Administrative Review - Basic Filing Requirements
This part of the permit review verifies that all rule and statutory requirements have been met for a permit to be issued.
Technical Staff contact information
NOTE: A productive reservoir is a reservoir with past or current production within a 2-mile radius of the proposed injection well. If any part of the proposed injection zone is or ever has been productive, then the permit application should be filed on Form H-1/H-1A. Use the current forms. Using older forms may result in requests for additional information and corresponding delays in permitting |
- Form W-14, (Injection into a Formation Not Productive of Oil or Gas, Rule 9)
- $250 for each disposal well permit application (Rule 9) ($100 application fee plus $150 surcharge).
- $500 for each injection permit application (Rule 46) filing fee per wellbore ($200 application fee plus $300 surcharge)
- $375 (additional) for each exception request ($150 exception request plus $225 surcharge).
NOTE: The surcharge was effective May 1, 2012. |
3. Where to File
- File the original with Technical Permitting in Austin.
- Send a copy to district office.
4. Preliminary Review
- Organization Report (Form P-5) - The applicant must have a current organization report on file with the Commission. The Commission's mainframe database is checked to verify that the organization report is on file and current.
- Certificate of Compliance (Form P-4) - The applicant must be the current operator of the lease. If a Form P-4 has been filed on the lease, the applicant must be shown as the operator on the current Form P-4. For a new lease, the operator will be required to file Form P-4 along with the completion report (Form W-2/G-1) on the injection/disposal well.
- Injection/Disposal Well Inventory - The Commission's mainframe database is checked to determine whether the application is for a new permit or an amendment of an existing permit. This check determines which application attachments are required. All attachments are required when filing for a new permit, others may not be required depending on the type of the amendment.
NOTE: Beginning February 2, 2005, permit applications will be administratively denied if the subject well is under pipeline severance or seal-in for Rule or permit violations on that well. This policy does not apply to permit amendment applications that, if granted, would return the subject well to compliance. |
Last Updated: 4/20/2018 10:51:31 AM