What will the Plugging Contractor want to know

The plugging contractor will need to know the location of the well: Ohio county, township, nearest street address, and eventually, the GPS latitude and GPS longitude for the well.

ODNR requires a well identification sign at the wellhead and at the tank  battery.  Compliant signage identifies the Well Owner, the County and  Township and the API Well Number.  That information should enable the  well to be found in the ODNR well database. 

The Well Tender is likely to know more than anyone about the well.  The  Well Tender should have contact information for the well operator. .

Heavy oilfield equipment is required to plug a well and remove a tank  battery.  Lack of easy access increases well plugging costs.  Subsequent  construction around the well can block access.  Often unprofitable  wells, tank batteries, and lease roads fall into disrepair.  The well  plugging contractor will need to know if access to the well site will be  easy or difficult.  Photographs are helpful. 

ODNR requires dikes that can contain at least 110% of the contents of  largest volume tank inside the tank battery.  The purpose of the dikes  is to contain any crude oil or brine that might leak from the well or  tanks.  Oil and brine within the tank battery are not considered to be  hazardous and are exempt from statutory requirements in the Resource  Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA, 1976). 

Yes.  ODNR will not approve the Final Restoration of the well site until  this is cleaned up.  Oil and/or brine that has “escaped” containment  (the dikes) must be treated and disposed of at an approved landfill.   Bio-remediation on-site may be approved by ODNR. 

Water that is supplied by the municipal water source is not nearly as "at risk" as a water drawn from a water well on the property.