Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-8-1-.24

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 3, December 31, 2024

Section 400-8-1-.24 - [Effective 1/11/2025] Reevaluation of Storage Facility

1. The storage operator shall petition the Board within five years of the initial injection of the storage facility to reevaluate the storage facility initially approved by the Board. The storage operator shall pay a filing fee of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for a petition for reevaluation. At the hearing on the petition to reevaluate the storage facility, the storage operator shall:

a. Present evidence at the reevaluation hearing addressing the operations of the storage facility, the storage facility plan, the storage facility area, and the area of review and identifying all wells that require corrective action.

b. Describe corrective action performed on wells requiring corrective action in the reevaluated storage facility area and the area of review.

c. Submit exhibits showing any amended boundaries of the storage facility affecting the storage facility area, and the area of review and corrective action plan or demonstrate to the Board through monitoring data and modeling results that no amendment to the storage facility, the storage facility area, and to the area of review is needed.

d. Submit exhibits addressing the emergency and remedial response plan.

e. Submit exhibits addressing the financial responsibility of the storage operator at the time of this petition for reevaluation.

f. Submit all modeling inputs and data used to support delineations of the boundaries of the storage facility, the storage facility area, and the area of review.

g. The Board shall consider the evidence on the petition for reevaluation and issue an order addressing the storage facility, the storage facility area, the storage facility plan, and the area of review.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-8-1-.24

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XLIII, Issue No. 02, November 27, 2024, eff. 1/11/2025.

Author: S. Marvin Rogers

Statutory Authority: 9-17-150 et seq. of the Code of Alabama (1975)