TITLE 62: MINING
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
PART 240 THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT
SECTION 240.350 GROUNDWATER AND POTABLE WATER SUPPLY INFORMATION


 

Section 240.350  Groundwater and Potable Water Supply Information

 

a)         The applicant shall submit a statement certifying there are no potable water wells located within two hundred (200) feet of the proposed Class II UIC well, and no municipal water supply wells located within two thousand five hundred (2500) feet of the proposed Class II UIC well.

 

b)         Fresh Water Analyses

 

1)         The applicant shall submit a standard laboratory analysis of fresh water from two (2) or more fresh water wells located within one (1) mile of the proposed injection well and showing the location and depth of the well, and dates the samples were obtained.  The samples shall be analyzed for at least the following parameters:  pH, Chloride, Total Dissolved Solids, and Specific Gravity.  The samples shall be obtained and analyzed no earlier than one (1) year prior to the date of filing of the application.  The locations of the well from which the fresh water samples were obtained shall also be shown on the map required in Section 240.320.

 

2)         If, due to circumstances beyond his control, the applicant cannot obtain the analysis required under (b)(1) above, the applicant shall submit in lieu of such analysis a statement explaining why the analysis could not be obtained.

 

(Source:  Former Section recodified to Section 240.1250; new Section adopted at 15 Ill. Reg. 15493, effective October 10, 1991)