(a) The following must be included in an application for an injection well permit:
  (1) for Class I wells, as defined in Chapter 331 of this title (relating to Underground Injection Control), the information listed in §331.121 of this title (relating to Class I Wells);
  (2) for Class III wells, as defined in Chapter 331 of this title, the information listed in §331.122 of this title (relating to Class III Wells);
  (3) the manner in which compliance with the financial assurance requirements in Chapter 37 of this title (relating to Financial Assurance) will be attained;
  (4) the manner in which compliance with the plugging and abandonment requirements of §331.46 of this title (relating to Closure Standards) will be attained;
  (5) the manner in which compliance with the corrective action requirements of §331.44 of this title (relating to Corrective Action Standards) will be attained;
  (6) the manner in which compliance with the post-closure requirements of §331.68 of this title (relating to Post-Closure Care) will be attained;
  (7) for Class I wells, a letter from the Railroad Commission of Texas stating that the drilling of a disposal well and the injection of the waste into the subsurface stratum selected for disposal will not endanger or injure any oil or gas formation;
  (8) for Class III wells, a description of all liquid and solid nonradioactive wastes resulting from mining activities;
  (9) a complete delineation by a licensed professional geoscientist or a licensed professional engineer of any aquifer or portion of an aquifer for which exempt status is sought;
  (10) an application for a new, amended, or renewed Class III injection well area permit for an in situ uranium mine must contain a range table of pre-mining low and high values for each groundwater quality parameter listed in §331.104(b) of this title (relating to Establishment of Baseline and Control Parameters for Excursion Detection). These values shall be established from analysis of independent and representative groundwater samples, collected prior to mining, from:
    (A) all baseline wells required under §331.104(c) of this title that are within the area of review associated with the existing or proposed permit boundary, as specified at §331.42(a)(4) of this title (relating to Area of Review); and
    (B) all available wells within the existing or proposed permit boundary, provided the well is completed within the production zone identified in the existing or proposed permit; and
  (11) any other information reasonably required by the executive director to evaluate the proposed injection well or project, including, but not limited to, the information set forth in Texas Water Code, §27.051(a).
(b) An application for production area authorization shall be submitted with and contain the following for each production area:
  (1) mine plan;
  (2) a restoration table;
  (3) a baseline water quality table;
  (4) control parameter upper limits;
  (5) monitor well locations;
  (6) cost estimate for aquifer restoration and well plugging and abandonment; and
  (7) other information reasonably required by the executive director to evaluate the application.
(c) An application under this section shall comply with the requirements of §305.50(a)(4)(B) of this title (relating to Additional Requirements for an Application for a Hazardous or Industrial Solid Waste Permit and for a Post-Closure Order).

Source Note: The provisions of this §305.49 adopted to be effective June 19, 1986, 11 TexReg 2593; amended to be effective January 5, 1988, 12 TexReg 4860; amended to be effective July 5, 1989, 14 TexReg 3046; amended to be effective November 7, 1991, 16 TexReg 6051; amended to be effective March 21, 2000, 25 TexReg 2368; amended to be effective January 30, 2003, 28 TexReg 705; amended to be effective September 11, 2003, 28 TexReg 7774; amended to be effective March 12, 2009, 34 TexReg 1629; amended to be effective December 11, 2014, 39 TexReg 9581