La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XVII-629

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

Section XVII-629 - Reporting

A. Reporting Requirements

1. The owner or operator must provide, at a minimum, the following reports to the commissioner, and the USEPA as specified in §629.A 3, for each permitted Class VI well:

a. semi-annual reports containing:

i. any changes to the physical, chemical, and other relevant characteristics of the carbon dioxide stream from the proposed operating data;

ii. monthly average, maximum, and minimum values for injection pressure, flow rate and volume, and annular pressure;

iii. a description of any event that exceeds operating parameters for annulus pressure or injection pressure specified in the permit;

iv. a description of any event which triggers a shut-off device required by §621 and the response taken;

v. the monthly volume and/or mass of the carbon dioxide stream injected over the reporting period and the volume injected cumulatively over the life of the project;

vi. monthly annulus fluid volume added;

vii. the results of monitoring prescribed under §625; and

viii. the raw operating data from the continuous recording devices prescribed by §621.A.6 submitted in digital format;

b. report, within 30 days or as specified by permit, the results of:

i. periodic tests of mechanical integrity;

ii. any well workover; and

iii. any other test of the injection well conducted by the permittee if required by the commissioner;

c. report, within 24 hours:

i. any evidence that the injected carbon dioxide stream or associated pressure front may cause an endangerment to a USDW;

ii. any noncompliance with a permit condition, or malfunction of the injection system, which may cause fluid migration into or between USDWs;

iii. any triggering of a shut-off system (i.e., down-hole or at the surface);

iv. any failure to maintain mechanical integrity; or

v. any release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere or biosphere pursuant to compliance with the requirement at §625.A.8 for surface air/soil gas monitoring or other monitoring technologies, if required by the commissioner;

2. Owners or operators must notify the commissioner in writing in advance of doing any well work or formation testing as required in §621.A 9

3. Regardless of whether the State of Louisiana has primary permit and enforcement authority (primacy) for Class VI wells, owners or operators of Class VI wells, or applicants for Class VI wells must submit all required submittals, reports, and notifications under §§605, 607, 615, 617, 619, 621, 623, 625, 627, 629, 631, and §633 to the USEPA in an electronic format approved by the USEPA.

4. Records shall be retained by the owner or operator as follows:

a. all data collected for Class VI permit applications in §607 shall be retained throughout the life of the geologic sequestration project and at least 10 years following site closure.

b. data on the nature and composition of all injected fluids collected under §625.A.1.a shall be retained at least 10 years after site closure. The commissioner may require the owner or operator to deliver the records to the commissioner at the conclusion of the retention period.

c. monitoring data collected under §625.A.2 shall be retained at least 10 years after it is collected.

d. well plugging reports, post-injection site care data, including, if appropriate, data and information used to develop the demonstration of the alternative post-injection site care timeframe, and the site closure report collected pursuant to requirements at §633.A.6 shall be retained at least 10 years following site closure.

e. The commissioner may require the owner or operator to retain any records required under these regulations for longer than 10 years after site closure.

B. Recordkeeping. Owners or operators of Class VI wells shall retain records as specified in §615.C.4 6, and 633.A.8.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XVII-629

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 4776 (1/1/2021).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq., 30:22 et seq., and 30:1101 et seq.