Section 25159.17 Of Article 5.6. The Toxic Injection Well Control Act Of 1985 From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 5.6.
25159.17
. (a) The department shall make an inspection at least once
each year of all facilities with injection wells into which
hazardous waste is discharged. The owner shall tabulate the
monitoring data recovered, pursuant to subdivision (c), monthly. The
department shall review the data specified in paragraphs (1), (2),
and (3), of subdivision (c) monthly and the data specified in
paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) quarterly to ensure that all
injection wells into which hazardous waste is discharged comply with
this chapter and that any equipment or programs required pursuant to
this article are operating properly.
(b) The department shall require complete mechanical integrity
testing of the well bore at least once a year and shall require
pressure tests at least once every six months. The testing program
shall be designed to detect defects, damage, and corrosion in the
well, well casings, injection tube, packer, cement, and the screened
or perforated portion of the well.
(c) The operator of an injection well into which hazardous waste
is discharged shall conduct monitoring of the surface equipment, the
well, and the movement of injected wastes, in the following manner:
(1) Injection fluids shall be sampled and analyzed at least
monthly to yield representative data of their characteristics at all
injection wells located at onsite facilities. If the injection well
is located at an offsite facility, the fluids shall be sampled and
analyzed every time the composition of the hazardous waste discharged
into the injection well is different than the waste discharged
immediately prior to the new discharge.
(2) Pressure gauges shall be installed and maintained in proper
operating condition at all times on the injection tubing and annulus.
(3) Continuous recording devices shall be installed and maintained
in proper operating condition at all times to record injection
temperatures and pressures, injection flow rates, injection volumes,
and annulus pressure.
(4) The monitoring system, including all monitoring wells, shall
be constructed and operated in accordance with the standards
specified in subdivision (p) of Section 25159.18. The design of the
monitoring system and location and number of monitoring wells shall
be approved by the department. Monitoring wells shall be sufficient
in number and location for compliance with the monitoring
requirements specified in subdivision (p) of Section 25159.18, the
federal regulations adopted pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act,
and for determining all of the following:
(A) The direction and rate of regional groundwater movement.
(B) Any upward migration of hazardous wastes and changes in water
quality in the water bearing formation immediately above the
injection zone.
(C) Any changes in water quality of drinking water within at least
one-half mile of the well.
(D) The direction, rate, hydraulic effects, alteration, and
characteristics of wastes injected into the injection zone, and any
changes of pressure within or above the injection zone.
(d) The operator of an injection well shall equip the surface
facilities of an injection well into which hazardous waste is
discharged with shutoff devices, alarms, and fencing.
(e) The department shall require all abandoned water wells within
three miles of a facility to be closed in accordance with standards
at least as stringent as those set forth in the Department of Water
Resources Bulletin No. 74-81.
(f) The department may require any subsurface structure or hole
which is contaminated, may become contaminated, provides a potential
conduit for contamination, or penetrates a formation containing
drinking water to be closed in accordance with standards at least as
stringent as those set forth in the Department of Water Resources
Bulletin No. 74-81. If the subsurface structure or hole is an oil or
gas well, the well shall be closed in accordance with standards at
least as stringent as the regulations adopted by the Division of Oil
and Gas. If the subsurface structure is an injection well into which
hazardous waste is discharged, the injection well shall be closed in
accordance with the procedures specified in subdivision (d) of
Section 25159.16.
(g) The regional board shall revise any existing waste discharge
requirements, issued for any injection well into which hazardous
waste is discharged, pursuant to Section 13263 of the Water Code,
based upon a review of the report.
(h) This section applies only to injection wells into which
hazardous waste is discharged.