3.1.1.2.4.1. The use of crude or produced water storage tanks without tops is strictly prohibited except during well testing operations.3.1.1.2.5. Catch leaks and drips, contain spills, and cleanup promptly.
3.1.1.2.6. Waste reduction and recycling should be practiced in order to help reduce disposal volumes.
3.1.1.2.7. Produced water, tank bottoms and other miscellaneous waste should be disposed of in a manner that is in compliance with Title R649 and other state, federal, or local regulations or ordinances.
3.1.1.2.8. In general, good housekeeping practices should be used.
3.2. The operator shall comply with Section R649-3-16, Reserve Pits and Other On-site Pits.
3.2.1. Small onsite oil field pits including, reserve pits, emergency pits, workover and completion pits, storage pits, pipeline drip pits, and sumps shall be located and constructed in such a manner as to contain fluids and not cause pollution of waters and soils. They shall be located and constructed according to the division guidelines for onsite pits. See Ranking Criteria for Reserve and Onsite Pit Liner Requirements, on the Oil, Gas and Mining web page.
3.2.2. Reserve pit location and construction requirements including liner requirements will be discussed at the predrill site evaluation. Special stipulations concerning the reserve pit will be included as part of the Division's approval to drill.
3.2.3. Following drilling and completion of the well the reserve pit shall be closed within one year, unless permission is granted by the Division for a longer period.
3.2.4. Pit contents shall meet the Division's Cleanup Levels, which is a guidance document for numeric clean-up levels, or background levels before burial.
3.2.5. The contents may require treatment to reduce mobility or toxicity to meet cleanup levels.
3.2.6. The alternative to meeting cleanup levels would be transporting of material to an appropriate disposal facility.
3.3. The operator shall comply with the rules for E and P Waste Disposal enacted by the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control.
3.4. The operator shall comply with Section R649-5-1, Requirements for Injection of Fluids Into Reservoirs.
3.4.1. Operations to increase ultimate recovery, such as cycling of gas, the maintenance of pressure, the introduction of gas, water or other substances into a reservoir for secondary or other enhanced recovery or for storage and the injection of water into any formation for water disposal shall be permitted only by order of the board after notice and hearing.
3.4.2. A petition for authority for the injection of gas, liquefied petroleum gas, air, water, or any other medium into any formation for any reason, including the establishment of or the expansion of waterflood projects, enhanced recovery projects, and pressure maintenance projects shall contain:
3.4.2.1. The name and address of the operator of the project.
3.4.2.2. A plat showing the area involved and identifying any wells, including any proposed injection wells, in the project area and within one-half mile radius of the project area.
3.4.2.3. A full description of the particular operation for which approval is requested.
3.4.2.4. A description of the pools from which the identified wells are producing or have produced.
3.4.2.5. The names, description and depth of the pool or pools to be affected.
3.4.2.6. A copy of a log of a representative well completed in the pool.
3.4.2.7. A statement as to the type of fluid to be used for injection, its source and the estimated amounts to be injected daily.
3.4.2.8. A list of any operators or owners and surface owners within a one-half mile radius of the proposed project.
3.4.2.9. An affidavit certifying that said operators or owners and surface owners within a one-half mile radius have been provided a copy of the petition for injection.
3.4.2.10. Any additional information the board may determine is necessary to adequately review the petition.
3.4.3. Applications as required by Section R649-5-2 for injection wells that are located within the project area, may be submitted for board consideration and approval with the request for authorization of the recovery project.
3.4.4. Established recovery projects may be expanded and additional wells placed on injection only upon authority from the board after notice and hearing or by administrative approval.
3.4.5. If the proposed injection interval can be classified as an USDW, approval of the project is subject to the requirements of Section R649-5-4.
3.5. The operator shall comply with Section R649-5-2, Requirements for Class II Injection Wells Including Water Disposal, Storage and Enhanced Recovery Wells.
3.5.1. Injection wells shall be completed, equipped, operated, and maintained in a manner that will prevent pollution and damage to any USDW, or other resources and will confine injected fluids to the interval approved.
3.5.2. The application for an injection well shall include a properly completed UIC Form 1 and the following:
3.5.2.1. A plat showing the location of the injection well, any abandoned or active wells within a one- half mile radius of the proposed well, and the surface owner and the operator of any lands or producing leases, respectively, within a one-half mile radius of the proposed injection well.
3.5.2.2. Copies of electrical or radioactive logs, including gamma ray logs, for the proposed well run before the installation of casing and indicating resistivity, spontaneous potential, caliper, and porosity.
3.5.2.3. A copy of a cement bond or comparable log run for the proposed injection well after casing was set and cemented.
3.5.2.4. Copies of logs already on file with the division should be referenced, but need not be refiled.
