312 IAC 29-27-1 - General requirements
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
(a) For
purposes of this rule, an "area of hydrogen sulfide
(H2S)" is an area with a minimum concentration of one
hundred (100) parts per million or more in ambient atmosphere as determined by
the division. The concentration of hydrogen sulfide
(H2S) in the ambient atmosphere shall be ascertained by
the owner or operator at the owner's or operator's expense:
(1) upon the request of the division;
or
(2) when the owner or operator
determines that hydrogen sulfide (H2S) may be
present.
(b) The results
of testing under subsection (a) shall be reported to the division within ten
(10) days of receipt of the test results.
(c) The owner or operator of a well or
facility associated with the drilling, operation, or plugging of a well for oil
and gas purposes in an area of hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
shall provide safeguards to protect the general public from the harmful effects
of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in accordance with this
section.
(d) When a well or
facility associated with the drilling, operation, or plugging of a well for oil
and gas purposes is located in an area of hydrogen sulfide
(H2S), the owner or operator shall install wind
direction indicators at strategic locations on or near a drilling rig, workover
rig, or plugging rig, and at all production facilities, to indicate the wind
direction at all times and the safe upwind areas in the event hydrogen sulfide
(H2S) becomes present.
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