Table of Contents Title 43 NATURAL ... - State of Louisiana

1 Table of Contents Title 43. NATURAL RESOURCES. Part XIX. Office of Conservation General Operations Subpart 1. Statewide Order No. 29-B. Chapter 1. General Provisions .. 1 101. Definitions .. 1 103. Application to 1 104. Financial Security .. 2 105. All Other Applications .. 3 107. Records .. 4 109. Casing Program .. 4 111. Diverter Systems and Blowout Preventers .. 5 113. Casing-Heads .. 7 115. Fire 8 117. Drilling Fluids .. 8 119. Well Allowables and Completion .. 8 121. Production, Production Records, Production Tests.

2 10 123. Oil and Gas Measurements .. 10 125. Delegation of Authority .. 11 127. Bottomhole Pressure .. 11 129. Reserved.. 11 131. Deficient Wells .. 11 133. Monthly Reports .. 11 135. Directional Drilling and Well Surveys .. 11 137. Plugging and Abandonment .. 12 139. Exceptions and Hearings .. 14 141. Application of Special Field Orders .. 15 143. Penalty for Infractions .. 15 145. Effective Date .. 15 Chapter 3. Pollution Control Onsite Storage, Treatment and Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste (E&P Waste) Generated from the Drilling and Production of Oil and Gas Wells (Oilfield Pit Regulations).

3 15 301. Definitions .. 15 303. General Requirements .. 16 305. Notification .. 18 307. Pit Classification, Standards, and Operational Requirements .. 18 309. Monitoring Program .. 21 311. Pit Closure .. 21 313. Pit Closure Techniques and Onsite Disposal of E and P Waste .. 22 315. Disposal of Reserve Pit Fluids by Subsurface Injection .. 25 317. Requirements for Community Saltwater Disposal Wells and 25 319. Exceptions .. 26 321. Effect on Existing Special Orders .. 26 323. Applicability .. 26 i Louisiana Administrative Code June 2010.

4 Table of Contents Chapter 4. Pollution Control (Class II Injection/Disposal Well Regulations) .. 26 401. Definitions (reserved) .. 26 403. Permits Required .. 26 405. Application Requirements for New Enhanced Recovery Injection and New Saltwater Disposal Wells .. 27 407. Application Requirements for Enhanced Recovery Projects .. 27 409. Permit Notice 28 411. Duration of Permits .. 29 413. Transfer of Permits .. 29 415. Construction Requirements for New Wells .. 29 417. Monitoring and Reporting Requirements .. 29 419.

5 Logging and Testing 30 421. Confinement of Fluids .. 31 423. Plugging Requirements .. 31 425 Liquid Hydrocarbon Storage Wells .. 31 427. Filing Fee .. 31 429. Annular Disposal .. 31 431. Exceptions .. 31 433. Disposal of E&P Wastes by Slurry Fracture Injection .. 31 441. Effect on Existing Special Orders .. 37 443. Applicability .. 37 Chapter 5. Off-Site Storage, Treatment and/or Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste Generated from Drilling and Production of Oil and Gas Wells .. 37 501. Definitions .. 37 503.

6 General Requirements for Generators of E&P Waste .. 39 505. General Requirements for Commercial Facilities and Transfer Stations .. 40 507. Location Criteria .. 41 509. Design 41 511. Financial Responsibility .. 42 513. Provisions for Adequate Closure .. 43 515. E&P Waste Management and Operations Plan .. 43 517. Permit Compliance Review .. 44 519. Permit Application Requirements for Commercial Facilities .. 44 521. Permit Application Requirements for a Transfer Station .. 46 523. Permit Application Requirements for Land Treatment Systems.

7 46 525. Permit Application Requirements for Other Treatment and Disposal Options .. 47 527. Permitting Procedures .. 48 529. Public Notice Requirements .. 48 531. Permitting Conditions .. 48 533. General Operational Requirements for Commercial Facilities and Transfer Stations .. 49 535. Notification 50 537. Hours of Receiving .. 50 539. Monitoring Requirements for Commercial Class II Injection Wells .. 50 541. Sampling and Testing Requirements for Commercial Facilities with Monitor Wells .. 51 543. Receipt, Sampling and Testing of Exploration and Production Waste.

8 51 545. Manifest System .. 52 547. Commercial Exploration and Production Waste Treatment and Disposal Options .. 52 549. Land Treatment Facility Requirements .. 53 551. Requirements for Phase Separation (Reserved) .. 57 553. Requirements for Thermal Desorption (Reserved) .. 57 Louisiana Administrative Code June 2010 ii Table of Contents 555. Requirements for Cavern Disposal .. 57 557. Requirements for Incineration (Reserved) .. 57 559. Requirements for Solidification/Stabilization (Reserved).. 57 565. Resource Conservation and Recovery of Exploration and Production Waste.

9 57 567. Closure .. 59 569. Exceptions .. 59 Chapter 6. Procedures for Hearings and the Submission and Approval of Plans for the Remediation of E and P Sites in Accordance with 30:29 .. 59 601. 59 603. Definitions .. 59 605. Applicability .. 60 607. Commissioner's Conference .. 60 609. General Requirements of Plans .. 60 611. Specific Requirements of Plans .. 61 613. General Requirements of Comments and Responses .. 61 615. Notice of Filing a Plan, Comment or Response .. 62 617. Release of Technical Data .. 62 619.

10 Revisions to Plans, Comments or Responses 62 621. Mandatory Disclosures and New Evidence .. 62 623. Hearing Officer .. 62 625. Costs .. 63 627. Plan Approvals .. 63 629. Rehearing .. 63 631. Timeliness of Filings .. 63 633. Notice of Hearings and Continued Hearings .. 63 635. Rules of Hearing Conduct and Procedure .. 63 637. Penalty for Non-Compliance .. 64 639. Time of Commencement .. 64 641. Coverage of Rules .. 64 Subpart 2. Statewide Order No. 29-R. Chapter 7. Fees .. 65 701. Definitions .. 65 703. Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year 2009-2010.