Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-34 - Underground Injection Control Program › Section 3745-34-39 - Information to be considered by the director in authorizing class I wells

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
This rule sets forth the information which must be considered
				by the director in authorizing class I wells. For an existing or converted new
				class I well, the director may rely on the existing permit file for those items
				of information listed below which are current and accurate in the file. For a
				newly drilled class I well, the director shall require the submission of all
				the information listed below. For both existing and new class I wells, certain
				maps, cross sections, tabulations of wells within the area of review and other
				data may be included in the application by reference provided they are current,
				readily available to the director (for example in the permitting agency's
				files) and sufficiently identified to be retrieved.
(A) Prior to the issuance of a permit for an
			 existing class I well to operate or the construction or conversion of a new
			 class I well, the director shall consider the following:
(1) Information required in rules
			 3745-34-12,
			 3745-34-13,
			 and
			 3745-34-14
			 of the Administrative Code;
(2) A
			 map showing the injection well(s) for which a permit is sought and the
			 applicable area of review. Within the area of review, the map must show the
			 number, or name, and location of all producing wells, injection wells,
			 abandoned wells, dry holes, surface bodies of water, springs, mines (surface
			 and subsurface), quarries, water wells and other pertinent surface features
			 including residences and roads. The map should also show faults, if known or
			 suspected. Only information of public record is required to be included on this
			 map;
(3) A tabulation of data on
			 all wells within the area of review which penetrate into the proposed injection
			 zone. Such data shall include a description of each well's type, construction,
			 date drilled, location, depth, record of plugging and/or completion, and any
			 additional information the director may require;
(4) Maps and cross sections indicating the
			 general vertical and lateral limits of all underground sources of drinking
			 water within the area of review, their position relative to the injection
			 formation and the direction of water movement, where known, in each underground
			 source of drinking water which may be affected by the proposed injection;
(5) Maps and cross sections
			 detailing the geologic structure of the local area;
(6) Generalized maps and cross sections
			 illustrating the regional geologic setting;
(7) Proposed operating data:
(a) Average and maximum daily rate and volume
			 of the fluid to be injected;
(b)
			 Average and maximum injection pressure; and
(c) Source and an analysis of the chemical,
			 physical, radiological and biological characteristics of injection fluids.
(8) Proposed formation
			 testing program to obtain an analysis of the chemical, physical and
			 radiological characteristics of and other information on the receiving
			 formation;
(9) Proposed stimulation
			 program;
(10) Proposed injection
			 procedure;
(11) Schematic or other
			 appropriate drawings of the surface and subsurface construction details of the
			 well;
(12) Contingency plans to
			 cope with all shut-ins or well failures so as to prevent migration of fluids
			 into any underground source or drinking water;
(13) Plans (including maps) for meeting the
			 monitoring requirements in paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-34-38
			 of the Administrative Code;
(14)
			 For wells within the area of review which penetrate the injection zone but are
			 not properly completed or plugged, the corrective action proposed to be taken
			 under rule
			 3745-34-30
			 of the Administrative Code;
(15)
			 Construction procedures including a cementing and casing program, logging
			 procedures, deviation checks, and a drilling, testing, and coring program;
(16) A certificate that the
			 applicant has assured, through a performance bond or other appropriate means,
			 the resources necessary to close, plug or abandon the well as required by
			 paragraph (B)(6) of rule
			 3745-34-27
			 of the Administrative Code;
(17)
			 Location, including, but not limited to, seismic areas, wetlands, flood hazard
			 areas, carbonate formations that result in caverns, and underground mines, both
			 active and abandoned; and
(18) The
			 means to dispose of any sludges, solid wastes, or semi-solids or liquids
			 generated in the treatment of any wastes received.