New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 6 - WATER QUALITY › Part 2 - GROUND AND SURFACE WATER PROTECTION › Section 20.6.2.5360 - INFORMATION TO BE EVALUATED BY THE DIRECTOR

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
This section sets forth the information which must be
				  evaluated by the director in authorizing Class I hazardous waste injection
				  wells. For a new Class I hazardous waste injection well, the owner or operator
				  shall submit all the information listed below as part of the permit
				  application. For an existing or converted Class I hazardous waste injection
				  well, the owner or operator shall submit all information listed below as part
				  of the permit application except for those items of information which are
				  current, accurate, and available in the existing permit file. For both existing
				  and new Class I hazardous waste injection 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 and readily available
				  to the director (for example, in the permitting agency's files) and
				  sufficiently identifiable to be retrieved.
A. Prior to the issuance of a permit for an
				existing Class I hazardous waste injection well to operate or the construction
				or conversion of a new Class I hazardous waste injection well, the director
				shall review the following to assure that the requirements of 20.6.2.5000
				through 20.6.2.5399 NMAC are met:
(1)
				information required in 20.6.2.5102 NMAC;
(2) a map showing the injection well 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;
(3) a tabulation of all wells within the area
				of review which penetrate the proposed injection zone or confining zone; such
				data shall include a description of each well's type, construction, date
				drilled, location, depth, record of plugging or completion and any additional
				information the director may require;
(4) the protocol followed to identify, locate
				and ascertain the condition of abandoned wells within the area of review which
				penetrate the injection or the confining zones;
(5) maps and cross-sections indicating the
				general vertical and lateral limits of all groundwater of the state of New
				Mexico within the area of review, their position relative to the injection
				formation and the direction of water movement, where known, in each groundwater
				of the state of New Mexico which may be affected by the proposed
				injection;
(6) maps and
				cross-sections detailing the geologic structure of the local area;
(7) maps and cross-sections illustrating the
				regional geologic setting;
(8)
				proposed operating data:
(a) average and
				maximum daily rate and volume of the fluid to be injected; and
(b) average and maximum injection
				pressure;
(9) proposed
				formation testing program to obtain an analysis of the chemical, physical and
				radiological characteristics of and other information on the injection
				formation and the confining zone;
(10) proposed stimulation program;
(11) proposed injection procedure;
(12) schematic or other appropriate drawings
				of the surface and subsurface construction details of the well;
(13) contingency plans to cope with all
				shut-ins or well failures so as to prevent migration of fluids into any
				groundwater of the state of New Mexico;
(14) plans (including maps) for meeting
				monitoring requirements of 20.6.2.5358 NMAC;
(15) for wells within the area of review
				which penetrate the injection zone or the confining zone but are not properly
				completed or plugged, the corrective action to be taken under 20.6.2.5354
				NMAC;
(16) construction procedures
				including a cementing and casing program, well materials specifications and
				their life expectancy, logging procedures, deviation checks, and a drilling,
				testing and coring program; and
(17) a demonstration pursuant to 20.6.2.5320
				NMAC, that the applicant has the resources necessary to close, plug or abandon
				the well and for post-closure care.