(a) Permanent or temporary waste hold, storage lagoons, service ponds or similar storage facilities shall be designed, constructed, and maintained so as to prevent any drainage into ditches, natural water courses, sewers, ponds, ground water, etc. There shall be a protective lining or impermeable material installed in storage lagoons to prevent the percolation of harmful chemicals or residues into the soil. All E.P.A. rules shall be followed relative to the disposal of wastewater.
(b) Storage tanks shall be diked or otherwise designed, constructed, and maintained so as to prevent any seepage or drainage beyond a five-foot distance from each tank. Such seepage or drainage shall, under no circumstances, be allowed to enter upon adjacent property or any road drainage ditch, natural watercourse or man made body of water. Dikes will be constructed to contain no less than one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the tank capacity.
(c) It shall be the duty of the permit holder to seal gas and oil wells to protect fresh water wells from salt water of other pollution or contamination in such proper manner as is in accordance with good practice. The permit holder shall establish contingency plans for the immediate furnishing of potable water to affect residents for such period as may be required to re-establish proper portability on any polluted or contaminated well or wells. Unless otherwise enumerated or delineated by the City Service Director, the requirements to provide such immediate water supply shall be limited to residents within one thousand feet of the well head. The permit holder shall be responsible for the obligation to provide potable water without cost to the residents receiving the same provided liability is established by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The voluntary providing of water by permit holder shall not be construed as an admission of liability.
(d) In the event that the City Service Director determined that any drilling or production of a gas or oil well causes any sour gas, (hydrogen sulfide) or gas or oil odor deemed to be a nuisance, the applicant shall take all necessary steps to eliminate escape of any sour gas and where ordered by the City Service Director, shall provide a filter retrofitted on all storage tanks and shall insure during production of any well that said filters are either cleaned or replaced in order to adequately suppress odor.
(Ord. 0-24-98. Passed 4-20-98.)
(Ord. 0-24-98. Passed 4-20-98.)