Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-8-1-.40

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

Section 400-8-1-.40 - [Effective 1/11/2025] Leak Detection and Reporting

1. Leak detectors or other approved leak detection equipment must be placed at the wellhead of all injection wells. Leak detectors must be integrated, where applicable, with automated warning systems and must be inspected and tested on a semiannual basis and, if defective, shall be repaired or replaced within ten days. Each repaired or replaced detector must be retested as required by the Board. An extension of time for repair or replacement of a leak detector may be granted upon a showing of good cause by the storage operator. A record of each inspection must be maintained by the operator for at least ten years, and must be made available to the Board.

2. The storage operator shall immediately report to the Board any leak detected at any well or surface facility.

3. The storage operator shall immediately report to the Board any pressure changes or other monitoring data from subsurface observation wells that indicate the presence of leaks in the storage reservoir.

4. The storage operator shall immediately report to the Board any other indication that the storage facility is not containing carbon dioxide, whether the lack of containment concerns the storage reservoir, surface equipment, or any other aspect of the storage facility.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-8-1-.40

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)