Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM CLASS I AND V WELLS › Section 27-6 - Permits and Permit Applications

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) It is the
				operator's responsibility to make application for and obtain a permit in
				accordance with these regulations. Each application must be submitted with all
				supporting data.
(b) All permits
				issued under this chapter, whether individual permits, or general permits,
				shall be for no more than ten (10) years duration.
(c) Each permit shall be reviewed by the
				department at least once every five (5) years for continued validity of all
				permit conditions and contents. Permits that do not satisfy the requirements of
				these regulations are subject to modification, revocation and reissuance, or
				termination pursuant to this chapter.
(d) Sections of permit applications filed
				under this chapter which represent engineering work shall be sealed, signed,
				and dated by a licensed professional engineer as required by Wyoming Statutes,
				Title 33, Chapter 29.
(e) Sections
				of permit applications filed under this chapter which represent geologic work
				shall be sealed, signed, and dated by a licensed professional geologist as
				required by Wyoming Statutes, Title 33, Chapter 41.
(f) A complete application for a Class I well
				shall include:
(i) A brief description of the
				nature of the business and the activities to be conducted that require the
				applicant to obtain a permit under this chapter.
(ii) The name, address and telephone number
				of the operator, and the operator's ownership status and status as a Federal,
				State, private, public or other entity.
(iii) The name address and telephone number
				of the facility. Additionally, the location of the facility shall be identified
				by section, township, range and county, and whether or not it is located on
				Indian lands.
(iv) A calculation of
				the area of review, which requires the calculation of the cone of influence and
				the area of the ultimate limit of emplaced waste.
(A) The formula for determining the cone of
				influence is:
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r= Radius of the cone of influence of an injection well
				  (feet)
K = Hydraulic conductivity of the injection zone
				  (feet/day)
H = Thickness of the injection zone (feet)
t = Time of injection (days)
S = Storage coefficient (dimensionless)
Q = Injection rate (cubic feet/day)
B = Original hydrostatic head of injection zone (feet)
				  measured from the base of the injection zone
W = Hydrostatic head of underground source of drinking water
				  (feet) measured from the base of the injection zone
G = Specific gravity of fluid in the injection zone
				  (dimensionless)
P = 3.142 (dimensionless)
(B) A volume calculation to determine the
				maximum area that the injected waste could occupy shall be submitted on all new
				Class I wells. This calculation determines the total amount of void space
				around the well and assumes that the injected fluid completely displaces the
				formation water.
(C) A Class I
				non-hazardous waste well's area of review shall never be less than one-quarter
				(1/4) mile, the cone of influence, or the area of emplaced waste, whichever is
				greatest.
(D) A Class I hazardous
				waste well's area of review shall never be less than two (2) miles, the cone of
				influence, or the area of emplaced waste, whichever is greatest.
(E) All Areas of Review shall be legally
				described by township, range and section to the nearest quarter quarter of a
				section.
(v) Information
				about the proposed facility, including:
(A) A
				description of the substances proposed to be discharged, including type,
				source, and chemical, physical, radiological and toxic characteristics;
				and
(B) Construction and
				engineering details in accordance with Section
				12 of this chapter.
(vi) Information, including the name,
				description, depth and geology of the receiver and confining zone and the
				hydrology, fluid chemistry, fluid pressure, temperature, fracture pressure and
				the total dissolved solids (TDS) in the receiver.
(vii) Water quality information, including
				background water quality data, which will facilitate the classification of any
				groundwaters which may be affected by the proposed discharge. This must include
				information necessary for the Water Quality Division to classify the receiver
				as class VI under Chapter 8 Section
				4(d)(9) of the Wyoming
				Water Quality Rules and Regulations.
(viii) A topographic and other pertinent
				maps, extending at least one (1) mile beyond the property boundaries of the
				facility, but never less than the area of review, depicting:
(A) The facility and each of its intake and
				discharge structures;
(B) Each of
				its hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities;
(C) Each well where fluids from the facility
				are injected underground;
(D) Other
				wells, springs, and surface water bodies, and drinking water wells listed in
				public records or otherwise known to the applicant within a minimum one-quarter
				(1/4) mile of the facility property boundary, or further, as the administrator
				may determine is necessary; and
(E)
				General geology and hydrogeology in the area.
(ix) A list of other relevant permits,
				whether federal or state, that the facility has been required to obtain, such
				as construction permits.
(x) A
				listing of all wells that penetrate the confining zone and are within the area
				of review, and records of plugging or completion, sufficient to satisfy the
				administrator as to the adequacy of the plugging or completion.
(A) For those wells that the administrator
				determines have not been adequately plugged, completed, or abandoned, or for
				wells which lack supporting information, the applicant shall also submit a plan
				to prevent movement of fluids into Underground Source of Drinking Waters
				through these wells, and this plan, after approval or modification by the
				administrator, shall be incorporated as a permit condition.
(xi) Detailed plans for:
(A) Monitoring volume and chemistry of the
				discharge, and water quality of water wells within the area of
				review;
(B) Monitoring injection
				and annular pressures in the well, to minimize the potential for fracturing of
				the confining zone and below the receiver; and
(C) Corrective action to cope with alarms,
				shut-downs, malfunctions or well failures, so as to prevent endangerment of
				groundwater.
(xii)
				Information sufficient to demonstrate mechanical integrity of the well, and
				compatibility between the proposed discharge and the well material.
(xiii) Information sufficient to demonstrate
				compliance with Sections
				12,
				14,
				15,
				16,
				17 and
				19 of this chapter.
(xiv) All applications for permits shall be
				signed by a responsible officer as follows:
(A)
For a
				corporation
- by a responsible corporate officer. For the purpose
				of this section, a responsible corporate officer means:
(1.) A President, Secretary, Treasurer, or
				Vice President of the corporation in charge of a principal business function,
				or any other person who performs similar policy or decision making functions
				for the corporation; or
(2.) The
				manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities
				employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures
				exceeding $25 million (in second quarter 1980 dollars), if authority to sign
				documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with
				corporate procedures.
(B)
For a partnership or sole proprietorship
-- by a
				general partner or the proprietor, respectively;
(C)
For a municipality, state,
				federal or other public agency
-- by either the principal
				executive officer or ranking elected official.
(xv) The application shall contain the
				following certification by the person signing the application:
"I certify under penalty of law that this document and all
				  attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with
				  a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and
				  evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or
				  persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for
				  gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my
				  knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are
				  significant penalties for submitting false information, including the
				  possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."
(xvi) All relevant data used to complete
				permit applications shall be kept for a minimum of three (3) years from the
				date of signing.