NAC445A.858. Prohibited wells: Abandonment and plugging; monitoring.

Any Class I or Class IV injection well constructed or in operation before July 22, 1987, must be abandoned and plugged. The plan for abandoning and plugging must be submitted to and approved by the Director within 90 days after the Director notifies the owner or operator of such a well that it must be plugged and abandoned. The Director may also require the owner or operator of such a well to:

     1. Install wells to monitor the zone for injection and adjacent zones as necessary to detect the dispersion and migration of injected fluids within and from the zone for injection.

     2. Monitor the levels of the fluid, quality of the water in the zone for injection and the wells monitoring the zone for injection at specified intervals.

     3. Submit the results of such monitoring at the time and in the form he or she requires.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 445.42435)