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Guidelines for Permit Amendments

Underground Storage of Liquid or Liquefied Hydrocarbons in Salt Formations and Underground Storage of Gas in Salt Formations

Statewide Rules 95 and 97

Filing Requirements To Amend: Solution Mining Interval Cavern Capacity Well Location Well Configuration Injection Pressure Injection Rate Permit Monitoring Conditions
Application Form (Form H-4) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Surface owernship service list and plat Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
O&G operators  service list and plat Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Newspaper publications Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Area of Review Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes, if the change requires examination of this information
Schematic of facility No No Yes No No No Yes, if the change requires examination of this information
GAU letter Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes, if the change requires examination of this information
Groundwater monitoring plan Yes Yes Yes Yes, if the change involves casing depths No No Yes
Copies of well report documents referenced by H-2 instruction item no. 9 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes, if the change requires examination of this information
Wellbore diagram Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes, if the change requires examination of this information
List of logs to be run Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes, if the change requires examination of this information
Salt formation geology review attachments Yes, if the change involves stratigraphic identification different from previous application Yes Yes No No No Yes, if the change requires examination of this information
Injection water source information Yes Yes Yes No No Yes, if changed injection rate results in using different water source Yes, if the change requires examination of this information
Description of cavern development procedure Yes, if the change requires examination of this information Yes, if the change requires examination of this information Yes, if the change requires examination of this information Yes, if the change requires examination of this information Yes, if the change requires examination of this information Yes, if the change requires examination of this information Yes, if the change requires examination of this information
Description of MIT procedure No No No Yes, if the change involves method of completion No No Yes, if the change requires examination of this information
Sonar survey No Yes, if cavern size has reached 1 million bbl No No No No No