(a) It is the operator's responsibility to make application for and obtain a permit in accordance with these regulations. Each application must be submitted with all supporting data.
(b) A complete application for a Class I well shall include: - (i) A brief description of the nature of the business and the activities to be conducted that require the applicant to obtain a permit under this chapter.
- (ii) The name, address and telephone number of the operator, and the operator's ownership status and status as a Federal, State, private, public or other entity.
- (iii) The name address and telephone number of the facility. Additionally, the location of the facility shall be identified by section, township, range and county, and whether or not it is located on Indian lands.
- (iv) A calculation of the area of review, which requires the calculation of the cone of influence and the area of the ultimate limit of emplaced waste.
- (A) The formula for determining the cone of influence is:
r = 2.25 KHt ½
@ @ S10x @
@ @ @ where: x = W - B 4PKH
@ G @ @ 2.3Q @
@r = Radius of the cone of influence of an injection well (feet)
K = Hydraulic conductivity of the injection zone (feet/day)
H = Thickness of the injection zone (feet)
t = Time of injection (days)
S = Storage coefficient (dimensionless)
Q = Injection rate (cubic feet/day)
B = Original hydrostatic head of injection zone (feet) measured from the base of the injection zone
W = Hydrostatic head of underground source of drinking water (feet) measured from the base of the injection zone
G = Specific gravity of fluid in the injection zone (dimensionless)
P = 3.142 (dimensionless)
- (B) A volume calculation to determine the maximum area that the injected waste could occupy shall be submitted on all new Class I wells. This calculation deter mines the total amount of void space around the well and assumes that the injected fluid completely displaces the formation water.
- (C) A Class I non-hazardous waste well's area of review shall never be less than one-quarter (1/4) mile, the cone of influence, or the area of emplaced waste, whichever is greatest.
- (D) A Class I hazardous waste well's area of review shall never be less than two (2) miles, the cone of influence, or the area of emplaced waste, whichever is greatest.
- (E) All Areas of Review shall be legally described by Township, Range and Section to the nearest 1/4 1/4 of a section.
- (v) Information about the proposed facility, including:
- (A) A description of the substances proposed to be discharged, including type, source, and chemical, physical, radiological and toxic characteristics; and
- (B) Construction and engineering details in accordance with Section 11 of this chapter.
- (vi) Information, including the name, description, depth and geology of the receiver and confining zone and the hydrology, fluid chemistry, fluid pressure, temperature, fracture pressure and the total dissolved solids (TDS) in the receiver.
- (vii) Water quality information, including background water quality data, which will facilitate the classification of any groundwaters which may be affected by the proposed discharge. This must include information necessary for the Water Quality Division to classify the receiver as class VI under Chapter VIII Section 4(d)(9) of the Wyoming Water Quality Rules and Regulations.
- (viii) A topographic and other pertinent maps, extending at least one (1) mile beyond the property boundaries of the facility, but never less than the area of review, depicting:
- (A) The facility and each of its intake and discharge structures;
- (B) Each of its hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities;
- (C) Each well where fluids from the facility are injected underground;
- (D) Other wells, springs, and surfacewater bodies, and drinking water wells listed in public records or otherwise known to the applicant within a minimum one-quarter (1/4) mile of the facility property boundary, or further, as the administrator may determine is necessary; and
- (E) General geology and hydrogeology in the area.
- (ix) A list of other relevant permits, whether Federal or State, that the facility has been required to obtain, such as construction permits.
- (x) A listing of all wells that penetrate the confining zone and are within the area of review, and records of plugging or completion, sufficient to satisfy the administrator as to the adequacy of the plugging or completion.
- (A) For those wells that the administrator determines have not been adequately plugged, completed, or abandoned, or for wells which lack supporting information, the applicant shall also submit a plan to prevent movement of fluids into Underground Source of Drinking Waters through these wells, and this plan, after approval or modification by the administrator, shall be incorporated as a permit condition.
- (xi) Detailed plans for:
- (A) Monitoring volume and chemistry of the discharge, and water quality of water wells within the area of review;
- (B) Monitoring injection and annular pressures in the well, to minimize the potential for fracturing of the confining zone and below the receiver; and
- (C) Corrective action to cope with alarms, shut-downs, malfunctions or well failures, so as to prevent endangerment of groundwater.
- (xii) Information sufficient to demonstrate mechanical integrity of the well, and compatibility between the proposed discharge and the well material.
- (xiii) Information sufficient to demonstrate compliance with Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17 of this chapter.
- (xiv) All applications for permits shall be signed by a responsible officer as follows:
- (A) For a corporation - by a responsible corporate officer. For the purpose of this section, a responsible corporate officer means:
- (1) A President, Secretary, Treasurer, or Vice President of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision making functions for the corporation; or
- (2) The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25 million (in second quarter 1980 dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
- (B) For a partnership or sole proprietorship -- by a general partner or the proprietor, respectively;
- (C) For a municipality, state, federal or other public agency -- by either the principal executive officer or ranking elected official.
- (xv) The application shall contain the following certification by the person signing the application:
"I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."
(c) All relevant data used to complete permit applications shall be kept for a minimum of three (3) years from the date of signing.
020-13 Wyo. Code R. § 13-5