R 299.2303 Definitions; G to R.

Rule 2303. As used in these rules:

            (a) "Gas storage" means the use of a depleted oil or gas pool, salt cavern, or other porous strata used for injecting and withdrawing gas from the depleted oil or gas pool, salt cavern, or other porous strata.

            (b) "Geologist" means a person who is certified as a geologist by a credible geological professional association or who, by reason of his or her knowledge of the natural sciences, mathematics, and the principles of geology acquired by either professional experience or practical experience, or both, is qualified to engage in the practice of the science of geology.

            (c) "Generator" means a person whose action or process produces a waste product.

            (d) "Groundwater" means water below the land surface in the zone of saturation.

            (e) "Incinerator" means a device specifically designed for the destruction, by burning, of combustible gasses, in which the products of combustion are emitted to the outer air by passing through a stack or chimney that opens to the outer air at a height of not less than 20 feet above the ground.

            (f) "Instruction" means a written statement of general applicability which is issued by the supervisor of mineral wells, which conforms with the act and rules promulgated under the act, and which clarifies or explains the applicability of the act or rules to commonly recurring facts or circumstances.

            (g) "Internal mechanical integrity" means a well subject to this part has no significant leak in the casing, tubing, packer, or wellhead.

            (h) "Lost hole" means a well which cannot be completed or further drilled because of mechanical difficulties, accidents of construction, or geological conditions.

            (i) "NACE" means the national association of corrosion engineers.

            (j) "Nuisance odor" means an emission of any gas, vapor, fume, or mist, or combination thereof, from a well or its associated surface facilities, in whatever quantities, that causes, either alone or in reaction with other air contaminants, any of the following:

                        (i) Injurious effects to human health or safety.

                        (ii) Unreasonable injurious effects to animal life, plant life of significant value, or property.

                        (iii) Unreasonable interference with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. A 1-hour time weighted hydrogen sulfide concentration in ambient air of 0.2 ppm constitutes a nuisance odor for the purposes of this part.

            (k) "Organization report" means a listing of all corporate officers, directors, incorporators, or partners who have the authority to make, or are responsible for making, operational decisions, including the siting, drilling, operating, producing, reworking, and plugging of wells.

            (l) "Permit" means a permit to drill and operate a well including associated surface facilities and flow lines.

            (m) "Ph" means the degree of acidity or alkalinity of the waste products, expressed as a value from 1 to 14.

            (n) "Ppm" means parts per million by volume.

            (o) "Processed brine" means naturally occurring or artificial brine from which 1 or more dissolved constituents have been removed by a commercial or industrial process.

            (p) "Psi" means pounds per square inch.

            (q) "Psig" means pounds per square inch gauge.

            (r) "Repair" means changes to the retrievable downhole components of a well, minor reconditioning operations, such as backflushing or swabbing, or, changes to the surface equipment of a well.

            (s) "Reservoir" means a natural or artificially developed underground container of liquids or gas.