La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XVII-3139

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XVII-3139 - Record Retention

A. The owner or operator shall retain copies of all records, data, and information concerning the design, permitting, construction, and operation of the salt cavern well, salt cavern, and related surface facility. Records shall be retained throughout the operating life of the salt cavern waste disposal facility and for five years following conclusion of any post-closure care requirements. Records, data, and information shall include, but shall not be limited to the permit application, cementing (primary and remedial), wireline logs, drill records, casing records, casing pressure tests, well recompletion records, well/cavern mechanical integrity tests, cavern capacity and configuration surveys, surface construction, sources of wastes disposed, waste manifests, waste testing results, post-closure activities, corrective action, etc. All documents relating to any waste accepted and rejected for disposal shall be kept at the facility and shall be available for inspection by agents of the Office of Conservation at any time.

B. Should there be a change in the owner or operator of the salt cavern waste disposal facility, copies of all records identified in the previous paragraph shall be transferred to the new owner or operator. The new owner or operator shall then have the responsibility of maintaining such records.

C. The Office of Conservation may require the owner or operator to deliver the records to the Office of Conservation at the conclusion of the retention period. If so, the records shall be retained at a location designated by the Office of Conservation.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XVII-3139

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 29:934 (June 2003).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq.