35 Ill. Adm. Code 730.170
Information to be Evaluated
Section 730
Section 730.170 Information
to be Evaluated
This Section sets forth the
information that must be evaluated by the Agency in authorizing a Class I
hazardous waste injection well. For a new Class I hazardous waste injection
well, the owner or operator must submit all the information listed below as
part of the permit application. For an existing or converted Class I hazardous
waste injection well, the owner or operator must submit all information listed
below as part of the permit application except for those items of information that
are current, accurate, and available in the existing permit file. For either
an existing or a new Class I hazardous waste injection well, certain maps,
cross-sections, tabulations of wells within the area of review, and other data
may be included in the application by reference, provided they are current,
readily available to the Agency (for example, in the permitting Agency's file),
and sufficiently identifiable to be retrieved.
a) Before issuing a permit for an existing Class I hazardous
waste injection well to operate, or the construction or conversion of a new
Class I hazardous waste injection well, the Agency must review the following to
assure that the requirements of this Part and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 702 and 704 are
met:
1) Information
required in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 704.161;
2) A map showing the injection well for which a permit is sought
and the applicable area of review. Within the area of review, the map must
show the number or name and location of all producing wells, injection wells,
abandoned wells, dry holes, surface bodies of water, springs, mines (surface
and subsurface), quarries, water wells, and other pertinent surface features, including
residences and roads. The map must also show faults, if known or suspected;
3) A tabulation of all wells within the area of review that
penetrate the proposed injection zone or confining zone. Such data must
include a description of each well's type, construction, date drilled,
location, depth, record of plugging or completion, and any additional
information the Agency may require;
4) The protocol followed to identify, locate and ascertain the
condition of abandoned wells within the area of review that penetrate the
injection or the confining zones;
5) Maps and cross-sections indicating the general vertical and
lateral limits of all underground sources of drinking water within the area of
review, their position relative to the injection formation, and the direction
of water movement, where known, in each underground source of drinking water that
may be affected by the proposed injection;
6) Maps
and cross-sections detailing the geologic structure of the local area;
7) Maps
and cross-sections illustrating the regional geologic setting;
8) Proposed
operating data, as follows:
A) The average and maximum daily rate and volume of the fluid to
be injected; and
B) The average and maximum injection pressure;
9) The proposed formation testing program to obtain an analysis
of the chemical, physical, and radiological characteristics of and other
information on the injection formation and the confining zone;
10) The proposed stimulation program;
11) The proposed injection procedure;
12) Schematic or other appropriate drawings of the surface and
subsurface construction details of the well;
13) The contingency plan to cope with all shut-ins or well
failures so as to prevent migration of fluids into any USDW;
14) The plans (including maps) for meeting monitoring
requirements of Section 730.168;
15) For wells within the area of review that penetrate the
injection zone or the confining zone but are not properly completed or plugged,
the corrective action to be taken pursuant to Section 730.164;
16) The construction procedures including a cementing and casing
program, well materials specification and their life expectancy; logging
procedures; deviation checks; and a drilling, testing, and coring program; and
17) A demonstration, pursuant to Subpart G of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
704, that the applicant has the resources necessary to close, plug, or abandon
the well and for post-closure care.
b) Before the Agency grants approval for the operation of a Class
I hazardous waste injection well, the owner or operator must submit, and the
Agency must review, the following information, which must be included in the
completion report:
1) All
available logging and testing program data on the well;
2) A
demonstration of mechanical integrity pursuant to Section 730.168;
3) The anticipated maximum pressure and flow rate at which the
permittee will operate;
4) The results of the injection zone and confining zone testing
program as required in Section 730.170(a)(9);
5) The
actual injection procedure;
6) The compatibility of injected waste with fluids in the
injection zone and minerals in both the injection zone and the confining zone
and with the materials used to construct the well;
7) The calculated area of review based on data obtained during
logging and testing of the well and the formation and, where necessary,
revisions to the information submitted pursuant to Section 730.170(a)(2) and (a)(3);
and
8) The status of corrective action on wells identified in Section
730.170(a)(15).
c) Prior to granting approval for the plugging and abandonment
(i.e., closure) of a Class I hazardous waste injection well, the Agency must
review the information required in Sections 730.171(a)(4) and 730.172(a).
d) Any permit issued for a Class I hazardous waste injection well
for disposal on the premises where the waste is generated must contain a
certification by the owner or operator that the following facts are true:
1) The generator of the hazardous waste has a program to reduce
the volume or quantity and toxicity of such waste to the degree determined by
the generator to be economically practicable; and
2) Injection of the waste is that practicable method of disposal
currently available to the generator that minimizes the present and future
threat to human health and the environment.
BOARD NOTE:
Derived from 40 CFR 146.70 (2005).