(a)
Preparation and implementation of
plan. Prior to generation of waste, the
well operator shall prepare
and implement a plan under §
91.34 (relating to activities
utilizing pollutants) for the control and disposal of fluids, residual waste
and
drill cuttings, including
tophole water, brines, drilling fluids,
additives, drilling muds, stimulation fluids, well servicing fluids, oil,
production fluids and
drill cuttings from the drilling, alteration, production,
plugging or other activity associated with oil and gas wells.
(b)
Requirements. The plan
must identify the control and disposal methods and practices utilized by the
well operator and be consistent with the
act, The Clean Streams Law
(
35 P.S. §§
691.1-
691.1001), the Solid
Waste Management
Act (
35 P.S. §§
6018.101-
6018.1003) and §§
78.54,
78.56-
78.58 and
78.60-
78.63. The plan must also include
a pressure barrier policy that identifies barriers to be used during identified
operations.
(c)
Revisions. The operator shall revise the plan prior to
implementing a change to the practices identified in the plan.
(d)
Copies. A copy of the
plan shall be provided to the Department upon request and shall be available at
the site during drilling and completion activities for review.
(e)
Emergency contacts. A
list of emergency contact phone numbers for the area in which the well site is
located must be included in the plan and be prominently displayed at the well
site during drilling, completion or alteration activities.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 78.55 adopted July 28, 1989,
effective 7/29/1989, 19 Pa.B.
3229; amended February 4, 2011, effective 2/5/2011, 41 Pa.B. 805; amended January 25,
2013, effective 1/26/2013,
except that subsection (f)(3) is effective 2/25/2013, subsection (f)(4) is effective
7/25/2013, and subsection (f)(5)
is effective 4/26/2013, 43 Pa.B.
526; amended October 7, 2016, effective 10/8/2016, 46 Pa.B.
6431.
The provisions of this § 78.55 amended under sections
1917-A and 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §§
510-17 and
510-20);
35 Pa.C.S. §
7321;
58 Pa.C.S. §§
3202, 3215(e), 3218(a), 3218.2(a)(4), 3218.4(c) and 3274; section 5 of The
Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §
691.5);
section 105 of the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P.S. §
6018.105); section 5 of the Dam Safety and
Encroachments Act (32 P.S. §
693.5);
section 104 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act
(35 P.S. §
6026.104); sections 301 and 302
of the Radiation Protection Act (35 P.S. §§
7110.301 and
7110.302); section 3 of the
Unconventional Well Report Act (58 P.S. §
1003); and section
13.2 of the act of July 10, 2014
(P.L. 1053, No. 126) adding section 1741.1-E of The Fiscal Code (72 P.S. §
1741.1-E).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
78.54 (relating to general
requirements); and 25 Pa. Code §
78.72 (relating to use of safety
devices-blow-out prevention
equipment).
