If you are interested in applying for a new permit or modifying
an existing permit regulated by the TCEQ, you are encouraged to contact
TCEQ UIC staff and arrange a meeting and/or conference call
prior to filing an application. Be sure and review the applicable
rules before filing your application.
Application Forms:
| Class I Injection Well |
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| Pre-Injection Unit Authorization by Registration |
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| Salt Cavern Disposal Wells |
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| Supplement to Class I permit application for hazardous wells
without a RCRA Permit |
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| Well Data Report for Industrial and Municipal Injection Wells
(form for applying for construction certification) |
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Guidance Documents:
| Common Deficiencies of Class I Injection Well Applications |
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| Construction Guidance for Class I Injection Wells |
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| Basic Guidelines for Mechanical Integrity Tests and Related
Cased Hole Wireline Logging |
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| Additional Guidance on Class I Well Issues |
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The Permit Process:
After the application is received, it will be reviewed for
administrative completeness. If the application is declared
administratively complete, a technical review will be conducted
including the following tasks:
- Staff will review the geohydrologic and engineering aspects of
the proposed well facility;
- You may receive a request for additional information called a
Notice of Deficiency;
- A proposed draft permit will be prepared for technically
complete applications and sent to you as the applicant;
- A technical summary, a compliance history and a notice of draft
permit will be prepared;
- If the application is deemed complete and compliant with the
appropriate rules and statutes, notice will be given. To encourage
public participation in the permit process, TCEQ's Executive
Director will prepare and the Chief Clerk will mail a Notice of
Application and Intent to Obtain a Permit and a Notice of
Application and Preliminary Decision;
- You as the applicant are responsible for publishing the notice
in the appropriate news media (please check to see if you also need
to publish notice in an
alternate language);
- After each notice, the executive director receives comments and
responds to all significant comments. A public meeting may be
held;
- Certain persons which could potentially be affected by the
injection well may request a public meeting and hearing prior to a
decision being made on an injection well permit application;
- The executive director will decide if the permit should be
issued if the application is complete and compliant with applicable
rules and statutes, and is uncontested;
- If the application is contested, the Commission will issue the
permit or deny the application after any legal appeals are
complete;
- The executive director's decision can be appealed to the
Commission; and
- You will receive your permit after the executive director's
decision, and, on those occasions in which a hearing process is
required, any appeals are exhausted.
- Well owners are resposible for proper closure and post closure
care for their well(s). Financial assurance shall be submitted at
least 60 days prior to commencement of drilling operations for new
wells and for salt cavern disposal wells.
- Within 90 days after the completion or conversion of the well,
the permittee shall submit a Completion Report to the executive
director. The report must include a surveyor's plat showing the
exact location and giving the latitude and longitude of the well.
The report must also include a certification that a notation on the
deed to the facility property or on some other instrument which is
normally examined during title search has been made stating the
surveyed location of the well, the well permit number, and its
permitted waste streams
