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TITLE 62: MINING
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
PART 245 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING REGULATORY ACT
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SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 245.100 Applicability
Section 245.110 Definitions
Section 245.115 Incorporated Materials
Section 245.120 Permit Requirements

SUBPART B: REGISTRATION AND PERMITTING PROCEDURES

Section 245.200 Registration Procedures
Section 245.210 Permit Application Requirements
Section 245.220 Permit Bonds or Other Collateral Securities
Section 245.230 Permit Application Receipt and Department Review
Section 245.240 Public and Governmental Notice by the Department
Section 245.250 Public and Governmental Notice by the Permit Applicant
Section 245.260 Public Comment Periods
Section 245.270 Public Hearings

SUBPART C: PERMIT DECISIONS

Section 245.300 Permit Decision
Section 245.310 Permit Denial
Section 245.320 Permit Conditions
Section 245.330 Permit Modifications
Section 245.340 Permit Transfers
Section 245.350 Permit Release
Section 245.360 Judicial Review

SUBPART D: WELL SITE PREPARATION

Section 245.400 Setback Requirements
Section 245.410 Access Roads, Public Roads and Topsoil Conditions

SUBPART E: WELL CONSTRUCTION

Section 245.500 General Conditions and Requirements
Section 245.510 Well Drilling, Storage and Disposal of Drilling Waste
Section 245.520 Cement Requirements
Section 245.530 Surface Casing Requirements
Section 245.540 Establishment of Internal Mechanical Integrity
Section 245.550 Installation and Testing of Blowout Prevention Equipment
Section 245.560 Intermediate Casing Requirements
Section 245.570 Production Casing Requirements
Section 245.580 Establishment of Formation Integrity

SUBPART F: WATER QUALITY

Section 245.600 Water Quality Monitoring
Section 245.610 Water Pollution Investigations
Section 245.615 Procedures
Section 245.620 Rebuttable Presumption of Pollution or Diminution
Section 245.630 Prohibitions

SUBPART G: CHEMICAL DISCLOSURE; TRADE SECRETS

Section 245.700 Chemical Disclosure by Permittee
Section 245.710 Chemical Disclosure by Contractor
Section 245.715 Chemical Use Prohibitions
Section 245.720 Department Publication of Chemical Disclosures and Claims of Trade Secret
Section 245.730 Trade Secret Disclosure to Health Professional

SUBPART H: HIGH VOLUME HORIZONTAL HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PREPARATIONS AND OPERATIONS

Section 245.800 General Conditions and Requirements
Section 245.805 Hydraulic Fracturing String Requirements and Pressure Testing
Section 245.810 Surface Equipment Pressure Testing
Section 245.815 Notice and Approval Before Commencement of High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
Section 245.820 Secondary Containment Inspections
Section 245.825 General Fluid Storage
Section 245.830 Reserve Pits
Section 245.835 Mechanical Integrity Monitoring
Section 245.840 Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid and Flowback Confinement
Section 245.845 Management of Gas and Produced Hydrocarbons During Flowback
Section 245.850 Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid and Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback Storage, Disposal or Recycling, Transportation and Reporting Requirements
Section 245.855 Spills and Remediation
Section 245.860 High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Operations Completion Report
Section 245.870 Use of Diesel in High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Operations is Prohibited

SUBPART I: HIGH VOLUME HORIZONTAL HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PRODUCTION

Section 245.900 Managing Natural Gas and Hydrocarbon Fluids During Production
Section 245.910 Uncontrolled Emissions from Storage Tanks Containing Natural Gas and Hydrocarbon Fluids
Section 245.920 Flaring Waiver
Section 245.930 Annual Flaring Reports
Section 245.940 Produced Water Disposal or Recycling, Transportation and Reporting Requirements

SUBPART J: PLUGGING AND RESTORATION

Section 245.1000 Plugging and Restoration Requirements
Section 245.1010 Plugging Previously Abandoned Unplugged or Insufficiently Plugged Wells
Section 245.1020 Restoration of Lands Other than the Well Site and Production Facility
Section 245.1030 Restoration of the Well Site and Production Facility

SUBPART K: ENFORCEMENT

Section 245.1100 Suspension, Revocation, Remediation and Administrative Penalties
Section 245.1110 Notice of Violation
Section 245.1120 Director's Decision
Section 245.1130 Director's Decision Hearings
Section 245.1140 Alternative Enforcement

SUBPART L: MEDIUM VOLUME HORIZONTAL HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS COMPLETION REPORTS

Section 245.1200 Medium Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Completion Reports
AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act [225 ILCS 732].
SOURCE: Adopted at 38 Ill. Reg. 22067, effective November 14, 2014.