LAC 43:XIX.555
LAC 43:XIX.555. Requirements for Cavern Disposal
Cite as La. Admin. Code tit. 43, pt. XIX, § 555
A. Applicants for new commercial solution-mined salt cavern facilities to receive and dispose of E and P Waste and operators of such existing facilities must comply with the administrative and technical criteria of LAC 43:XIX, Subpart 1, Chapter 5 (§501 et seq.) as well as the applicable definitions, administrative criteria and technical criteria of LAC 43:XVII, Subpart 4, Chapter 31 (§3101 et seq., Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste in Solution-Mined Salt Caverns).
B. The application for a new commercial salt cavern for the disposal of E and P Waste shall include, but may not limited to the following information:
1. the general provisions of LAC 43:XVII.3103;
2. an application shall contain the information required in LAC 43:XVII.3107, as follows:
a. §3107.B―Administrative Information;
b. §3107.C―Maps and Related Information;
c. §3107.D―Area of Review;
d. §3107.E―Technical Information;
3. the legal permit conditions required in LAC 43:XVII.3109, as follows:
a. §3109.A―Signatories;
b. §3109.C―Duty to Comply;
c. §3109.D―Duty to Halt or Reduce Activity;
d. §3109.E―Duty to Mitigate;
e. §3109.F―Proper Operation and Maintenance;
f. §3109.G―Inspection and Entry;
g. §3109.H. 3, 4, 7b, 8, 9 and 10―Notification Requirements;
h. §3109.I―Duration of Permits;
i. §3109.J―Compliance Review;
j. §3109.K―Additional Conditions;
4. the location criteria of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3113;
5. the site assessment requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3115;
6. the cavern and surface facility design requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3117;
7. the well construction and completion requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3119;
8. the operating requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3121;
9. the safety requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3123;
10. the monitoring requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3125;
11. the pre-operating and completion report requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3127;
12. the well and salt cavern mechanical integrity pressure and leak test requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3129;
13. the requirements for determining cavern configuration and measuring cavern capacity in Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3131;
14. the limits on cavern capacity in Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3133;
15. the requirements for inactive caverns in Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3135;
16. the monthly reporting requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3137;
17. the record retention requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3139;
18. the applicable closure and post-closure requirements of Statewide Order No. 29-M-2, LAC 43:XVII.3141.