Alaska Admin. Code tit. 20, § 25.1610 – Reporting requirements; monitoring and records

(a) A storage operator shall, at a minimum, provide the reports identified in this section to the commission and the United States Environmental Protection Agency in electronic format, for each permitted Class VI well as part of a storage facility permit. Reports required by this section, or a storage facility permit, or other information required by the commission shall be signed by a person authorized under 40 C.F.R. 144.32(b), effective January 10, 2011, and adopted by reference.
(b) A storage operator shall provide semi-annual reports, on a date established by the commission containing
1. (1) any changes to the physical, chemical, and other relevant characteristics of the carbon dioxide stream from the proposed operating data;
2. (2) the monthly average, maximum, and minimum values for injection pressure, flow rate and volume, and annular pressure;
3. (3) a description of any event that exceeds operating parameters for annulus pressure or injection pressure specified in the permit;
4. (4) a description of any event which triggers a shut-off device required pursuant to 20 AAC 25.1230 and the response taken;
5. (5) the monthly volume or mass of the carbon dioxide stream injected over the reporting period and the volume injected cumulatively over the life of the project;
6. (6) the monthly annulus fluid volume added; and
7. (7) the results of monitoring prescribed under 20 AAC 25.1250.
(c) A storage operator shall report, not later than 30 days after a test under this subsection, the results of:
1. (1) periodic tests of mechanical integrity;
2. (2) any well workover; and,
3. (3) any other test of the Class VI well conducted by the storage operator if required by the commission.
(d) A storage operator shall report within 24 hours
1. (1) any evidence that the injected carbon dioxide stream or associated pressure front may endanger underground sources of drinking water;
2. (2) any noncompliance with a permit condition, or malfunction of the injection system, which may cause fluid migration into or between underground sources of drinking water;
3. (3) any triggering of a shut-off system, whether down-hole or at the surface;
4. (4) any failure to maintain mechanical integrity under 20 AAC 25.1240; or
5. (5) pursuant to compliance with the requirement at 20 AAC 25.1250 for surface air and soil gas monitoring or other monitoring technologies, if required by the commission, any release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere or biosphere.
(e) A storage operator shall notify the commission in writing not less than 30 days in advance of
1. (1) any planned well workover;
2. (2) any planned stimulation activities, other than stimulation for formation testing conducted under 20 AAC 25.1080, and
3. (3) any other planned test of the Class VI well conducted by the storage operator.
(f) Samples and measurements taken for the purpose of monitoring must be representative of the monitored activity. A storage operator shall maintain records of all monitoring information including the following
1. (1) calibration and maintenance records and all original strip chart recordings for continuous monitoring instrumentation, copies of all reports required by the storage facility permit, and records of all data used to complete the application for a storage facility permit for a period of at least three years from the date of the sample, measurement, report, or application; this period may be extended by request of the commission at any time; and
2. (2) the nature and composition of all injected fluid until not less than three years after the completion of any plugging and abandonment procedures specified under 20 AAC 25.1300; the commission may require a storage operator to deliver the records to the commission at the conclusion of the retention period.
(g) A storage operator shall retain
1. (1) all data collected under 20 AAC 25.1080 for a storage facility permit application throughout the life of the storage facility and for not less than 10 years following issuance of a certificate of completion under 20 AAC 25.1320;
2. (2) data on the nature and composition of all injected fluid collected pursuant to 20 AAC 25.1250 for not less than 10 years following issuance of a certificate of completion; the commission may require the storage operator to deliver the records to the commission or other state agency at the conclusion of the retention period;
3. (3) monitoring data collected pursuant to 20 AAC 25.1250 for not less than 10 years after it is collected;
4. (4) well plugging reports, post-injection site care data, including, if appropriate, data and information used to develop the demonstration of the alternative post-injection site care timeframe, and the certificate of completion report collected pursuant to requirements at 20 AAC 25.1310 for 10 years following issuance of a certificate of completion under 20 AAC 25.1320;
5. (5) all modeling inputs and data used to support area of review reevaluations under 20 AAC 25.1070(e).
(h) The storage operator shall deliver the records to the commission at the conclusion of the retention period, and the records will thereafter be retained at a location designated by the commission for that purpose. The commission may require the storage operator to retain any records required in this section for longer than 10 years after issuance of a certificate of completion.
(i) A storage operator shall provide access to the commission to storage facility records for a facility permitted under AS 41.06 and this chapter wherever located. All owners, operators, drilling contractors, drillers, service companies, or other persons engaged in drilling, completing, operating, or servicing a storage facility shall permit the commission, or its authorized representative, upon reasonable notice, to enter a lease, property, well, or drilling rig, in compliance with applicable state safety rules, to inspect the records and operations of wells and to conduct sampling and testing. Unless designated as confidential under 20 AAC 25.1600, the information shall be a public record. If requested by the commission, a person shall furnish a copy of storage facility records to the commission.