R 299.2463 Nuisance odors.

Rule 2463. A person may not cause a nuisance odor in the exploration for, development, production, handling, or use of brine, or in the operation of disposal or storage wells. If the supervisor of mineral wells or authorized representative of the supervisor of mineral wells receives 1 or more complaints of odor resulting from a well or surface facility operations, then the supervisor of mineral wells may require a permittee to suspend operations. If the nuisance odor is caused by hydrogen sulfide, the provisions of R 299.2461 shall apply. The supervisor of mineral wells may require a permittee to submit an odor abatement program to the supervisor of mineral wells with a timetable for implementing the program. Within 60 days of receipt, the supervisor of mineral wells shall determine if the odor abatement program is feasible and may approve the program.