SECTION 5.307. Reporting and Recordkeeping  


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  • (a) The operator of a facility registered under this subchapter must provide, at a minimum, an annual statement, signed by an appropriate company official, confirming that the operator has complied with the requirements of this subchapter.

    (b) The operator must report the results of injection pressure and injection rate monitoring of each injection well on Form H-10, Annual Disposal/Injection Well Monitoring Report, and the results of mechanical integrity testing on Form H-5, Disposal/Injection Well Pressure Test Report. Operators must submit other reports in a format acceptable to the Commission.

    (c) The operator must retain all wellhead pressure records, metering records, and integrity test results for a minimum of five years.

    (d) In the event the operator is unable to collect data in accordance with the approved testing, monitoring, and reporting plan, the operator shall determine the length of the specific period, such as periods of maintenance, equipment failure, or power outages, during which data were unavailable, and shall use the following procedures to estimate the data for that period.

    (1) The operator shall estimate the quantity of new CO2 transferred to the enhanced recovery facility from the supplier using the quantity of new CO2 flow based upon the metering data.

    (2) The operator shall estimate the quantity of CO2 metered for all CO2, except for new CO2 transferred to the enhanced recovery facility, using the quantity of CO 2 metered under similar conditions from the nearest previous time period.

    (3) The operator shall estimate the CO2 concentration values using a concentration value under similar conditions from the nearest previous time period.

    (4) The operator shall estimate values for fugitive or vented CO2 emission volumes from surface equipment at the enhanced recovery facility using methods specified in Subpart W of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 98.

Source Note: The provisions of this §5.307 adopted to be effective July 17, 2011, 36 TexReg 4397