SECTION 165:10-5-13. Application for permit for one time injection of reserve pit fluids

(a)   General.

(1)   Injection of reserve pit fluids shall be limited to injection of only those fluids generated in the drilling, deepening, or workover of the specific well for which authorization is requested.

(2)   An annular injection site shall be inspected by a duly authorized representative of the Commission prior to injection.

(3)   The applicant shall file with the Underground Injection Control an affidavit of delivery or mailing not later than five days after the application is filed.

(4)   An operator who disposes of drilling fluid into the surface casing or annulus without approval from the Manager of Pollution Abatement may be fined up to $2,500.00.

(b)   Criteria for approval.

(1)   Intermediate casing injection may be authorized if injection will not endanger treatable water and provided that intermediate casing is set at least 200 feet below the base of treatable water, except as otherwise provided by the Commission.

(2)   Injection pressure shall be limited so that vertical fractures will not extend to the base of treatable water.

(3)   Required form and attachments. Each application for annular injection shall be submitted to the UIC Department on Form 1015T. The form must be properly completed and signed. Attached to the form shall be the following:

(A)   Affidavit of mailing a copy of the Form 1015T or Form 1000 to the landowner and to each operator of a producing lease within 1/2 mile of the subject well.

(B)   Cement Bond Log of subject well (if run).

(4)   Expiration of the permit. The permit shall expire on its own terms three months after the date of issuance of the permit.

(c)   Emergency authority to inject into the annulus. The Manager of the UIC Department may grant emergency authority to inject pit fluids into the annulus provided an imminent environmental endangerment exists.

(d)   Protest period. If no protest is received within 15 days of the mailing of Form 1015T, the application shall be submitted for administrative approval. If a protest is received within the protest period, the operator shall, within 30 days, set and give proper notice of a date for hearing on the Pollution Docket before an Administrative Law Judge.

[Source: Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2295, eff 6-25-92; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2381, eff 7-1-96; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2128, eff 7-11-10; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 593, eff 8-25-16]