Ohio Code 1509.227 – Permits for operations in existence prior to 1/1/2014
Notwithstanding division (B)(2)(a) of section 1509.22 of the Revised Code, on and after January 1, 2014, a person that is in operation prior to the date may store, recycle, treat, process, or dispose of in this state brine or other waste substances associated with the exploration, development, well stimulation, production operations, or plugging of oil and gas resources without an order or a permit issued under section 1509.06, 1509.21, or 1509.22 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under any of those sections, provided that the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management has approved the operation and any required permit or other form of authorization has been issued by the environmental protection agency.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1509.227
- Brine: means all saline geological formation water resulting from, obtained from, or produced in connection with exploration, drilling, well stimulation, production of oil or gas, or plugging of a well. See Ohio Code 1509.01
- Gas: means all natural gas and all other fluid hydrocarbons that are not oil, including condensate. See Ohio Code 1509.01
- Oil: means crude petroleum oil and all other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are produced in liquid form by ordinary production methods, but does not include hydrocarbons that were originally in a gaseous phase in the reservoir. See Ohio Code 1509.01
- Person: includes any political subdivision, department, agency, or instrumentality of this state; the United States and any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof; any legal entity defined as a person under section 1. See Ohio Code 1509.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Waste: includes all of the following:
(1) Physical waste, as that term generally is understood in the oil and gas industry;
(2) Inefficient, excessive, or improper use, or the unnecessary dissipation, of reservoir energy;
(3) Inefficient storing of oil or gas;
(4) Locating, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing an oil or gas well in a manner that reduces or tends to reduce the quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable under prudent and proper operations from the pool into which it is drilled or that causes or tends to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas;
(5) Other underground or surface waste in the production or storage of oil, gas, or condensate, however caused. See Ohio Code 1509.01
- Well: includes a stratigraphic well. See Ohio Code 1509.01