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This is an older UIC Class II well in Kanawha county. It received a new permit to operate in 2016. The well's previous permit expired in October 2013 and the operator submitted an application for a new permit in January 2014. The Office issued Orders in February 2014 for a number of wells in the process of being permitted allowing them to inject under their former permit; this is one of those wells. There was a period when the operator injected waste without a permit when their permit expired in 2003. They reported injection on WR-40s through September 2004 and again in November 2007.
Well drilled in 1941. Converted for injection in ?
Formation into which waste is injected -- Big Lime
Geographic location: latitude 38.564137, longitude -81.559247
The NRDC released a report about the state's Class 2 program in 2019 entitled West Virginia's Groundwater Is Not Adequately Protected From Underground Injection. This well was one of the 19 wells examined in preparation for the report. More information is available on this page.
Major issues
- Injection without a permit. Injection into 2014 (part of period covered by 2014 Order).
- Injection without a permit. Permit expired in December 2003. WR40s show injection through July 2004, minimal injection in November 2007.
- 2009 NOV for no MIT since 1994 and another in 2015 NOV for a past due MIT.
- The driller utilized no cement in the construction of the well. A 6% bentonite gel is behind the surface casing.
- The 2009 MIT measured fluid height in annulus rather than required pressure test.
Documents
2009 Mechanical Integrity Test
2015 NOV for not having a timely MIT
Goggle Earth Imagery
View of well facility.
Underground Injection Control Class 2 Wells
Introduction to Class 2 Wells in West Virginia
Collected documents and information for a number of Class 2 disposal wells and secondary recovery area permits
Searchable tables for UIC inspections, UIC permitting and MITs based on a copy of the Office of Oil and Gas' online UIC databases made in 2016.
Background materials related to West Virginia's primacy (including the primacy application), EPA guidance documents, and a lot more.
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How To Read a Lab Report
Information the Completion Report Provides
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