Section 815.08. Reporting of injection wells.

 

(1)  Except as specified in sub. (2) , by no later than 30 days after becoming the owner or operator, the owner or operator of an injection well shall provide the following inventory information to the department:

(a) Injection well facility name and location.

(b) Name and address of the injection well owner or operator.

(c) Type of ownership such as, but not limited to, private, federal, state, local government or tribal.

(d) Well class and type of injection well.

(e) Number and operating status of injection wells on a property or in a project.

(2)  The following activities are exempt from the reporting requirements of this section:

(a) Use of department approved products for drilling, rehabilitation or abandonment of any water supply well, groundwater monitoring well, or any other department approved borehole or drillhole.

(b) Use of bentonite grout, cement grout, cement, concrete or other similar department approved materials containing additives, for the purposes of soil or excavation site stabilization, tunnel support, underpinning or foundation strengthening, groundwater control or diversion or for limiting structural settlement.

(c) Construction of a structure such as, but not limited to, a building foundation, support footing, elevator shaft, lift station, utility conduit, cathodic protection device, sump, equipment vault, sanitary sewer, storm sewer or mine shaft.

(d) Horticultural or agricultural practices, other than those activities that involve the use of an injection well for the disposal of drainage water or other fluids containing a pollutant underground.

(3)  Information required under sub. (1) shall be reported in a format acceptable to the department. The owner or operator of an existing injection well shall submit the required information to the department's bureau of drinking water and groundwater within one year of November 1, 2004. The owner or operator of a new injection well shall submit the required information to the department's bureau of drinking water and groundwater prior to operation of the injection well.

(4)  The department may also require the owner or operator of an injection well to submit additional information including, but not limited to:

(a) Location of a well or project by township, range, section and quarter-section.

(b) Location of a well by coordinates of latitude and longitude to the standard of accuracy established by the department for geographic information system records.

(c) Date of construction of a well or project.

(d) Total depth of a well.

(e) Identification of the geologic formation into which a well is injecting.

(f) A narrative that describes the construction features of the well.

(g) A schematic drawing that describes the construction features of the well.

(h) A map or plan drawing that shows the location of a well in relation to other structures or adjacent property boundaries.

(i) A description of the nature or quality of the fluid being injected.

(j) The average and maximum injection pressure at the wellhead.

(k) The average and maximum rate of injection.

(L) The date of the last well inspection or any maintenance activities.

(5)  If the owner or operator of an injection well fails to submit any of the information that is required or requested under subs. (1) and (4) and the well has not been approved by the department or other regulatory agency as specified in subch. IV , the department may order the owner or operator of the unauthorized well to cease injection until the time that the required or requested information is received by the department and an approval for the well is obtained from the regulatory agency having jurisdiction.

CR 01-104 : cr. Register October 2004 No. 586 , eff. 11-1-04.

Note

Federal regulations designate subsets, or "types", of injection wells within the 5 injection well classes. "Type," as it is used in this section, refers to those subsets identified in the federal Underground Injection Control program regulations. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Form 3300-253, Inventory of Injection Wells, is available for use in submitting the information required in this section. Copies of Form 3300-253 may be obtained by contacting the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Drinking Water and Groundwater, Post Office Box 7921, Madison, Wisconsin, 53707-7921. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1