Utah Admin. Code R649-5-3 - Noticing and Approval of Injection Wells
1. Applications for injection wells submitted
pursuant to Subsection
R649-5-1(3)
shall be noticed in conformance with the procedural rules of the board as part
of the hearing for the recovery project. Each person desiring to object to
approval of such an application for an injection well shall file the objection
in conformance with the procedural rules of the board.
2. The receipt of a complete and technically
adequate application, other than an application submitted pursuant to
Subsection R649-5-3(1),
shall be considered as a request for agency action by the division and shall be
published in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the city and county of
Salt Lake and in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the
proposed well is located. A copy of the notice of agency action shall also be
sent to all parties including government agencies. The notice of agency action
shall contain at least the following information:
2.1. The applicant's name, business address,
and telephone number.
2.2. The
location of the proposed well.
2.3.
A description of proposed operation.
3. If no written objection to the application
for administrative approval of an injection well is received by the division
within 30 days after publication of the notice of agency action, or an aquifer
exemption is not required in accordance with Section
R649-5-4, and a board hearing is
not otherwise required, the application may be considered and approved
administratively.
4. If a written
objection to an application for administrative approval of an injection well is
received by the division within 30 days after publication of the notice of
application, or if a hearing is required by these rules or deemed advisable by
the director, the application shall be set for notice and hearing by the
board.
5. The director shall have
the authority to grant an exception to the hearing requirements of Section
R649-5-1 for conversion to
injection of additional wells that constitute a modification or expansion of an
authorized project provided that any such well is necessary to develop or
maintain thorough and efficient recovery operations for any authorized project
and provided that no objection is received pursuant to Subsection
R649-5-3(3).
6. The director shall have authority to grant
an exception to the hearing requirements of Subsection
R649-5-1(1) for
water disposal wells provided disposal is into a formation or interval that is
not currently nor anticipated to be an underground source of drinking water and
provided that no objection is received pursuant to Subsection
R649-5-3(3).
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