62-528.430. Reporting Requirements for Class I and III Wells

(1) Class I Test/Injection Well Construction Permit.

(a) The Department shall require periodic data reports and progress reports that include:

1. Driller’s log;

2. Geophysical surveys;

3. Core analyses;

4. Lithologic logs;

5. Drill stem tests;

6. Pump tests;

7. Daily job (construction) reports; and

8. Water quality analyses.

(b) The frequency of reporting shall be specified in the individual permit.

(c) Interpretation of data is required in the data reports or progress reports at the completion of each significant phase of construction, such as completion of test well construction and testing, completion of injection well construction, and completion of injection well testing.

(d) The permittee shall provide direct distribution of the data reports, progress reports, and final reports to members of the Technical Advisory Committee.

(e) The applicant shall submit final reports of all data collected from the test injection well with interpretations, to the Department with the application for a Class I Test/Injection Well Construction and Testing Permit and a Class I Injection Well Operation Permit. The final report submitted with the application for a Class I Injection Well Operation Permit shall include all information and data collected under subsections 62-528.450(2) and (3), F.A.C., with appropriate interpretations.

(2) Class I Injection Well Permit.

(a) The applicant shall submit, as part of the permit application, the proposed methodology for collection and reporting of operational data, to ensure that the data is collected, correlated, and reported in a fashion that would enable the Department to evaluate well performance.

(b) All Class I wells shall report monthly the following:

1. Operating reports to the Department on:

a. The physical, chemical, and other relevant characteristics of injection fluids;

b. Daily readings of the pressure and flow for each well. For each domestic effluent disposal well, a specific injectivity test shall be performed quarterly;

c. Monthly average, maximum and minimum values for injection pressure, flow rate and volume, and annular pressure; and

d. The results of monitoring prescribed under paragraph 62-528.425(1)(e), F.A.C.

2. Reporting the results, within three months after the completion of:

a. Periodic tests of mechanical integrity;

b. Any other test of the injection well conducted by the permittee if required by the Department; and

c. Any well work over.

(c) Additional reporting requirements for wells injecting fluids from a domestic wastewater facility shall be in accordance with Chapter 62-601, F.A.C.

(d) Specific injectivity testing shall be performed while the pumping rate to the well(s) has been set at a predetermined level and reported as the specific injectivity index (gpm/specific pressure (psig)). As part of this test, the well shall be shut-in for a period of time necessary to conduct a valid observation of pressure fall-off. The applicant shall propose which pumping rate will be used based on the expected flow, the design of the pump station including the volume of the wet well and pump type(s), and the type of pump controls used. The pumping rate(s) shall be included as a condition of the operation permit. For Class I wells, other than municipal wells the permittee shall conduct one pressure fall-off test annually.

(e) If physical or geochemical data such as water quality, pressure changes, or mechanical integrity test results indicate that fluid movement into or between underground sources of drinking water may be occurring, the permittee shall submit additional data to provide reasonable assurance that the injection operation is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. This additional data shall be submitted with the periodic operations reports, the content and frequency of which are specified in the individual permit.

(f) A Class I well permit shall be written to require that if subparagraph 62-528.300(5)(c)1., F.A.C., is applicable, progress reports shall be submitted no later than thirty days following each interim date and the final date of compliance.

(3) Class III Well Construction/Operation/Plugging and Abandonment Permit

(a) The Department shall require monthly operation reports and progress reports that include the following:

1. Driller’s log;

2. Geophysical surveys;

3. Core analyses;

4. Lithologic logs;

5. Drill stem tests;

6. Withdrawal or aquifer tests;

7. Number of wells constructed, abandoned, in operation and recorded on property deeds;

8. Results of post-closure monitoring; and

9. Daily construction reports.

(b) Interpretation of data is required in the data reports or progress reports at the completion of each significant phase of construction.

(c) The Department shall require that the applicant provide direct distribution of the data reports and progress reports to members of the Technical Advisory Committee.

(d) Reporting Requirements. Reporting requirements shall include:

1. Quarterly reporting to the Department on required monitoring;

2. Results of mechanical integrity and any other periodic test required by the Department reported with the first regular quarterly report after the completion of the test; and

3. The Department shall allow monitoring to be reported on a project or field basis rather than individual well basis where manifold monitoring is used and if such reporting is adequate to protect waters of the State.

(e) At least once every year, but more frequently if specified in the permit, the permittee shall record with the property records of the county courthouse the plugging method and location of each well abandoned during that year.

(f) The permittee shall submit a final report of all data collected with interpretations, to the Department with the application for permit renewal. The final report shall include all information and data collected under subsections 62-528.450(2) and (3), F.A.C., with appropriate interpretations.

(4) Abandonment Reports for Class I and III Wells. Within 90 days after completion of plugging and abandonment of a well or well field the permittee shall submit to the Department a final report which includes:

(a) Certification of completion in accordance with approved plans and specifications by the engineer of record;

(b) Evidence, such as a sealed copy or certification from the county clerk, that a surveyor’s plot of the location of the abandoned wells has been recorded in the county courthouse property records.

Specific Authority 403.061, 403.087, 403.704 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.061, 403.062, 403.087, 403.161, 403.702, 403.721 FS. History– New 4-1-82, Amended 8-30-82, 5-8-85, Formerly 17-28.26, 17-28.260, 62-28.260, Amended 8-10-95, 6-24-97.