Ohio Admin. Code 1501:9-3-03 - General provisions
(A)
A person may only
store, recycle, treat, process, or disposed of brine or other waste substances
at a class II disposal well or at a surface facility in accordance with Chapter
1509. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it.
(B)
No person may
allow brine or other waste substances at a class II disposal well or at a
surface facility to migrate into an underground source of drinking
water.
(C)
No person may inject brine and other waste substances
or allow brine and other waste substances to migrate into an underground
formation that is not approved for injection in the permit issued by the
division.
(D)
If any process occurs at a surface facility other than
storage, settling in a tank, or filtration, the facility is an oil gas waste
facility. If a surface facility is modified or is proposed to be modified to
include any process other than storage, settling in a tank, or filtration or is
connected to an oil and gas waste facility regulated under section
1509.22 of the Revised Code, the
person operating the surface facility must obtain an chief's order to operate
an oil and gas waste facility. A surface facility not directly connected to a
class II disposal well is an oil and gas waste facility.
(E)
A person may only
inject brine and other waste substances into a class II disposal well if a
permit to inject has been issued by the chief. In order to evaluate a well for
the potential for injection, a person may submit in writing to the chief a plan
requesting authorization to inject for a period not to exceed forty-eight
hours. The chief will review the plan and either accept or reject it in
writing. If the chief accepts the plan, the chief may specify any terms or
conditions that apply to the test.
(F)
Surface
facility
(1)
If
after the effective date of this rule, a surface facility is proposed to be
amended so that the resulting total nominal storage volume is twelve thousand
one barrels or greater, the person operating the surface facility must apply
for a permit to operate as an oil and gas waste facility, however only the
amended portion must meet the oil and gas waste facility
standards.
(2)
A surface facility with a total nominal storage volume
of twelve thousand one barrels or greater in operation on the effective date of
this rule may continue to operate without an oil and gas waste facility permit,
unless the facility is proposed to be amended, then paragraph (F) (1) of this
rule would apply.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1509.03, 1509.10, 1509.12, 1509.13, 1509.15, 1509.22, 1509.23
Rule Amplifies: 1509.01, 1509.02, 1509.03, 1509.10, 1509.12, 1509.13, 1509.15, 1509.22
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