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State details underground injection control process for Class 2 disposal and EOR wells
Summary
Division of Oil, Gas and Mining staff explained Class 2 UIC permitting, mechanical-integrity checks, step-rate testing and area-of-review requirements, and said the state currently regulates 89 saltwater disposal wells and 719 enhanced recovery wells.
John (last name not specified in transcript), a program specialist with the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining's Underground Injection Control (UIC) program, told the Collaborative the program's "primary concern is to protect underground sources of drinking water." He outlined Class 2 history, permit review, key technical checks and operator obligations.
What regulators do: John walked the audience through the Class 2 permit lifecycle: submission and completeness checks, area-of-review (AOR) determination (a nominal half-mile radius around the proposed…
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