The owner or operator of a Class V injection well needs to
provide basic "inventory information" about its well to the Agency, if the
owner or operator has not done so already. The owner or operator also needs to
provide any additional information that the Agency requests in accordance with
the provisions of the UIC regulations.
a) Inventory Requirements. Unless the owner
or operator knows it has already satisfied the inventory requirements in
Section
704.128
that were in effect prior to the issuance of this Subpart I, the owner or
operator must give the Agency certain information about itself and its
injection operation.
BOARD NOTE: In the corresponding note to
40 CFR
144.83(a), USEPA states that
this information is requested on national form "Inventory of Injection Wells",
USEPA Form 7520-16, incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.111(a).
Although USEPA Form 7520-16 is acceptable to USEPA, the Agency may develop
alternative forms for use in this State.
1) The owner or operator of a new or existing
Class V injection well must contact the Agency to determine what information it
must submit and by when it must submit that information.
2) The following is the information that the
owner or operator must submit:
A) No matter
what type of Class V injection well is owned or operated, the owner or operator
must submit at least the following information for each Class V injection well:
i) The facility name and location;
ii) The name and address of a legal contact
person for the facility;
iii) The
ownership of the facility;
iv) The
nature and type of the injection well or wells; and
v) The operating status of the injection well
or wells.
B) Illinois is
designated a "Primacy State" by USEPA. Corresponding
40 CFR
144.83(a)(2)(ii) relates
exclusively to "Direct Implementation" states, so the Board has omitted it.
This statement maintains structural consistency with the federal
regulations.
C) The owner or
operator must provide a list of all wells it owns or operates, along with the
following information for each well. (A single description of wells at a single
facility with substantially the same characteristics is acceptable.)
i) The location of each well or project given
by Township, Range, Section, and Quarter-Section, according to the U.S. Land
Survey System;
ii) The date of
completion of each well;
iii) The
identification and depth of the underground formations into which each well is
injecting;
iv) The total depth of
each well;
v) A construction
narrative and schematic (both plan view and cross-sectional
drawings);
vi) The nature of the
injected fluids;
vii) The average
and maximum injection pressure at the wellhead;
viii) The average and maximum injection rate;
and
ix) The date of the last
inspection.
3)
The owner and operator is responsible for knowing about, understanding, and
complying with these inventory requirements.
b) Illinois is designated a "Primacy State"
by USEPA. Corresponding
40 CFR
144.83(b) relates
exclusively to "Direct Implementation" states, so the Board has omitted it.
This statement maintains structural consistency with the federal
regulations.
