Abstract: Prohibits the commissioner of conservation from limiting the surface injection pressure for saltwater disposal wells to less than 0.5 lbs. per foot in certain parishes.

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Present law authorizes the commissioner of conservation to regulate disposal wells, including saltwater disposal wells.

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Proposed law prohibits the commissioner from limiting any saltwater disposal well in the parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, Red River, and Webster to a surface injection pressure less than 0.5 lbs. per vertical foot, measuring from the surface to the point of injection.

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Proposed law authorizes saltwater disposal well operators with an existing permit that limits the injection pressure they can use to less than 0.5 lbs. per foot to apply to the department to have their permits modified to comply with proposed law.