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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-13 › Section 1501:3-13-01 - Kindled fire waivers and certified prescribed fire managers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The chief of the division of forestry may issue waivers
			 that expand the times and places for kindled fires as set forth in division (C)
			 of section 1503.18 of the Revised Code to
			 the following eligible persons:
(1)
									Persons certified by the chief of the division of
			 forestry as an Ohio certified prescribed fire manager under paragraph (C) of
			 this rule;
(2)
									Persons with a valid permit under agency 3745 of the
			 Administrative Code and are burning materials with an air curtain
			 destructor;
(3)
									Persons burning their own property who have obtained
			 written approval from the local fire department having jurisdiction and who
			 have submitted said approval to the chief of the division of
			 forestry.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:7 - Division of Engineering › Chapter 1501:7-1 - Notice of Hearing › Section 1501:7-1-01 - Public notice of hearing

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Public notice of hearing to be
				conducted by the department of natural resources shall be advertised in the
				register of Ohio at least thirty days, but not more than forty days, prior to
				the hearing. In addition to public notice given in the register of Ohio, the
				department may give whatever other notice it reasonably considers necessary to
				ensure notice constructively is given to all persons who are subject to or
				affected by the proposed rule, amendment, or recession
								. The notice shall
				include:
								 a synopsis of the proposed rule, amendment or rule to be
				rescinded, or a general statement of the subject matter to which
				
								the proposed rule, amendment, or recession relate; a
				statement of the reason or purpose for adopting, amending, or rescinding the
				rule, and the date, time and place of a hearing on said proposed action.
				The notice shall also state the place from which copies
				of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded may be
				obtained.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-1 - Oil Well Drilling › Section 1501:9-1-03 - Surety Bond

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Amount:
The surety bond provided for in section
				1509.07 of the Revised Code
				shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the state of
				Ohio and shall be in the following amount:
For an individual bond covering a single well, five thousand
				dollars; for a blanket bond covering all such wells operated by the principal,
				fifteen thousand dollars;
(B) Delinquent restoration.
If the oil or gas well owner, permittee, or his agent fails to
				complete the initial restoration as required under division (A) of section
				1509.072 of the Revised Code,
				the chief, prior to issuing a bond forfeiture order for such failure, shall
				issue to such person a written notice of violation. The notice of violation
				shall:
(1) Set forth with reasonable
			 specificity:
(a) The nature of the failure;
(b) The remedial action required;
(c) A reasonable time for
			 completion of the restoration; and
(d) A description of the area to be restored.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-1 - Oil Well Drilling › Section 1501:9-1-04 - Spacing of oil and gas wells

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) General spacing rules:
(1) The division of
			 
									oil and
			 gas resources management shall not issue a permit for the drilling of a
			 new well, the reopening of an existing well, or the deepening or plugging back
			 of an existing well to a different pool for the production of oil and gas
			 unless the proposed well location and spacing  conform to the requirements of this
			 rule.
(2) This rule shall not apply
			 to any wells drilled in areas under special order from the chief for pool
			 spacing pursuant to section
			 1509.25 of the Revised Code. The
			 chief shall grant an exception to the requirements of any special order from
			 the chief for pool spacing pursuant to section
			 1509.25 of the Revised Code, if
			 the chief determines that an applicant
			  demonstrates that such exception will protect correlative rights
			 and/or promote conservation by permitting oil and/ or gas to be produced which
			 could not otherwise be produced. The chief shall grant
			 or deny the application for an exception by order.
(3) Upon receipt of an application by the
			 division, the chief shall determine if the proposed  depth is reasonable to penetrate the
			 objective geological formation or geological zone. If the chief determines that
			 the proposed depth is insufficient to
			 penetrate the proposed geological formation or zone and that, because of the
			 insufficient proposed  depth, the
			 spacing and acreage requirements under paragraph (C) of this rule are not fulfilled,  the permit shall be denied.
			 
									No well shall be
			 drilled deeper than the proposed total depth without prior permission from the
			 chief.
(4) A permit shall not be
			 issued unless the drilling unit or subject tract for
			 the proposed well satisfies the acreage requirements for the
			 anticipated deepest depth at which oil and gas will be
			 produced.
			 If oil or gas is produced at a lesser depth than the geological formation or
			 zone for which the permit was issued, the acreage requirements may be changed
			 to conform with paragraph (C) of this rule by submitting an application to the chief
			 for a revision.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-1 - Oil Well Drilling › Section 1501:9-1-05 - Simultaneous operations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								As used in this
			 rule:
(1)
									"Fall
			 impact radius" means either of the following as applicable:
(a)
										The distance
			 calculated in feet by multiplying the total height of overhead equipment by a
			 safety factor of 1.2 and measured laterally from the well being constructed or
			 accessed; or
(b)
										For drilling rigs, the distance calculated in feet by
			 multiplying the total height of overhead equipment from the drilling rig floor
			 to the crown block by a safety factor of 1.2 and measured laterally from the
			 well being constructed or accessed.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-1 - Oil Well Drilling › Section 1501:9-1-06 - Severability

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In the event any word, phrase, sentence, or other portion of
				
								division 1501:9 of the Administrative Code
								is declared invalid, such invalidity
				
								will
				not affect the remaining portions and parts of the rules adopted or promulgated
				by the chief.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-1 - Oil Well Drilling › Section 1501:9-1-07 - Prevention of contamination and pollution

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) All persons engaged in any phase of
			 operation of any well or wells shall conduct such operation or operations in a
			 manner which will not contaminate or pollute the surface of the land, or water
			 on the surface or in the subsurface
(B) In urbanized areas, to minimize off-site
			 sedimentation, erosion and to control the surface flow of water, the well owner
			 and or authorized representative must follow the best management practices
			 (BMPs) for oil and gas well site construction manual, as defined in rule 1501:9-1-01 of the Administrative
			 Code.
			 BMPs and other design standards other than provided by the chief maybe used if
			 a well owner or their authorized representative demonstrates that the
			 alternative BMP or practices minimize erosion to the same degree as the BMP's
			 provided by the chief.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-1 - Oil Well Drilling › Section 1501:9-1-08 - Well construction

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 General. A well
			 permitted under Chapters 1501:9-1 to 1501:9-12 of the Administrative Code shall
			 be constructed in a manner that is approved by the chief as specified by these
			 rules, the terms and conditions of the approved permit, plans submitted in the
			 approved permit, and the standards established in section
			 1509.17 of the Revised Code. The
			 casing and cementing plans in the approved permit are understood to be
			 estimates based upon the best available geologic information prior to drilling.
			 The division shall evaluate compliance with this rule for the as-built well.
			 Where this rule does not detail specific methods to meet these standards, the
			 owner shall use sound design and industry practices that effectively achieve
			 the standards established in section
			 1509.17 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B)
								 Field standards. The chief may establish alternative
			 well construction standards that are well-specific, field-specific, or
			 play-specific by permit condition, to ensure protection of public health or
			 safety or the environment.
(C)
								 Drilling
			 fluids.
(1)
									
			 All intervals drilled prior to reaching the USDW protective depth shall be
			 drilled with air, fresh water, a freshwater based drilling fluid, or a
			 combination of the above. Only additives suitable for drilling through potable
			 water supplies may be used while drilling these intervals.
(2)
									 Based on
			 regional knowledge of groundwater resources, well control, or safety factors,
			 the chief may by permit condition require the use of a freshwater based
			 drilling fluid and specify its characteristics while the owner is drilling any
			 interval prior to reaching the USDW protective depth.
(3)
									 Below cemented
			 surface casing, other drilling fluids may be utilized consistent with sound
			 design and effective industry practice.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-2 - Horizontal Wells › Section 1501:9-2-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in Chapter 1501:9-2 of the
				Administrative Code:
(A)
								"Construction" means the alteration of the earth, which
			 includes soil, sediment, rock, sand, gravel, and organic material, for the
			 purpose of creating a well site. "Construction" does not include the temporary
			 storage of equipment or materials; activities to protect sensitive areas or
			 habitats; seasonal tree and vegetative cutting; or any activity that does not
			 exceed one acre of earth disturbance conducted for the preparation of the well
			 site plans.
(B)
								"Emergency Management Zone" has the same meaning as in
			 paragraph (Y) of rule
			 3745-42-01 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(C)
								"Emergency release conveyance map" means a map that
			 identifies and includes all of the following:
(1)
									Well pad
			 downslope locations using latitude and longitude, in a format of decimal
			 degrees to a minimum of six significant decimal figures, where response
			 resources may be deployed for containment in the event of an emergency
			 release;
(2)
									Nearest receiving streams, rivers, watercourses, ponds,
			 lakes, or other surface bodies of water where fluids may migrate from the
			 proposed well pad; and
(3)
									Pipes, ditches, other conveyances, and hydraulic
			 control structures identified in the stormwater hydraulic report and in the
			 sediment and erosion control plan.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-2 - Horizontal Wells › Section 1501:9-2-02 - Horizontal well site construction

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule applies to a well site for
				the drilling of one or more horizontal wells and associated production
				operations. The well site will be designed and constructed in a manner that
				supports the safe drilling and production operations of one or more horizontal
				wells, and in a manner that protects public health and safety and minimizes
				damage to natural resources, including conservation of topsoil where present,
				by managing stormwater, protecting surface water, and minimizing soil erosion.
				Compliance with this rule does not eliminate the requirement that a person
				comply with any applicable state or federal law. Standards referenced in this
				rule may be found under rule
				1501:9-12-01 of the
				Administrative Code.
(A)
								Permit receipt and approval.
(1)
									No person may
			 begin construction of a well site until receipt of a horizontal well site
			 construction permit issued by the chief.
(2)
									No person may
			 alter a well site, in a manner that will result in a material modification of
			 the well site without prior approval from the chief.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-3 - Saltwater Operation › Section 1501:9-3-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in Chapter 1501:9-3 of the
				Administrative Code:
(A)
								"Amendment" means a written authorization of the chief
			 to revise an operating surface facility including any of the following:
(1)
									Any substantial
			 alteration to the design or operation of the surface facility;
(2)
									Alteration to the
			 design or operation of the surface facility that impacts the ability of the
			 surface facility to safely operate, protect public health and safety, or
			 minimize damage to natural resources; or
(3)
									Any alteration
			 that results in an adjustment of the containment volume.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-3 - Saltwater Operation › Section 1501:9-3-02 - Exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This chapter does
			 not apply to a well for the purpose of injecting gas or air, enhanced recovery
			 wells permitted under section
			 1509.21 of the Revised Code,
			 natural or artificial brine wells, wells drilled into gas storage reservoirs,
			 or wells for the exploration for or extraction of minerals or energy permitted
			 under section 1509.221 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-3 - Saltwater Operation › Section 1501:9-3-03 - General provisions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A person may only
			 store, recycle, treat, process, or disposed of brine or other waste substances
			 at a class II disposal well or at a surface facility in accordance with Chapter
			 1509. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it.
(B)
								No person may
			 allow brine or other waste substances at a class II disposal well or at a
			 surface facility to migrate into an underground source of drinking
			 water.
(C)
								No person may inject brine and other waste substances
			 or allow brine and other waste substances to migrate into an underground
			 formation that is not approved for injection in the permit issued by the
			 division.
(D)
								If any process occurs at a surface facility other than
			 storage, settling in a tank, or filtration, the facility is an oil gas waste
			 facility. If a surface facility is modified or is proposed to be modified to
			 include any process other than storage, settling in a tank, or filtration or is
			 connected to an oil and gas waste facility regulated under section
			 1509.22 of the Revised Code, the
			 person operating the surface facility must obtain an chief's order to operate
			 an oil and gas waste facility. A surface facility not directly connected to a
			 class II disposal well is an oil and gas waste facility.
(E)
								A person may only
			 inject brine and other waste substances into a class II disposal well if a
			 permit to inject has been issued by the chief. In order to evaluate a well for
			 the potential for injection, a person may submit in writing to the chief a plan
			 requesting authorization to inject for a period not to exceed forty-eight
			 hours. The chief will review the plan and either accept or reject it in
			 writing. If the chief accepts the plan, the chief may specify any terms or
			 conditions that apply to the test.
(F)
								Surface
			 facility
(1)
									If
			 after the effective date of this rule, a surface facility is proposed to be
			 amended so that the resulting total nominal storage volume is twelve thousand
			 one barrels or greater, the person operating the surface facility must apply
			 for a permit to operate as an oil and gas waste facility, however only the
			 amended portion must meet the oil and gas waste facility
			 standards.
(2)
									A surface facility with a total nominal storage volume
			 of twelve thousand one barrels or greater in operation on the effective date of
			 this rule may continue to operate without an oil and gas waste facility permit,
			 unless the facility is proposed to be amended, then paragraph (F) (1) of this
			 rule would apply.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-3 - Saltwater Operation › Section 1501:9-3-04 - Surface location and siting criteria

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
On and after the effective date of this rule,
			 all of the following apply to a new class II disposal well, a well proposed to
			 be converted to a class II disposal well, and a surface facility:
(A)
									No portion of a
			 class II disposal well or of a surface facility may be located within the
			 boundary of a flood hazard area as delineated on the "National Flood Insurance
			 Rate Map" unless the applicant meets all applicable floodplain
			 regulations.
(B)
									No portion of a class II disposal well or a surface
			 facility may be located nearer than five hundred feet from the boundary of the
			 subject tract.
This rule does not apply
			 if the class II disposal well or the surface facility, as applicable, is
			 proposed to be on a site that is zoned industrial.
(C)
									No portion of a
			 class II disposal well or a surface facility may be located within one thousand
			 feet of and within any of the following:
(1)
										The five-year
			 time of travel associated with a public drinking water supply, as delineated or
			 endorsed under the "Source Water Assessment and Protection Program";
			 and
(2)
										The emergency management zone of a public water system
			 intake.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-3 - Saltwater Operation › Section 1501:9-3-05 - Permit to construct a class II disposal well and a surface facility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule applies to a new permit to
				construct a class II disposal well and a surface facility, a new permit to
				construct a class II disposal well, a new permit to convert a well to a class
				II disposal well and construct a surface facility, or a new permit to convert a
				well to a class II disposal well. A class II disposal well and a surface
				facility shall be designed, constructed, and operated in a manner that protects
				public health and safety and the environment. Compliance with this rule does
				not eliminate the requirement that a person comply with any other applicable
				laws.
(A)
								Area of review.
(1)
									The division will
			 conduct an area of review evaluation for a proposed class II disposal well upon
			 receipt of an application for a permit to drill, reopen, deepen, plug back, or
			 convert a well for brine disposal. The area of review is determined in
			 accordance with one of the following:
(a)
										The area of
			 review for wells in which disposal is proposed to be less than an average
			 volume of two hundred barrels per day per year will be the area circumscribed
			 by a one-half mile distance from the center of the wellbore along its entire
			 length;
(b)
										The area of review for wells in which disposal is
			 proposed to be greater than an average volume of two hundred barrels but less
			 than one thousand barrels per day per year will be the area circumscribed by a
			 one-mile distance from the center of the wellbore along its entire
			 length;
(c)
										The area of review for wells in which disposal is
			 proposed to be greater than an average volume of one thousand barrels per day
			 per year, will be the area circumscribed by a two-mile distance from the center
			 of the wellbore along its entire length; or
(d)
										An area of review
			 other than one established in paragraph (A) (1), (A) (2), or (A) (3) of this
			 rule may be designated by the chief.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-3 - Saltwater Operation › Section 1501:9-3-06 - Construction, authorization to operate, and amendments to/of a class II disposal well or surface facility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Construction/converion
(1)
									No construction
			 may commence at the well, class II disposal well or class II disposal well and
			 surface facility until a permit is issued. The well shall be constructed in
			 accordance with the requirements established in rule
			 1501:9-1-08 of the
			 Administrative Code and in accordance with all the following:
(a)
										The well shall be
			 constructed with casing that is mechanically centralized and cemented to a
			 height of no less than five hundred feet above the top of the injection zone or
			 potential flow zones as required in rule
			 1501:9-1-08 of the
			 Administrative Code;
(b)
										The well shall be constructed with tubing and a packer
			 set no more than two hundred feet above the injection zone. Installation of the
			 tubing and packer shall be witnessed by a representative of the
			 division;
(c)
										The well shall be equipped with a one-quarter inch npt,
			 female, threaded fittings with a stop valve on the tubing and production casing
			 annulus that are accessible from ground level and that allow for installation
			 of gauges or other equipment for monitoring of annulus and injection pressures
			 by the division; and
(d)
										To verify the proper placement of cement in the
			 construction of a class II disposal well, a cement evaluation log must be
			 completed for each casing string cemented after surface casing.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-3 - Saltwater Operation › Section 1501:9-3-07 - Design and operational requirements of a class II disposal well or a surface facility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								On and after the
			 effective date of this rule, any person who operates a class II disposal well
			 or a surface facility shall comply with all of the operational requirements and
			 standards in this rule, unless specifically exempted in this rule. Compliance
			 with this rule does not eliminate the requirement that a person comply with any
			 other applicable laws.
(B)
								Only brine and other waste substances may be injected
			 into a class II disposal well for which a permit is issued under Chapter
			 1501:9-3 of the Administrative Code.
(C)
								Maximum allowable
			 injection pressure for class II disposal well.
(1)
									The maximum
			 allowable injection pressure will be set using the formula prescribed in
			 paragraph (C)(1)(a) of this rule, unless an alternate pressure is established
			 in a plan accepted pursuant to paragraph (O) of this rule.
(a)
										The formula Pm =
			 (0.75 - (Pgf x SG))D; where,
Pm = maximum surface injection pressure
				(pounds/inches squared)
0.75 psi/ft = maximum injection
				pressure gradient allowed
D = depth to top of shallowest proposed
				injection formation (feet)
Pgf = 0.433 (psi/ft) = pressure
				gradient of fresh water
SG = 1.2 = conservative specific
				gravity of injection fluid
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-3 - Saltwater Operation › Section 1501:9-3-07.1 - Brine disposal fee procedure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
An owner of a saltwater disposal well
				shall submit to the chief, on or before the fifteenth day of February of each
				calendar year on a form prescribed by the chief, a statement of the volume of
				brine injected in the well for the immediately preceding calendar year and the
				amount of the fee required to be collected pursuant to the requirements
				established in division (H) of section
				1509.22 of the Revised Code for
				the immediately preceding calendar year. At the same time the statement is
				submitted, the owner shall submit the fee collected pursuant to the
				requirements established in division (H) of section
				1509.22 of the Revised Code. The
				chief may require the statement, the fee collected, or both to be submitted
				electronically.
Effective:
				10/10/2019
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/10/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1509.03,
				1509.10,
				1509.12,
				1509.13,
				1509.15,
				1509.22.
Rule
				Amplifies: 1509.10,
				1509.12,
				1509.13,
				1509.15,
				1509.22
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-3 - Saltwater Operation › Section 1501:9-3-08 - Annular disposal

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Approval
			 required.
(1)
									On and after the effective date of this rule, the chief will
			 not authorize the disposal of brine in any annular space.
(2)
									If the chief
			 approved annular disposal of brine prior to the effective date of this rule,
			 the annular disposal well owner may continue to dispose brine in the
			 already-approved annular space in accordance with paragraphs (B) to (F) of this
			 rule unless any of the following apply:
(a)
										The annular
			 disposal well owner fails to conduct a mechanical integrity tests outline in
			 paragraph (B) of this rule;
(b)
										The annular
			 disposal well owner cannot demonstrate mechanical integrity for the annular
			 disposal well;
(c)
										There is no reported production for the annular
			 disposal well for two consecutive reporting periods; or
(d)
										The chief orders
			 cessation of annular disposal due to evidence of defective casing, evidence of
			 contamination of an underground source of drinking water within one quarter
			 mile of the annular disposal well, or failure to operate in accordance with
			 paragraphs (B) to (F) of this rule.
(3)
									The chief will
			 rescind approval for annular disposal when the owner fails to conduct annular
			 disposal operations in accordance with Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code and
			 the rules adopted thereunder.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-3 - Saltwater Operation › Section 1501:9-3-09 - Property rights unaffected

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
An authorization or denial of an
				authorization to operate a class II disposal well or a well in which annular
				disposal occurs should not be construed so as to alter or amend any common law
				property rights or responsibilities.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-3 - Saltwater Operation › Section 1501:9-3-10 - Class II disposal well and surface facility reclamation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A person shall comply with Chapter 1509. of the Revised
			 Code and Chapter 1501:9-11 of the Administrative Code regarding the plugging,
			 abandonment, and reclamation of a class II disposal well and surface
			 facility.
(B)
								A class II disposal well owner shall submit a
			 decommissioning plan for review and acceptance by the chief prior to
			 commencement of plugging the class II disposal well.
(C)
								If a surface
			 facility is not connected to a class II disposal well with a valid permit
			 authorizing injection, the person operating the surface facility may only
			 continue to operate if an oil and gas waste facility permit is obtained
			 pursuant to Chapter 1501:9-4 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-4 - Oil and Gas Waste Facilities › Section 1501:9-4-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in Chapter 1501:9-4 of the
				Administrative Code:
(A)
								"Amendment" means a written authorization of the chief
			 to make a revision to a certified oil and gas waste facility. "Amendment" means
			 any of the following:
(1)
									Any substantial alteration in the operational processes
			 at an oil and gas waste facility;
(2)
									Any substantial
			 alteration in the volume of brine or other waste substances that could be
			 stored, treated, recycled, or processed at the oil and gas waste
			 facility;
(3)
									Any substantial alteration in the equipment or
			 appurtenances used to perform the operations at the oil and gas waste
			 facility;
(4)
									Any substantial alteration to the design or
			 construction of the oil and gas waste facility;
(5)
									Any alteration to
			 the design or construction of the oil and gas waste facility that reduces the
			 ability of the oil and gas waste facility to safely operate; protect public
			 health and safety, or minimize damage to natural resources; or
(6)
									Any alteration
			 that results in an adjustment of the oil and gas waste facility
			 boundary.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-4 - Oil and Gas Waste Facilities › Section 1501:9-4-02 - General provisions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A person may only
			 store, recycle, treat, process or dispose of brine and other waste substances
			 at an oil and gas waste facility in accordance with Chapter 1509. of the
			 Revised Code and rules adopted under it.
(B)
								No person may
			 allow brine or other waste substances at an oil and gas waste facility to
			 migrate into an underground source of drinking water.
(C)
								Not later than
			 one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this rule, a person
			 operating an oil and gas waste facility under a chief's order must
			 either:
(1)
									Obtain a permit in accordance with section
			 1509.22 of the Revised Code and
			 rule 1501:9-4-04 of the Administrative Code, obtain insurance pursuant to
			 paragraph (F) of this rule, and obtain financial assurance pursuant to
			 paragraph (G) of this rule; or
(2)
									Immediately
			 suspend operations and begin reclamation procedures pursuant to rule
			 1501:9-4-07 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-4 - Oil and Gas Waste Facilities › Section 1501:9-4-03 - Surface location and siting criteria

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
On and after the effective date of this rule,
			 all of the following apply to a new oil and gas waste facility:
(A)
									No portion of an
			 oil and gas waste facility shall be located within the boundary of a flood
			 hazard area as delineated on the "National Flood Insurance Rate Map." The chief
			 may waive in writing this requirement if the chief determines the applicant has
			 met applicable flood plain regulations.
(B)
									No portion of an
			 oil and gas waste facility shall be located within one thousand feet of and
			 within any of the following:
(1)
										The five-year time of travel associated with a public
			 drinking water supply, as delineated or endorsed under the "Source Water
			 Assessment and Protection Program";
(2)
										The emergency
			 management zone of a public water system intake; and
(3)
										An occupied
			 private dwelling or a public building that may be used as a place of assembly,
			 education, entertainment, lodging, or occupancy by the public. However, the
			 owner or the person with legal authority for the private dwelling or public
			 building may consent in writing to a location of an oil and gas waste facility
			 to a distance less than one thousand feet if the applicant submits the written
			 consent with the application to the chief for approval.
(a)
											Sites of a
			 proposed oil and gas facility that are zoned industrial are not subject to this
			 paragraph.
(b)
											Pipelines are not subject to this
			 paragraph.
(C)
									An oil and gas
			 waste facility cannot be located on or within one hundred feet of a wetland or
			 any surface waters that are waters of the state as defined in section
			 1509.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(D)
									An oil and gas waste facility cannot be located within
			 one hundred feet of and within ponds, developed springs, and water wells unless
			 those ponds, developed springs, and water wells are included as an integral
			 part and support the production operations of the oil and gas waste
			 facility.
(E)
									Pipelines proposed to be installed within the distances
			 established in paragraphs (C) and (D) of this rule may only be installed if
			 additional requirements that are approved by the chief, are implemented. These
			 requirements include, but are not limited to, double encasement, continuous
			 monitoring, testing frequency, and valving.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-4 - Oil and Gas Waste Facilities › Section 1501:9-4-04 - Permit to construct an oil and gas waste facility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								This rule applies to oil and gas waste facilities. This
			 rule applies to both a long-term and a short-term oil and gas waste facility
			 unless specifically excluded within this rule. An oil and gas waste facility
			 shall be designed, constructed, and operated in a manner that safely supports
			 the proposed operations occurring at the oil and gas waste facility and in a
			 manner that protects public health and safety and prevents damage to the
			 environment. Compliance with this rule does not eliminate the requirement that
			 a person comply with any other applicable laws.
(B)
								Permit and
			 document requirements. For an application submitted or a permit issued under
			 this rule, all of the following apply:
(1)
									On and after the
			 effective date of this rule, no person may begin construction of or modify,
			 amend, alter, or revise an oil and gas waste facility prior to issuance of a
			 permit by the chief approving an application submitted under this
			 rule.
(2)
									A permit is specific to the location at which an oil
			 and gas waste facility is located and the location cannot be changed after the
			 issuance of a permit.
(3)
									The operator of a short-term oil and gas waste facility
			 may submit an application for renewal of its permit no later than thirty days
			 prior to the permit's expiration. The chief may approve the renewal one time
			 only if the permit application is identical to the original application. A
			 person may only change a short-term oil and gas waste facility to a long-term
			 oil and gas waste facility if an application is filed and approved by the
			 chief. A permit to construct an oil and gas waste facility cannot be amended to
			 change the type of permit issued.
(4)
									The chief may
			 require the applicant or permittee to submit additional information pertaining
			 to the design, construction, or operation of the proposed or permitted oil and
			 gas waste facility that the chief determines is necessary for the protection of
			 public health or safety or to prevent damage to the environment or is necessary
			 to ensure compliance with the requirements of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-4 - Oil and Gas Waste Facilities › Section 1501:9-4-06 - Design and operational requirements of an oil and gas waste facility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								On and after the effective date of this rule, any
			 person who stores, recycles, treats, processes, or disposes of brine or other
			 waste substances at an oil and gas waste facility shall comply with all the
			 operational requirements and standards in this rule, unless specifically
			 exempted in this rule. Compliance with this rule does not eliminate the
			 requirement that a person comply with any other applicable
			 laws.
(B)
								Oil and gas waste classification.
No brine or other oil and gas waste substances
			 resulting from the exploration, development, well stimulation, production
			 operations, or plugging of oil and gas resources shall be accepted at or
			 removed from an oil and gas waste facility by means other than pipeline unless
			 the brine or other oil and gas waste substance is accompanied by a manifest as
			 described in this rule.
Describe the
			 brine or other waste substances on the manifest using the following
			 terms:
(1)
											
			 Solid, fluid, or suspension, as defined in this chapter, to describe the
			 consistency of the brine or other waste substances; and
(2)
											TENORM or NORM,
			 as defined in this chapter. If the material is identified as TENORM, attach
			 analytical testing results by a laboratory approved to test TENORM by the Ohio
			 Department of Health unless not determined in accordance with division (A) of
			 section 1509.074 of the Revised Code and
			 further describe the material using one of the following terms:
(a)
												"Minus" is a
			 classification term that identifies the TENORM concentration as less than seven
			 pCi/g combined radium 226 and radium 228; or
(b)
												"Plus" is a
			 classification term that identifies the TENORM concentration as equal to or
			 greater than seven pCi/g combined radium 226 and radium 228.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-4 - Oil and Gas Waste Facilities › Section 1501:9-4-07 - Closure and reclamation requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Closure of an oil
			 and gas waste facility.
(1)
									Not later than ten business days prior to closure of an
			 oil and gas waste facility, the permittee shall notify the chief in writing of
			 pending closure of the oil and gas waste facility and the date for closure of
			 the oil and gas waste facility. Notwithstanding the provisions of a permit, the
			 permittee shall suspend all operations on the date specified in the notice of
			 closure and proceed to reclamation as per paragraph (B) of this rule. The
			 person may rescind the closure date upon written notification to the
			 chief.
(2)
									On or after the effective date of this rule, a person
			 operating an oil and gas waste facility that has not been issued a permit under
			 this chapter must comply with this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-5 - Enhanced Recovery Projects › Section 1501:9-5-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) "Enhanced
			 recovery" means any injection of natural gas, water, or other fluids approved
			 by the division into an oil or gas reservoir to increase pressure or retard
			 pressure decline in the reservoir for the purpose of increasing the recovery of
			 oil or other hydrocarbons therefrom and shall include secondary or additional
			 recovery operations. This is to include all thermal processes.
(B) "Input wells" means those wells into
			 which natural gas, water, other fluids or gases are injected, or are to be
			 injected, for the purpose of increasing pressure or retarding pressure decline
			 in the reservoir.
(C) "Withdrawal
			 wells" means those wells from which oil and/or gas is, or is to be, withdrawn.
(D) "Observation wells" means
			 those wells used, or to be used, temporarily for observation and not for input
			 or withdrawal.
(E) "Project owner"
			 means the person who has the right to inject fluids on a subject tract or
			 tracts and has the right to drill on a tract or drilling unit and to drill into
			 and produce from a pool and to appropriate the oil or gas that he produces
			 therefrom either for himself or for others.
(F) "Person" means any political subdivision,
			 department, agency, or instrumentality of this state; the United States and any
			 department, agency, or instrumentality thereof; and any legal entity defined as
			 a person under section
			 1.59 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Chief" means chief, Division
			 of Mineral Resources Management.
(H) "Division" means Division of Mineral
			 Resources Management, Ohio department of natural resources.
(I) "Subject tract" means a tract upon which
			 a person proposes to drill, reopen, deepen, plug back, or rework a well for the
			 injection of fluids.
(J) "Well"
			 means any borehole, whether drilled or bored, within the state, for production,
			 extraction, or injection of any gas or liquid mineral, excluding potable water
			 to be used as such, but including natural or artificial brines and oil field
			 waters.
(K) "Existing well" means
			 any well for which a drilling permit was issued by the division prior to June
			 1, 1982.
(L) "Saltwater" means any
			 and all nonpotable water resulting, obtained, or produced from the exploration,
			 drilling, or production of oil or gas.
(M) "Barrel" means a quantity of liquid equal
			 to forty-two U. S. gallons.
(N)
			 "Mg/L" means milligrams per liter.
Eff 11-6-67;
				6-1-82; 4-15-04
Rule promulgated under: RC
				119.03
Rule
				authorized by: RC 1509.01
Rule
				amplifies: RC 1509.01
RC
				119.032 review dates: 9/16/03,
				1/27/04, 4/15/09
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-5 - Enhanced Recovery Projects › Section 1501:9-5-02 - Exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Chapter 1501:9-5 of the Administrative Code shall not apply to
				saltwater injection wells, liquid waste disposal wells, natural or artificial
				brine wells, wells drilled in a gas storage reservoir, or wells in which
				natural gas from a pool is recycled in the same pool for the purpose of
				retarding pressure decline, or wells for the exploration for or extraction of
				minerals or energy, including but not limited to the mining of sulfur by the
				Frasch process, the solution mining of minerals, the in-situ combustion of
				fossil fuels, or the recovery of geothermal energy.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				12/29/2003 and
				12/29/2008
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1509.21
Rule
				Amplifies: 1509.21
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/6/67, 6/1/82
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-5 - Enhanced Recovery Projects › Section 1501:9-5-03 - Forms

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The division shall prescribe and furnish the required forms
				consistent with Chapter 1501:9-5 of the Administrative Code.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				12/29/2003 and
				12/29/2008
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1509.21
Rule
				Amplifies: 1509.21
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/6/67, 6/1/82
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-5 - Enhanced Recovery Projects › Section 1501:9-5-04 - Project approval required

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No enhanced recovery operation shall
			 cause or allow movement of fluid into a source of underground water, and no
			 saltwater shall be injected into an underground formation other than in a
			 manner approved by the division.
(B) Except as authorized by the division, any
			 construction, conversion to, or operation of an enhanced recovery project is
			 prohibited.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				12/29/2003 and
				12/29/2008
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1509.21
Rule
				Amplifies: 1509.21
Prior
				Effective Dates: 6/1/82
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-5 - Enhanced Recovery Projects › Section 1501:9-5-05 - Permit

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any person who proposes to construct, convert to, or operate an
				enhanced recovery project shall submit an application for a permit to the
				division on a form provided by the division.
(A) Permit required. No person shall conduct
			 an enhanced recovery project unless an appropriate application for such a
			 project has been approved by the chief and a permit issued by the division. In
			 addition to a project permit, no person shall drill, reopen, deepen, plug back,
			 rework, or use a well for input, withdrawal, or observation unless an
			 appropriate drilling permit as required in Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code
			 has been approved by the chief and issued by the division.
(B) Area of review. An application for an
			 enhanced recovery project filed with the division under this rule shall be
			 evaluated on the basis of an "area of review" surrounding the input wells
			 proposed for the project. The area of review shall be the area encompassed by
			 the following:
(1) The areas circumscribed by
			 circles of one-half-mile radii with their center points at the locations of
			 each input well in which injection of greater than an average volume of two
			 hundred barrels per day per year is proposed;
(2) The areas circumscribed by circles of
			 one-quarter-mile radii with their center points at the locations of each input
			 well in which a maximum injection of an average volume of two hundred barrels
			 per day per year is proposed; and
(3) The areas circumscribed by circles of
			 one-quarter-mile radii with their center points at the locations of each input
			 well in which gas is used as the injected fluid; or
(4) An area approved by the chief for good
			 cause shown.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-5 - Enhanced Recovery Projects › Section 1501:9-5-06 - Prevention of contamination and pollution

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All persons engaged in any phase of enhanced recovery
				operations shall conduct such operations in a manner which will not contaminate
				the surface of the land, or water on the surface or in the subsurface.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				12/29/2003 and
				12/29/2008
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1509.21
Rule
				Amplifies: 1509.21
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/6/67, 6/1/82