Each application for a permit to drill a gas or oil well or to relocate a tank battery or other producing equipment shall be accompanied by a site plan and vicinity map of the area involved in the application, drawn to scale, and showing thereon or attached thereto, the following:
(a) The owners' names and addresses and the current lot lines of all properties within the proposed drilling unit and within 1,000 feet of the proposed location of the well, storage tanks, and associated equipment;
(b) The current locations, dimensions and uses of all buildings, structures, ponds, lakes, wetlands and streams within the drilling unit, and structures suitable for occupancy within 1,000 feet of the proposed location of the well, storage tanks and associated equipment;
(c) The proposed location of the well and all associated appliances and facilities, such as the wellhead, piping, separators, scrubbers, tank batteries, access roads, dikes, fences and the like;
(d) The proposed landscaping, screening and restoration plans;
(e) The proposed locations of pipelines to be utilized to transmit the gas and/or oil to off-site locations, and the facilities to be established at receiving facility locations;
(f) For emergency purposes, a schematic diagram of all flowlines, connections and shut-off valves, the diagram to be modified and resubmitted to the Municipality any time that a change in the equipment or facility occurs;
(g) Specific plans for the removal, disposal methods and disposal sites of all drilling fluids, spoils, cuttings, brine water and other residues and waste materials resulting from the drilling, fracturing or production of the well;
(h) Existing contours with intervals of not more than five feet where the slope is greater than ten percent, and not more than two feet where the slope is less than ten percent. However, one-foot contours are recommended and will be required in relatively flat topography. Elevations shall be based on sea level datum.
(i) The names and addresses of all property owners of mineral rights within a radius of 1,000 feet of the proposed location of the well, storage tanks and associated equipment;
(j) The names, addresses and telephone numbers of all persons who will be contracted to haul oil, condensate and/or brine salt water, together with the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all subcontractors thereof;
(k) The proposed truck routes in and out of the site on public roads during drilling and/or plugging operations;
(l) Copies of all easements or options for easements for the pipeline, production and processing equipment, and access roads;
(m) A statement stipulating that copies of the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan for certain site storage facilities, per Title 40, C.F.R. No. 237, Part 112, shall be submitted prior to commencement of production; and
(n) A policy of public liability insurance, specifically covering damage to property and contamination of potable well water, with a certificate listing the Municipality as the named insured.
The applicant shall provide for independent testing for the presence of chlorides and/or total dissolved solids, either by a qualified consultant or a qualified Ohio Department of Natural Resources laboratory, prior to drilling, upon turn-on, and annually thereafter, in any water wells within 1,000 feet of the proposed location of the well, storage tanks and associated equipment.
(Ord. 94-165. Passed 1-4-95.)