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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-5 - Enhanced Recovery Projects › Section 1501:9-5-07 - Safety

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No well used in enhanced recovery operations shall be drilled
				or converted nearer than one hundred feet from any inhabited private dwelling
				house; nearer than one hundred feet from any public building which may be used
				as a place of resort, assembly, education, entertainment, lodging, trade,
				manufacture, repair, storage, traffic, or occupancy by the public; nearer than
				fifty feet to the traveled part of any public street, road, or highway; nearer
				than fifty feet to a railroad track; nor nearer than one hundred feet to any
				well. The chief may grant a variance to this rule for good cause shown. This
				rule does not apply to a building or structure which is incidental to
				agricultural use of the land on which it is located, unless such building is
				used as a private dwelling house or in the business of retail trade.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				12/29/2003 and
				12/29/2008
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1509.21,
				1509.23
Rule
				Amplifies: 1509.21,
				1509.23
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 1501:9-5-09 - Construction of and conversion to enhanced recovery input wells

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each input well
			 permitted after June 1, 1982 shall be constructed in the following manner:
(1) Surface casing shall be free of apparent
			 defects and set at least fifty feet below the deepest underground source of
			 water containing less than ten thousand mg/L total dissolved solids or less
			 than five thousand mg/L chlorides, and sealed by circulating cement to the
			 surface under the supervision of the division. In the event cement fails to
			 circulate to the surface, the division may approve a remedial course of action.
(2) Isolation of injected fluids
			 shall be by the use of casing mechanically centralized and enclosed in cement
			 to a height no less than three hundred feet above the top of the injection
			 zone.
(3) Injection of fluids
			 shall be through tubing and a packer set no more than one hundred feet above
			 the injection zone and installation of such shall be under the supervision of
			 the division. A fitting to the tubing of a size and type specified by the
			 division on the permit and accessible at the surface shall be installed.
(4) To verify the quantity of
			 cement used in an input well, either a cement bond log, cement records, or
			 verification by the division of the number of sacks of cement will be deemed
			 sufficient evidence.
(5) Each
			 project owner or his agent shall give the appropriate mineral resources
			 inspector reasonable notice in advance of the time of the cementing, placing
			 and removing of casing, installation of tubing and packer, and initial
			 injection. A division office shall be notified when the appropriate inspector
			 cannot be contacted. Said work shall be done pursuant to the instructions of a
			 representative of the division in accordance with Chapter 1509. of the Revised
			 Code and Chapter 1501:9-5 of the Administrative Code.
(6) All saltwater or other fluid storage
			 facilities shall be constructed so as to prevent pollution to surrounding
			 surface and subsurface soils and waters.
(7) The chief may grant a variance to the
			 construction requirement established in paragraphs (A)(1), (A)(2), and (A)(3)
			 of this rule, if he determines that the variance sought will result in the
			 construction of an input well equivalent in its ability to protect underground
			 sources of water containing less than ten thousand mg/L total dissolved solids
			 or less than five thousand mg/L chlorides.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-5 - Enhanced Recovery Projects › Section 1501:9-5-10 - Operation, monitoring and reporting of enhanced recovery projects

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following provisions shall apply to the operation of all
				enhanced recovery projects:
(A) A
			 well completion record in accordance with section
			 1509.10 of the Revised Code and
			 Chapter 1501:9-5 of the Administrative Code, shall be filed with the division
			 within thirty days after completion of or conversion to an input, withdrawal,
			 or observation well. This record shall include results of initial testing of
			 construction as described in paragraph (C) of rule
			 1501:9-5-09
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
			 The project owner shall notify the appropriate oil and gas well inspector when
			 injection is to commence. A division office shall be notified when the
			 appropriate inspector cannot be contacted.
(C) Under no circumstances shall liquids or
			 waste matter from any source, other than freshwater, saltwater from oil and gas
			 operations, standard well treatment fluid, or other fluids approved by the
			 division be injected into any input well for which a permit is issued under
			 Chapter 1509:9-5 [1501:9-5] of the Administrative Code.
(D) The maximum allowable injection pressure
			 for the enhanced recovery project shall be determined by one of the following
			 methods:
(1) The formula pm=( 0.75 - pg)d;
			 where pm equals the maximum surface injection pressure (psi), 0.75 equals the
			 maximum allowable injection pressure gradient (psi/ft), pg equals the pressure
			 gradient of injection fluid (psi/ft), and d equals the depth to the shallowest
			 part of the proposed injection formation or zone on the subject tract or
			 tracts; or
(2) Such other formula
			 or test found to be accurate as applied to the facts presented in an
			 application and approved by the division.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-5 - Enhanced Recovery Projects › Section 1501:9-5-11 - Property rights unaffected

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The purpose of Chapter 1501:9-5 of the Administrative Code is
				to prescribe minimum construction and operation requirements for enhanced
				recovery projects so as to protect surface and subsurface soils and waters of
				the state. Thus, the authorization or failure to authorize an enhanced recovery
				project permit should not be construed so as to alter or amend any common law
				property rights or responsibilities.
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 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) "Aquifer" means
			 a geological formation, group of formations, or part of a formation that is
			 capable of yielding a significant amount of water to a well or spring.
(B) "Chief" means chief, division
			 of oil and gas.
(C) "Confining
			 zone" means a geological formation, group of formations, or part of a formation
			 that is capable of limiting fluid movement above and below an injection zone.
(D) "Contaminant" means any
			 physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.
(E) "Division" means Division of
			 Mineral Resources Management, Ohio department of natural resources.
(F) "Effective date" means the date that
			 Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative Code becomes effective.
(G) "Existing solution mining project" means
			 a project in operation prior to the effective date of Chapter 1501:9-7 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(H)
			 "Formation fluid" means fluid present in a formation under natural conditions.
(I) "Injection zone" means a
			 geological formation, group of formations, or part of a formation receiving
			 fluids through a well.
(J) "Mg/L"
			 means milligrams per liter.
(K)
			 "Owner or operator" means the owner or operator of any facility or activity
			 subject to regulation under Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative Code.
(L) "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.
(M) "Solution mining project"
			 means a well or group of wells and associated facilities under one owner or
			 operator utilized for the solution mining of minerals.
(N) "Subject tract" means a tract upon which
			 a person proposes to drill or operate a well for the solution mining of
			 minerals.
(O) "Subsidence" means
			 the lowering of the natural land surface in response to earth movements,
			 lowering of fluid pressure, or removal of underlying supporting material by
			 solution mining of solids.
(P)
			 "Underground source of drinking water" means an aquifer or its portion which:
(1) Supplies any public water system, or
(2) Contains a sufficient quantity
			 of ground water to supply a public water system, and
(a) Currently supplies drinking water for
			 human consumption, or
(b) Contains
			 fewer than ten thousand mg/L total dissolved solids, and
(3) Is not an exempted aquifer.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-02 - Applicability

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative Code applies to all
				owners and operators of proposed and existing solution mining projects.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				12/29/2003 and
				12/29/2008
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1509.221
Rule
				Amplifies: 1509.221
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/26/82
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-03 - Prohibition of unauthorized injection

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any solution mining project, except as authorized by a permit
				or rule, is prohibited after the effective date. Construction of any well
				required to have a permit under Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative Code is
				prohibited until a permit has been issued.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				12/29/2003 and
				12/29/2008
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1509.221
Rule
				Amplifies: 1509.221
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/26/82
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-04 - Prevention of contamination and pollution

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall cause or allow injection
			 of fluid containing any contaminant into an underground source of drinking
			 water. No authorization by permit or rule shall allow the movement of fluid
			 containing any contaminant into an underground source of drinking water. The
			 applicant for a permit or operator of an existing solution mining project shall
			 have the burden of showing that the requirements of this rule are met.
(B) When water quality monitoring
			 of an underground source of drinking water indicates the movement of any
			 contaminant into the underground source of drinking water, the chief shall
			 prescribe such additional requirements for construction, corrective action,
			 operation, monitoring, or reporting as are necessary to prevent such movement.
			 In the case of wells authorized by permit, these additional requirements shall
			 be imposed by modifying the permit in accordance with paragraph (R) of rule
			 1501:9-7-07 of the
			 Administrative Code, or the permit may be terminated in accordance with
			 paragraph (R)(2) of rule
			 1501:9-7-07 of the
			 Administrative Code if cause exists, or appropriate enforcement action may be
			 taken if the permit has been violated.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of
			 Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative Code, the chief may take emergency
			 action upon receipt of information that a contaminant, which is present in or
			 is likely to enter a public water system, may present an imminent and
			 substantial endangerment to the health of persons.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				12/29/2003 and
				12/29/2008
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1509.221
Rule
				Amplifies: 1509.221
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/26/82, 4/18/84 (Emer.), 7/2/84
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-05 - Authorization by rule

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Existing solution mining projects are
			 authorized by rule until November 27, 1985 if the following requirements are
			 met.
(1) Any operator of such a project must
			 apply for a permit before November 27, 1984.
(2) Authorization by rule shall expire:
(a) Upon the date of issuance of the permit
			 or permit denial if a permit application has been filed as specified in
			 paragraph (D)(1) of rule
			 1501:9-7-07 of the
			 Administrative Code;
(b) On
			 November 28, 1984 if a permit application has not been filed as specified in
			 rule
			 1501:9-7-07 of the
			 Administrative Code; or
(c) Unless
			 a complete permit application is pending, not later than November 27, 1985.
(3) Except for the
			 prohibition in paragraph (A) of rule
			 1501:9-7-04
			 of the Administrative Code, solution mining projects may continue normal
			 operations until permitted including construction, operation, and plugging and
			 abandonment of wells, provided the owner or operator maintains compliance with
			 all applicable requirements of Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative Code.
(4) The following requirements
			 shall be met no later than November 27, 1983. In each paragraph or rule cited
			 the terms "permit" and "permittee" shall be read to include "rules" and "those
			 authorized by rule," respectively:
(a)
			 Financial responsibility requirements in paragraphs (I)(1) and (I)(2) of rule
			 and 1501:9-7-07 of the Administrative Code;
(b) Operating, monitoring, reporting and
			 recordkeeping requirements in rule
			 1501:9-7-09
			 of the Administrative Code;
(c)
			 Plugging and abandonment requirements in rule
			 1501:9-7-11
			 of the Administrative Code.
(5) Inventory requirements. Any solution
			 mining project authorized by rule shall submit inventory information to the
			 chief. Failure to comply with any requirement of this paragraph within the time
			 specified in paragraph (A)(5)(b) of this rule is grounds for the automatic
			 termination of authorization for any well.
(a) Contents. The inventory shall contain at
			 least the following information:
(i) Facility
			 name and location;
(ii) Name and
			 address of legal contact;
(iii)
			 Owner of facility;
(iv) Nature and
			 type of injection and withdrawal wells; and
(v) Operating status of all wells in the
			 project.
(b) Deadlines.
			 Owners or operators of any solution mining project shall submit inventory
			 information no later than November 27, 1983.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-06 - Identification of underground sources of drinking water and exempted aquifers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The chief may
			 identify and shall protect, as an underground source of drinking water, all
			 aquifers or parts of aquifers that meet the definition of an "underground
			 source of drinking water." Even if an aquifer has not been specifically
			 identified by the chief, it is an underground source of drinking water if it
			 meets the definition.
(B) After
			 notice and opportunity for a public hearing, the chief may identify and
			 describe, in geographic and/or geometric terms that are clear and definite, all
			 aquifers or parts thereof that the chief proposes to designate as exempted
			 aquifers if they meet the following criteria:
(1) The aquifer does not currently serve as a
			 source of drinking water;
(2) The
			 aquifer cannot now and will not in the future serve as a source of drinking
			 water because:
(a) It is mineral,
			 hydrocarbon, or geothermal energy producing or can be demonstrated by a permit
			 applicant as part of a permit application for a solution mining project to
			 contain minerals or hydrocarbons that, considering their quantity and location,
			 are expected to be commercially producible;
(b) It is situated at a depth or location
			 that makes recovery of water for drinking water purposes economically or
			 technologically impractical;
(c)
			 It is so contaminated that it would be economically or technologically
			 impractical to render the water fit for human consumption; or
(d) It is located over a solution mining area
			 subject to subsidence or catastrophic collapse; and
(3) The total dissolved solids content of the
			 ground water is more than three thousand mg/L and less than ten thousand mg/L,
			 and it is not reasonably expected to supply a public water system.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-07 - Permit

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Permit
			 required. Unless an appropriate application has been received by the chief and
			 a permit issued by the division, no person shall drill, reopen, deepen, plug,
			 rework, or use a well for the solution mining of minerals unless the well is
			 authorized by rule in accordance with rule
			 1501:9-7-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
			 Establishing permit conditions.
(1) In
			 addition to conditions required for all permits, the chief shall establish
			 conditions, as required on a case-by-base basis, for all permits under the
			 following: paragraph (Q) of this rule (duration of permits), paragraph (C) of
			 this rule (schedules of compliance), and paragraph (B) of rule
			 1501:9-7-09
			 of the Administrative Code(monitoring).
(2) Permit conditions established on a
			 case-by-case basis shall be designed to ensure compliance with Chapter 1509. of
			 the Revised Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-09 - Operation, monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping of solution mining projects

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The following provisions shall apply to
			 the operation of all solution mining projects and shall be considered as permit
			 conditions.
(1) A solution mining project may
			 not commence injection until construction is complete, and
(a) The permittee has submitted notice of
			 completion of construction to the chief, and
(b) The chief has inspected or otherwise
			 reviewed the new project and finds it is in compliance with the conditions of
			 the permit; or
(c) The permittee
			 has not received notice from the chief of his intent to inspect or otherwise
			 review the new project within fourteen days of the date of the notice in
			 paragraph (A)(1)(a) of this rule, in which case prior inspection or review is
			 waived and the permittee may commence injection. The chief shall include in his
			 notice a reasonable time period in which he shall inspect the well.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-10 - Mechanical integrity

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A solution mining well has mechanical
			 integrity if:
(1) There is no significant
			 leak in the casing, tubing, or packer; and
(2) There is no significant fluid movement
			 into an underground source of drinking water through vertical channels adjacent
			 to the well-bore.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-11 - Plugging and abandonment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any solution mining project permit shall
			 require that, prior to the plugging and abandonment of said well or wells, the
			 permittee shall obtain a permit to plug and abandon in accordance with sections
			 1509.13 and
			 1509.15 of the Revised Code. A
			 permit to plug and abandon shall ensure that plugging and abandonment of any
			 well will not allow the movement of fluids either into an underground source of
			 drinking water or from one underground source of drinking water to another. Any
			 applicant for a permit to plug and abandon shall submit a plan for plugging and
			 abandonment. Where the plan meets the requirements of this rule, the chief
			 shall incorporate it into the permit as a condition. Where the chief's review
			 of an application indicates that the applicant's plan is inadequate, the chief
			 shall require the applicant to revise the plan, prescribe the conditions needed
			 to meet the requirements of this rule, or deny the application. For purposes of
			 this rule, temporary intermittent cessation of injection operations, not to
			 exceed one hundred eighty days, is not abandonment. The chief may authorize
			 cessation of operations in excess of one hundred eighty days for good cause
			 shown.
(B) The permittee shall
			 notify the chief at least thirty days before conversion or abandonment of any
			 well.
(C) Prior to the abandoning
			 of any solution mining well, the well shall be plugged with cement in a manner
			 that will not allow the movement of fluids either into or between underground
			 sources of drinking water. The chief may allow solution mining wells to use
			 other plugging materials if he is satisfied tht such materials will prevent
			 movement of fluids into or between underground sources of drinking water.
(D) Prior to granting approval for
			 the plugging and abandonment of a solution mining well the permittee shall
			 provide the following information for the chief's consideration.
(1) The type and number of plugs to be used;
(2) The placement of each plug
			 including the elevation of the top and bottom;
(3) The type, grade, and quantity of cement
			 to be used;
(4) The method of
			 placement of the plugs; and
(5)
			 The procedure to be used to meet the requirements of paragraph (E) of this
			 rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-12 - Safety

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No well for the solution mining of minerals shall be
				constructed nearer than one hundred feet to any occupied dwelling, nearer than
				fifty feet to the outside right-of-way of any public road, nearer than fifty
				feet to a railroad track, nor nearer than one hundred feet to any well. The
				chief may grant a variance to this rule for good cause shown.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				12/29/2003 and
				12/29/2008
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1509.221
Rule
				Amplifies: 1509.221
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/26/82
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-7 - Solution Mining Projects › Section 1501:9-7-14 - Property rights unaffected

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The purpose of Chapter 1501:9-7 of the
			 Administrative Code is to prescribe minimum construction and operation
			 requirements for solution mining projects so as to protect the surface and
			 subsurface soils and waters of the state. Thus, the authorization or failure to
			 authorize a solution mining project should not be construed so as to alter or
			 amend any common law property rights or responsibilities.
(B) The issuance of a permit does not
			 authorize any injury to persons or property or invasion of other private rights
			 or any infringement of state or local laws or regulations.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				12/29/2003 and
				12/29/2008
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1509.221
Rule
				Amplifies: 1509.221
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/26/82
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-8 - Emergencies › Section 1501:9-8-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in Chapter 1501:9-8 of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Blowout" means an unplanned and
			 uncontrolled flow of fluids or gases from a well when that well cannot be
			 controlled by previously installed barriers or devices.
(B)
			 "Environment" means navigable waters and any other surface water, groundwater,
			 drinking water supply, land surface, subsurface strata, or ambient
			 air.
(C) "Emergency
			 Management Zone" has the same meaning as in paragraph (Y) of rule
			 3745-42-01 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(D) "Emergency
			 responder" means either of the following:
(1)
			 A representative of a "fire department" as defined in section
			 3750.01 of the Revised Code;
			 or
(2) A person performing
			 "emergency medical services" as defined in section
			 4765.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-9 - Safety Regulations › Section 1501:9-9-02 - General

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All owners, contractors and persons or organizations in control
				of wells being drilled, reworked, reconditioned, deepened, plugged back,
				produced, shut-in, or plugged prior to abandonment 
								will use all
				reasonable means to safeguard against hazards to life, limb and property and
				are subject to and 
								will comply with safety rules herein specified.
				Chapter 1501:9-9 of the Administrative Code with the exception of paragraphs
				(A)(10) and (D) of rule
				1501:9-9-05 of the
				Administrative Code 
								do not apply to operations extant prior to the
				effective date of these rules. The chief or inspectors, as authorized under
				section 1509.03 of the Revised Code, may
				issue orders to any owner, contractor or person or organization who is in
				violation of Chapter 1501:9-9 of the Administrative Code. Such orders
				
								will
				specify the nature of the violation and what steps are
				 to
				remedy the violation. The chief, as authorized in section
				1509.04 of the Revised Code, may
				apply for an injunction to the court of common pleas in the county in which any
				violation occurs. Any operator, contractor or person or organization who is in
				violation of Chapter 1501:9-9 of the Administrative Code
				
								will
				also be subject to penalties prescribed in section
				1509.99 of the Revised
				Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-9 - Safety Regulations › Section 1501:9-9-04 - Workover, reconditioning, plugging back, completion, and plugging operations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No
			 fires are permitted within fifty feet of a well which is being worked over,
			 reconditioned, plugged back, completed or plugged if oil and/or gas are exposed
			 to the atmosphere at the well.
(B)
			 A rig used in workover, reconditioning, plugging back, completion or plugging
			 has to
			 be equipped with a chemical fire extinguisher in good working order.
(C) Pits or tanks of sufficient size and
			 shape 
								have
			 to be constructed adjacent to each operation to contain all the drilling
			 muds, cuttings and oil flowed into same. No oil will be permitted to overflow
			 the pit.
(D) No well will be
			 permitted to flow oil or gas uncontrolled.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-9 - Safety Regulations › Section 1501:9-9-06 - Exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
1501:9-9 with the exception of 1501:9-9-05(A)(10) and (D)
				
								does
				not apply to any operations extant prior to the effective date of 1501:9-9.
				However, the Chief and inspectors have the authority to issue orders to correct
				operating practices on wells extant prior to the effective date of 1501:9-9 if
				such practices are in violation of 1501:9-9 and have proved by actual incident
				to be hazardous or dangerous.
Exceptions to 1501:9-9 may be granted by the Chief or his
				inspectors.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-10 - Pipelines › Section 1501:9-10-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 "Pipelines utilized in the actual drilling of oil and/or natural gas wells"
			 means any pipeline used solely for the temporary purpose of supplying fuel to
			 drilling or servicing rigs and their auxiliary equipment while engaged in the
			 process of drilling, completing or servicing an oil and/or natural gas
			 well.
(B) "Pipelines utilized in
			 the operation of oil and/or natural gas wells" means any pipeline used solely
			 for the purpose of supplying fuel to pump engines, tank or mechanical heaters
			 or other devices necessary to the mechanical operation of an oil and/or natural
			 gas well.
(C) "Pipelines used in
			 the producing of oil and/or natural gas wells" means any pipeline used to
			 produce oil and/or natural gas for sale or to transport to storage tanks or a
			 point of delivery for the purpose of sale.
(D) "Pipelines used to transport leasehold
			 gas" means any pipeline used solely for the purpose of transporting gas from
			 the leasehold facilities, to points or places where said gas may be utilized on
			 said premises.
(E) "Exempt from
			 burial" means any pipeline used solely for the purpose of transporting oil or
			 gas from the leasehold facilities, 
								and is laid on the surface of the
			 ground.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-10 - Pipelines › Section 1501:9-10-02 - General

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
These rules  apply to
				all pipelines utilized in the actual drilling or operation of oil and/ or
				natural gas wells, the producing of oil and/or natural gas wells, and the
				transportation of leasehold gas as more fully described herein, excepting
				however, those oil and/or natural gas pipelines covered by the Hazardous
				Materials Transportation Act ( 49 U.S.C. sections 1802 et seq.) or the Natural
				Gas Pipeline Safety Act ( 49 U.S.C. sections 1671, et seq.).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-10 - Pipelines › Section 1501:9-10-03 - Identification and location of pipelines

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Excluding all pipelines utilized in the actual drilling or
				operation of oil and/or natural gas well(s) and pipelines used to transport
				leasehold gas, no person 
								may operate or cause to be operated an oil and/or
				natural gas pipeline used in the producing of oil and/or natural gas wells
				without first identifying the route of the pipeline on the surface of the
				ground in a manner customary to the industry. An accurate record or sketch
				showing the location, identification, type, and size of pipelines
				
								is to
				be kept on file at an office of an owner or the operator of the pipeline. Any
				changes in the location, identification, type, and size of pipelines
				
								is to
				be shown on a revised record or sketch and kept on file at an office of an
				owner of the pipeline.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-10 - Pipelines › Section 1501:9-10-04 - Strength of pipelines

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All pipelines and fittings appurtenant thereto used in the
				drilling, operating or producing of oil and/or natural gas well(s)
				
								are to
				be designed for at least the greatest anticipated operating pressure or the
				maximum regulated relief pressure in accordance with the current recognized
				design practices of the industry.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-10 - Pipelines › Section 1501:9-10-05 - Burial of pipelines

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Metallic and nonmetallic pipelines. Excluding all pipelines utilized in the
			 actual drilling or operation of oil and/or natural gas well(s) and pipelines
			 used to transport leasehold gas. No person 
								may lay an oil
			 and/or natural gas pipeline used in the producing of oil and/or natural gas
			 wells that is constructed of metallic or nonmetallic materials unless such
			 pipeline is buried at least twenty-four inches below the ground surface. The
			 owner of such pipeline under this paragraph 
								is exempt from
			 
								the provisions of this paragraph if
			 
								the owner
			 finds that:
(1) The land across which the
			 pipeline is to be laid is not reasonably expected to be under cultivation;
			 or
(2) The pipeline can be buried
			 with less than twenty-four inches of cover with minimal risk of safety or
			 environmental damage; or
(3) The
			 topographical features or ground conditions prevent the efficient burial of
			 pipelines; or
(4) The terms of the
			 oil and gas lease prohibit the burial of pipelines or permit surface
			 installation.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-10 - Pipelines › Section 1501:9-10-06 - Exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Rules
				1501:9-10-01 to
				1501:9-10-06 of the
				Administrative Code 
								do not apply to any pipelines in existence prior
				to the effective date of these rules. However, the chief of the division of
				
								oil and
				gas resources management 
								has the authority to issue corrective orders with
				respect to those pipelines, when, by actual incident, the chief finds them to
				be hazardous or dangerous.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-11 - Plugging of Wells › Section 1501:9-11-02 - Permit to plug or plug back

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Except as provided in rule
			 1501:9-11-05 of the
			 Administrative Code, a person may plug or plug back a well only pursuant to the
			 three following options:
(1) A valid permit to
			 plug issued under section
			 1509.13 of the Revised Code or a
			 valid permit to plug back issued under section
			 1509.06 of the Revised
			 Code;
(2) Division (C) of section
			 1509.13 of the Revised Code;
			 or
(3) Plugging operations that are
			 otherwise authorized by the chief in writing. The chief may authorize a person
			 in writing to commence plugging or plug back operations without a permit if
			 necessary to protect public health, safety, or the environment, however the
			 person will apply for a permit to plug or plug back within five business days
			 after receiving the chief's written authorization.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-11 - Plugging of Wells › Section 1501:9-11-03 - Objective and methods

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any
			 proposed plugging plan or plugging activity 
								will be
			 designed to accomplish all of the following:
			 isolate oil, natural gas, hydrogen sulfide, brine, water, or other fluids to
			 the reservoir rock in which it occurs or originates; isolate mineable coal
			 seams; and prevent movement of fluids into or between underground sources of
			 drinking water.
(1) The person
			 
									will
			 take precautions to maintain well control, and to ensure protection of public
			 health and safety, the environment or natural resources, and underground miner
			 safety from the hazards that may be encountered during plugging
			 operations.
(2) The person may use
			 any method of emplacing cement or plugging materials that are approved by the
			 chief including but not limited to a bullhead squeeze, bullhead, pumping
			 through tubing, casing, or drill pipe and the following
			 apply:. No person shall emplace cement through tubulars that lack
			 mechanical integrity.
(a)
										No person may emplace cement through tubulars that lack
			 mechanical integrity.
Prior to the use of the bullhead
				squeeze method, integrity of the casing has been verified by testing witnessed
				by a division inspector;
(b)
										If such testing
			 shows that annular isolation between casings is inadequate, the bullhead
			 squeeze method cannot be used for bottom plug emplacement. If the test shows
			 that annular isolation between casings is adequate, the surface casing annular
			 port valve will be open during all bullhead squeezing operations, and, if
			 circulation occurs through the annular port, the well is to be circulated until
			 all recoverable cement is circulated to surface; and
(c)
										If a cement plug
			 fails, the plug may only be placed using another method approved by the
			 chief.
(3) If casing is cut, the wellbore
			 
									is to
			 be conditioned to ensure an adequate bond between the plugging material and the
			 wellbore to achieve isolation.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-11 - Plugging of Wells › Section 1501:9-11-04 - Notification and supervision

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A person to whom a permit to plug or a
			 permit to plug back a dry or lost hole has been issued may conduct plugging or
			 plugback operations only if the person notifies the applicable division
			 inspector to enable the inspector to be present when operations will
			 commence.
(B) Except as provided in
			 paragraph (A) of this rule, a person may commence plugging only if the person
			 notifies the applicable division inspector a minimum of twenty- four hours
			 prior to commencement of plugging.
(C) If a well is located in a coal bearing
			 township, the person 
								will also notify the appropriate division of
			 mineral resources management deputy mine inspector.
(D)
								Except as
			 provided in paragraph (E) of this rule, each
								 plugging operation is to be
			 witnessed by a division inspector and supervised by a representative of the
			 person authorized to plug a well.
(E) The chief may grant written permission to
			 a person to commence or continue plugging operations when the applicable
			 inspector is unable to be present in accordance with the provisions in sections
			 1509.13 and
			 1509.14 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-11 - Plugging of Wells › Section 1501:9-11-05 - Plugging a lost or dry hole

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A person 
								will commence
			 plugging operations immediately on a dry hole or lost hole upon abandonment of
			 the well if the permit to drill has not expired and after the chief approves a
			 written plugging plan that complies with  paragraph (E) of rule
			 1501:9-11-02 of the
			 Administrative Code. However, the chief may approve an alternative written
			 plugging plan on a dry or lost hole that complies with
			  paragraph (E) of rule
			 1501:9-11-02 of the
			 Administrative Code and that allows the well to be plugged not later than
			 fourteen days after the day the drilling rig is moved from the well if the
			 permit to drill the well has not expired.
(1)
			 A lost hole is considered abandoned when the person makes the decision that
			 completion of drilling operations for the well is not feasible.
(2) A dry hole is considered abandoned when
			 the person makes the decision not to complete the well and the well does not
			 satisfy the criteria for temporary inactive status designation as listed in
			 section 1509.062 of the Revised Code or
			 the person has not applied for or received approval of temporary inactive
			 status.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-11 - Plugging of Wells › Section 1501:9-11-06 - Top-hole considerations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
								No person 
								may pull conductor casing or drive pipe from the
			 wellbore during plugging of the well.
(B) A person has to attempt to pull
			 un-cemented surface casing from a well prior to emplacing approved plugging
			 material to protect underground sources of drinking water or a mineable coal
			 seam. Prior to pulling un-cemented surface casing from a well, the person has
			 to bail or circulate the wellbore using fresh water in a manner that removes
			 all free crude oil and brine from inside the wellbore.
(C) When a well does not have drive pipe,
			 conductor casing, or surface casing, the plugging plan
			 
								set
			 forth in paragraph (E) of rule
			 1501:9-11-02 of the
			 Administrative Code has to protect all USDWs and provide a means of well
			 control for completion of plugging operations. Any casing installed in the well
			 has to be installed
								
								in accordance
			 with
								 the standards established in
			 rule 1501:9-1-08 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-11 - Plugging of Wells › Section 1501:9-11-07 - Materials

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Wells to be
			 plugged or plugged back with cement  include all of the
			 following:
(1) A well drilled with rotary
			 tools;
(2) A Class II brine
			 injection well regulated under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code and Chapter
			 1501:9-3 of the Administrative Code;
(3) An enhanced recovery well regulated under
			 Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code and Chapter 1501:9-5 of the Administrative
			 Code;
(4) A Class III solution
			 mining well regulated under Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative
			 Code;
(5) A well associated with
			 underground storage of natural gas; and
(6) A well drilled to extract natural or
			 artificial brine, or oil field waters.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-11 - Plugging of Wells › Section 1501:9-11-08 - Plugging with cement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Unless otherwise provided in the terms or conditions of the plugging permit,
			 this rule applies to all of the following wells:
(1) A well drilled with rotary
			 tools;
(2) A Class II brine
			 injection well regulated under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code and Chapter
			 1501:9-3 of the Administrative Code;
(3) An enhanced recovery well regulated under
			 Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code and Chapter 1501:9-5 of the Administrative
			 Code;
(4) A Class III solution
			 mining well regulated under Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative
			 Code;
(5) A well associated with
			 underground storage of natural gas; and
(6) A well drilled to extract natural or
			 artificial brine, or oil field waters.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-11 - Plugging of Wells › Section 1501:9-11-09 - Plugging with prepared clay

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For all wells drilled with cable tools
			 that are plugged with prepared clay, a clay slurry 
								will be placed
			 in the following intervals in the well bore:
(1) From total depth to a minimum of five
			 hundred feet above the top of the lowest reservoir rock penetrated or
			 perforated.
(2) From a minimum of
			 fifty feet below the base of each succeeding reservoir rock formation to a
			 minimum of two hundred feet above the top of such formation, until the plugging
			 operation has been completed to within a minimum of one hundred feet of the
			 bottom of the surface casing.
(3)
			 From approximately fifty feet below the base of the fresh water strata to a
			 minimum of thirty inches below the grade level.
(4) Within the permitted area of an
			 underground mine, a mechanical bridge plug 
									is to be placed
			 in the wellbore a minimum of two hundred feet below the mineable coal seam, and
			 the wellbore  filled with cement
			 from the top of the mechanical bridge plug to within a minimum of thirty inches
			 below the grade level. The person authorized to plug a well and the coal owner
			 will
			 make reasonable efforts to coordinate plugging to minimize any potential
			 adverse effect to the mining operation and/or future re-plugging of the
			 well.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-11 - Plugging of Wells › Section 1501:9-11-10 - Cutting off conductor pipe or surface casing below grade; identification tag

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								When the plugging
			 operations have been completed, a person has to cut off the remaining casing in
			 the well to a minimum of thirty inches below the surface of the grade. The
			 chief may grant exceptions to this rule including allowing the person to delay
			 cutoff until all wells on a horizontal well site have been
			 plugged.
(B)
								No sooner than three business days after emplacing the
			 uppermost plug, a plate with an identification tag has to be tack-welded or
			 attached on the top of the remaining casing. If the landowner signs a waiver,
			 casing may be left in place, not less than thirty inches above grade, with an
			 identification tag.
Replaces: 1501:9-11-10