Any person who applies to the department for a hazardous waste facilities permit, or for the renewal or revision of a hazardous waste facilities permit, for the discharge of hazardous wastes into an injection well, including any proposed injection well, shall submit a hydrogeological assessment report to the department and to the appropriate regional board six months before making that application. A qualified person shall be responsible for the preparation of the report and shall certify its completeness and accuracy. The department shall not approve the report unless the department finds that the report is current, accurate, and complete, and that no hazardous waste constituents have migrated from the portion of the injection well located above the injection zone or have migrated from the injection zone. The report shall be accompanied by the fee established pursuant to Section 25159.19. The report shall contain, for each injection well, including any proposed injection well, any information required by the department, and all of the following information: (a) A description of the injection well, including all of the following: (1) Physical characteristics. (2) A log of construction activities, including dates and methods used. (3) A description of materials used in the injection well, including tubing, casing, packers, seals, and grout. (4) Design specifications and a drawing of the well as completed. (5) An analysis of the chemical and physical compatibility of the materials used with the wastes injected. (6) Annulus fluid composition, level, and pressure at the time of well completion through the present time. (b) A description of both of the following: (1) The volume, temperature, pH, and radiological characteristics, and composition of hazardous waste constituents placed in the well, based on a statistically significant representative chemical analysis of each specific hazardous waste type, so that any variations in hazardous waste constituents over time are documented. (2) The pressure and rate at which fluid is injected into the well. (c) A map showing the distances, within the facility, to the nearest surface water bodies and springs, and the distances, within three miles from the facilityâs perimeter, to the nearest surface water bodies and springs. (d) Tabular data from each surface water body and spring shown on the map specified in subdivision (c), within one mile from the facilityâs perimeter, which indicate its flow and a representative water analysis. The report shall include an evaluation and characterization of seasonal changes and, if substantive changes occur from season to season, the tabular data shall reflect these seasonal changes. (e) A map showing the location of all existing and abandoned wells, dry holes, mines, and quarries within the facility and within three miles of the facilityâs perimeter. The report shall include, for each well shown on the map, a description of the present use of the well, a representative water analysis from any existing wells, any known physical characteristics, and a determination as to whether the well, if abandoned, has been closed in accordance with standards at least as stringent as those set forth in the Department of Water Resources Bulletin No. 74-81, or, if the well is an oil or gas well, in accordance with standards at least as stringent as the regulations of the Division of Oil and Gas. The report also shall include, when possible, the water well drillerâs report or well log. (f) A map showing the structural geology and stratigraphy within three miles of the facilityâs perimeter that can influence the direction of the groundwater flow or the movement of the discharged wastes. The report shall include a description of folds, domes, basins, faults, seismic activity, fractures, and joint patterns, and a geologic cross section and general description of the subsurface rock units, including stratigraphic position, lithology, thickness, and areal distributi
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