R 324.1008 Reporting of losses, spills, and releases.

Rule 1008. (1) A permittee of a well shall, under this rule and instructions issued by the supervisor and in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations, promptly report and record all reportable losses, spills, and releases of any of the following: (a) Brine. (b) Crude oil. (c) Oil or gas field waste. (d) Natural gas. (e) Products and chemicals used in association with oil and gas exploration, production, disposal, or development. (2) A permittee of a well shall promptly report, within 8 hours of a loss, release, or spill discovery, by telephone or in person, to the supervisor or authorized representative of the supervisor during normal business hours or to the department of environmental quality, pollution emergency alerting system between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. and on weekends and holidays, all losses or releases of gas that result in, or may result in, a nuisance odor or unnecessary endangerment of public health or safety, and all losses or spills of 42 gallons or more of brine, crude oil, or oil and gas field waste. A permittee shall provide all of the following minimum information, to the extent known, when reporting the loss, spill, or release: (a) The name of person reporting the loss, spill, or release. (b) The name of permittee who has sustained the loss, spill, or release. (c) The date and time of the loss, spill, or release. (d) The date and time that the loss, spill, or release was discovered. (e) The date and time cleanup commenced. (f) The location of the loss, spill, or release, including all of the following information: (i) Well name. (ii) Quarter-quarter-quarter section. (iii) Section number. (iv) Township. (v) County. (g) The material lost, spilled, or released. (h) The volume of the loss, spill, or release. (i) The volume of the loss, spill, or release recovered. (j) The cleanup or recovery measures taken. (k) The cause of the loss, spill, or release. (l) Whether the loss, spill, or release contacted surface waters, groundwater, or other environmentally sensitive resources. (m) The approximate air temperature, wind direction, wind velocity, and precipitation conditions at the time of the spill or release. (3) A permittee of a well shall submit written notification of the losses, spills, and releases to the supervisor or authorized representative of the supervisor by completing all parts of the form provided by the supervisor within 10 days from the time the loss, spill, or release was discovered. (4) A permittee of a well shall report all losses or spills of less than 42 gallons of brine, crude oil, or oil and gas field waste by completing only parts 1 and 3 of the form provided by the supervisor if both of the following provisions apply: (a) The loss or spill does not contact surface waters, groundwater, or other environmentally sensitive resources. (b) The loss or spill is completely contained and cleaned up within 48 hours from the time the loss or spill was discovered. (5) If a loss or spill of less than 42 gallons of brine, crude oil, or oil and gas field waste does contact surface waters, groundwater, or other environmentally sensitive resources, or is not completely contained and cleaned up within 48 hours from the time the loss or spill was discovered, then a permittee of a well shall report the loss or spill as provided by subrule (2) of this rule and submit the written notification as provided by subrule (3) of this rule. (6) If the loss or spill is less than 42 gallons of brine, crude oil, or oil and gas field waste, then the loss is not a reportable loss or spill if the loss or spill occurs while a permittee or an authorized representative of the permittee is on-site and the loss or spill is completely contained and cleaned up within 1 hour of the occurrence. (7) A permittee of a well shall promptly report, within 8 hours of discovery of the loss or spill, by telephone or in person, a loss or spill of other chemicals used in association with oil and gas exploration, production, disposal, or development, shall provide the information required in subrule (2)(a) through (l) of this rule, and shall complete the form required in subrule (3) of this rule. A permittee shall report the losses or spills under other applicable state and federal laws and regulations.