Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 331 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Subchapter G - CONSIDERATION PRIOR TO PERMIT ISSUANCE › Section 331.122 - Class III Wells

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The commission shall consider the following before issuing
					 a Class III Injection Well or Area Permit:
(1) all information in the completed
				  application for permit;
(2) all
				  information in the Technical Report submitted with the application for permit,
				  including the following:
(A) a map showing the
				  injection well(s) and area for which the 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 existing producing wells, injection wells, dry holes,
				  surface bodies of water, mines (surface and subsurface), quarries, public water
				  systems, 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 on this map. If production
				  area authorizations are required prior to the commencement of mining, the
				  proposed production areas must be shown on the map;
(B) a tabulation of reasonably available data
				  on all wells within the area of review which penetrate the proposed injection
				  zone. This data shall include a description of each well's type, construction,
				  date drilled, location, depth, record of plugging and completion, and any
				  additional information the executive director may require;
(C) maps and cross-sections indicating the
				  vertical and lateral limits of those aquifers within the area of review that
				  contain water with less than 10,000 milligrams per liter of total dissolved
				  solids, their position relative to the injection formation, and the direction
				  of water movement;
(D) maps and
				  cross-sections, detailing the geologic structure of the local area;
(E) generalized map and cross-sections
				  illustrating the regional geologic setting;
(F) proposed operating data:
(i) average and maximum daily rate and volume
				  of fluid to be injected;
(ii)
				  average and maximum injection pressure;
(iii) source of the injection fluids;
				  and
(iv) analysis, as needed, of
				  the chemical, physical, and radiological characteristics of the injection
				  fluids;
(G) proposed
				  formation testing program to obtain an analysis of the physical, chemical, and
				  radiological characteristics of the receiving formation;
(H) proposed stimulation program;
(I) proposed operation and injection
				  procedure;
(J) engineering drawings
				  of the surface and subsurface construction details of the system;
(K) plans (including maps) for meeting the
				  minimum monitoring requirements of the rules;
(L) expected changes in pressure, native
				  fluid displacement, direction of movement of injection fluid;
(M) contingency plans to cope with all
				  shut-ins or well failures so as to prevent the migration of contaminating
				  fluids into fresh water;
(N) the
				  corrective action proposed to be taken under §
											331.44
				  of this title (relating to Corrective Action Standards); and
(O) the permit range table required under
				  §
											305.49(a)(10)
				  and §
											331.82(e)(7)
				  of this title (relating to Additional Contents of Application for an Injection
				  Well Permit; and Construction Requirements);