Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-34 - Underground Injection Control Program › Section 3745-34-14 - Class I permit to drill applications

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In addition to the information required in accordance with
				rules
				3745-34-12
				and
				3745-34-13
				of the Administrative Code, the owner shall include the following in a permit
				application for a permit to drill a class I injection well:
(A) The final report on the seismic
			 reflection data survey in compliance with rule
			 3745-34-40
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
			 Well construction. The owner shall submit the following information for a
			 permit to drill application:
(1) A plan for
			 the testing, drilling and construction of the proposed new class I injection
			 well. Whenever required by the director to protect the public welfare or to
			 safeguard life, health, or property, or whenever the contemplated expenditure
			 by the state, any of its political subdivisions, or any municipal corporation
			 for the completed project exceeds five thousand dollars, plans for the design
			 of new class I wells shall be prepared by a professional engineer registered
			 under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code. In addition, for projects containing a
			 high degree of complexity, non-standard technology, unusual features, or
			 deviations from standards or guidelines used by the agency, the director may
			 require that the owner or operator demonstrate the knowledge and experience of
			 the project designer.
(2) A
			 schematic or other appropriate drawings of the proposed well with proper
			 setting depths, including wellhead and gauges and a written description of the
			 proposed surface and subsurface construction details of the well including all
			 of the following:
(a) Hole size;
(b) Surface casing, intermediate, long string
			 casing, and injection tubing packer information, including all of the
			 following:
(i) Size;
(ii) Weight;
(iii) Grade;
(iv) Depth-GL;
(v) Thickness;
(vi) Diameter;
(vii) Nominal weight;
(viii) Length;
(ix) Joint specification;
(x) Construction material; and
(xi) Tubing tensile, burst, and collapse
			 strength.
(3)
			 A written demonstration that for the design life of the well the casings,
			 including any casing connections, are rated to have sufficient structural
			 strength to withstand:
(a) The maximum burst
			 and collapse pressures which may be experienced during the construction,
			 operation, and closure of the well; and
(b) The maximum tensile strength which may be
			 experienced at any point along the length of the casing during the
			 construction, operation, and closure of the well.
(4) Cement data, including the proposed type
			 and class, additives, amount, and circulate for the surface casing, long
			 string, and other casings;
(5) A
			 description of the packer including all of the following:
(a) Proposed type;
(b) Name and model number;
(c) Setting depth; and
(d) Compatibility with proposed annular fluid
			 and proposed injection fluid.
(6) A description of the proposed bottom hole
			 completion.
(7) A plan for the
			 proposed stimulation program.
(8)
			 Construction procedures including a cementing and casing program, logging
			 procedures, deviation checks, and a drilling, testing, and coring program.
			 These procedures should address the applicable factors and requirements in
			 rules
			 3745-34-37,
			 3745-34-54,
			 and
			 3745-34-55
			 of the Administrative Code.
(9) A
			 written analysis demonstrating that the various parts of the casing, tubing,
			 and cement will be compatible with or resistant to corrosion from the formation
			 fluid and injection fluids to which they will respectively be exposed.
(10) Procedures for core analysis,
			 if performed, including analysis for at least:
(a) Permeability;
(b) Porosity;
(c) Percent saturation;
(d) Sample description;
(e) Sieve analysis of sand; and
(f) Compatibility testing of cores with waste
			 stream for permeability reduction.