment and the release
			 is in an amount that exceeds forty-two United States gallons;
(10) A release within any twenty-four-hour
			 period at a reporting person's production operation or at a reporting person's
			 location of any activity regulated under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code or
			 under division 1501:9 of the Administrative Code of a hazardous substance or
			 extremely hazardous substance, or of a mixture or solution that includes a
			 hazardous substance or an extremely hazardous substance, if the amount of the
			 hazardous substance or extremely hazardous substance released is equal to or
			 greater than the applicable reportable quantities as listed in table 302.4 of
			 40 C.F.R. part 302.4, in effect on the effective date of this rule, for
			 hazardous substances or as listed in Appendix A or B of 40 C.F.R. part 355, in
			 effect on the effective date of this rule, for extremely hazardous substances.
			 However, if the amount of one or more hazardous substances or extremely
			 hazardous substances released is in a mixture or solution and is unknown, the
			 reporting person will  notify when the total amount of the mixture or
			 solution release equals or exceeds the reportable quantity for the hazardous
			 substances or extremely hazardous substances with the lowest reportable
			 quantity. The Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) references listed in this
			 paragraph generally can be found in public libraries or electronically at the
			 website
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
.