47-087-01508
This is a production well in Roane county converted to be a non-commercial injection well.
Well drilled in 1966. Converted for injection in ?.
Formation into which waste is injected -- Salt Sand and Maxton Sand
Geographic location: latitude 38.67664, longitude -81.35389
Major issue
- The previous operator received a NOV for the well being abandoned in 2012. A new permit was issued in 2013. The current operator received three NOVs in 2016, for not having a pipeline MIT, for facility security issues and not recording/reporting annulus pressures.
- The operator currently has 5 Class II wells in Roane county, two of which have been abandoned for some time. The permit for 2D08701591 expired in 2012 and that for 2D08701698 expired in 2014. Apparently, according to our 2016 copy of the online databases, the last MIT for 2D08701698 in 2009 failed. Disposal volumes for Class II wells furnished by the Office show injection into 2013. Perhaps a successful MIT had not been recorded in the database.
- We have concerns about facility security. Photographs of the facility provided by the operator in their application show two tanks, the larger is rusty and has a ladder. The photograph doesn’t show fencing or a device on the ladder to the top of the large tank to prevent access. We couldn’t tell from the photographs on page 8 and 9 if the trap doors for the tanks were locked.
Documents
2012 NOV for well being abandoned
2016 NOV for not having pipeline MIT
2016 Order to Cease Operations for not having pipeline MIT
2016 NOV for not having facility security
2016 NOV for not recording/reporting annulus pressures
Goggle Earth Imagery
2012 imagery showing just one rusty tank at facility. 2018 permit application photos show two tanks.
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