N.M. Admin. Code § 19.14.95.8 - SURVEILLANCE
A. Surveillance of
waste water disposal or injection projects is necessary on a continuing basis
in order to establish to the satisfaction of the division that all water is
confined to the intended zone of injection.
B. When an operator proposes to drill an
injection well, convert a producing or inactive well to an injection well or
rework an injection well and return it to injection service, he shall be
required to demonstrate to the division by means of such tests as the division
may deem necessary the integrity of the well's casing.
C. To establish the integrity of the annular
cement above the shoe of the casing, the operator shall make sufficient
surveys, within 30 days after injection is started into a well, to demonstrate
that all the injected fluid is confined to the intended zone of injection.
Thereafter, such surveys shall be made at least every two years, or more often
if ordered by the division. All such surveys may be witnessed by a
representative of the division.
D.
After the well has been placed on injection, a division representative shall
visit the wellsite periodically. At these times, surface conditions shall be
noted and if any unsatisfactory conditions exist, the operator shall be
notified of needed remedial work. If this required work is no performed within
90 days, the approval issued by the division may be rescinded. If it is
determined that damage is occurring at a rapid rate, the division may order
that the repair work be done immediately. Injection pressures shall be recorded
by the division representative and compared with the pressure reported on the
appropriate forms. Any discrepancies shall be rectified immediately by the
operator. A graph of daily injection rates and pressures versus time shall be
maintained by the operator. Reasons for anomalies shall be promptly
ascertained. If these reasons are such that it appears damage is being done,
approval by the division may be rescinded, and injection shall cease.
E. When an injection well has been left idle
for six months, the operator shall be informed by letter that approval for use
of the well for injection purposes has been rescinded, and that he should
proceed in accordance with the provisions of Rule G-302 [now 19.14.72 NMAC] and
Rule G-303 A [now
19.14.73.8 NMAC] or Rule G-303 B
[now 19.14.73.9 NMAC]. In the event the
operator intends to again use the well for injection purposes, he shall be
required to demonstrate by means of surveys that the injected water will be
confined to the intended zone of injection.
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