- (a) Except during stimulation, a storage operator must ensure that injection pressure does not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the fracture pressure of an injection zone to ensure that the injection does not initiate new fractures or propagate existing fractures in the injection zone.
- (b) Injection pressure may not initiate fractures in a confining zone or cause the movement of injection or formation fluids that endangers an underground source of drinking water.
- (c) A stimulation program must be approved by the department as part of the permit application and incorporated into the permit.
- (d) A storage operator shall meet injection well operating requirements established by the department.
- (e) The department shall adopt rules that mirror applicable federal regulations to implement this section.
As added by P.L.161-2026, SEC.67.