Ill. Admin. Code tit. 62, pt. 245

Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act [225 ILCS 732]. SOURCE: Adopted at 38 Ill. Reg. 22067, effective November 14, 2014.DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

245.100Applicability 245.110Definitions 245.115Incorporated Materials 245.120Permit Requirements 245.200Registration Procedures 245.210Permit Application Requirements 245.220Permit Bonds or Other Collateral Securities 245.230Permit Application Receipt and Department Review 245.240Public and Governmental Notice by the Department 245.250Public and Governmental Notice by the Permit Applicant 245.260Public Comment Periods 245.270Public Hearings 245.300Permit Decision 245.310Permit Denial 245.320Permit Conditions 245.330Permit Modifications 245.340Permit Transfers 245.350Permit Release 245.360Judicial Review 245.400Setback Requirements 245.410Access Roads, Public Roads and Topsoil Conditions 245.500General Conditions and Requirements 245.510Well Drilling, Storage and Disposal of Drilling Waste 245.520Cement Requirements 245.530Surface Casing Requirements 245.540Establishment of Internal Mechanical Integrity 245.550Installation and Testing of Blowout Prevention Equipment 245.560Intermediate Casing Requirements 245.570Production Casing Requirements 245.580Establishment of Formation Integrity 245.600Water Quality Monitoring 245.610Water Pollution Investigations 245.615Procedures 245.620Rebuttable Presumption of Pollution or Diminution 245.630Prohibitions 245.700Chemical Disclosure by Permittee 245.710Chemical Disclosure by Contractor 245.715Chemical Use Prohibitions 245.720Department Publication of Chemical Disclosures and Claims of Trade Secret 245.730Trade Secret Disclosure to Health Professional 245.800General Conditions and Requirements 245.805Hydraulic Fracturing String Requirements and Pressure Testing 245.810Surface Equipment Pressure Testing 245.815Notice and Approval Before Commencement of High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Operations 245.820Secondary Containment Inspections 245.825General Fluid Storage 245.830Reserve Pits 245.835Mechanical Integrity Monitoring 245.840Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid and Flowback Confinement 245.845Management of Gas and Produced Hydrocarbons During Flowback 245.850Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid and Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback Storage, Disposal or Recycling, Transportation and Reporting Requirements 245.855Spills and Remediation 245.860High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Operations Completion Report 245.870Use of Diesel in High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Operations is Prohibited 245.900Managing Natural Gas and Hydrocarbon Fluids During Production 245.910Uncontrolled Emissions from Storage Tanks Containing Natural Gas and Hydrocarbon Fluids 245.920Flaring Waiver 245.930Annual Flaring Reports 245.940Produced Water Disposal or Recycling, Transportation and Reporting Requirements 245.1000Plugging and Restoration Requirements 245.1010Plugging Previously Abandoned Unplugged or Insufficiently Plugged Wells 245.1020Restoration of Lands Other than the Well Site and Production Facility 245.1030Restoration of the Well Site and Production Facility 245.1100Suspension, Revocation, Remediation and Administrative Penalties 245.1110Notice of Violation 245.1120Director's Decision 245.1130Director's Decision Hearings 245.1140Alternative Enforcement 245.1200Medium Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Completion Reports