Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article I - Land Resources › Chapter 78 - OIL AND GAS WELLS › Subchapter C - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS › Section 78.55 - Control and disposal planning

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Preparation and implementation of
						plan.
Prior to generation of waste, the well operator shall prepare
						and implement a plan under §
												91.34 (relating to activities
						utilizing pollutants) for the control and disposal of fluids, residual waste
						and drill cuttings, including tophole water, brines, drilling fluids,
						additives, drilling muds, stimulation fluids, well servicing fluids, oil,
						production fluids and drill cuttings from the drilling, alteration, production,
						plugging or other activity associated with oil and gas wells.
(b)
Requirements.
The plan
						must identify the control and disposal methods and practices utilized by the
						well operator and be consistent with the act, The Clean Streams Law
						(35
						P.S. §§
													691.1-691.1001), the Solid
						Waste Management Act (35 P.S. §§
													6018.101-6018.1003) and §§
												78.54,
						78.56-78.58 and
						78.60-78.63. The plan must also include
						a pressure barrier policy that identifies barriers to be used during identified
						operations.
(c)
Revisions.
The operator shall revise the plan prior to
						implementing a change to the practices identified in the plan.
(d)
Copies.
A copy of the
						plan shall be provided to the Department upon request and shall be available at
						the site during drilling and completion activities for review.
(e)
Emergency contacts.
A
						list of emergency contact phone numbers for the area in which the well site is
						located must be included in the plan and be prominently displayed at the well
						site during drilling, completion or alteration activities.
The provisions of this §
														78.55 amended under sections
							 1917-A and 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S.
							 §§
															510-17 and
							 510-20);
							 35 Pa.C.S. §
															7321;
							 58 Pa.C.S. §§
							 3202, 3215(e), 3218(a), 3218.2(a)(4), 3218.4(c) and 3274; section 5 of The
							 Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §
															691.5);
							 section 105 of the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P.S. §
															6018.105); section 5 of the Dam Safety and
							 Encroachments Act (32 P.S. §
															693.5);
							 section 104 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act
							 (35
							 P.S. §
															6026.104); sections 301 and 302
							 of the Radiation Protection Act (35 P.S. §§
															7110.301 and
							 7110.302); section 3 of the
							 Unconventional Well Report Act (58 P.S. §
															1003); and section
							 13.2 of the act of July 10, 2014
							 (P.L. 1053, No. 126) adding section 1741.1-E of The Fiscal Code (72 P.S. §
															1741.1-E).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														78.54 (relating to general
							 requirements); and 25 Pa. Code §
														78.72 (relating to use of safety
							 devices-blow-out prevention
							 equipment).