(a) Any person, firm, or corporation violating § 15-72-206, § 15-72-208(a), § 15-72-217, § 15-72-208(b), § 15-72-210, or § 15-72-211 is subject to a civil penalty for each violation not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), to be assessed by the Oil and Gas Commission.
(b) If the civil penalty is not recovered by the commission within the time frame specified by the commission, the civil penalty and a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court may be recovered in an action brought by the commission in the name of the State of Arkansas.
(c) The civil penalty and attorney's fees collected shall be turned into the general road fund of the county where a leak is located to be used on the roads, bridges, and highways of the county, in the discretion of the county court.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development
Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine
Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation
Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally
§ 15-72-202. Penalties for violation of certain sections
§ 15-72-203. Prerequisite to exploring or drilling — Notice to surface owner — Definition
§ 15-72-204. Prerequisite for drilling permit — Operator's proof of financial responsibility
§ 15-72-205. Notice of intent to drill — Permit and fee
§ 15-72-206. Casing oil or gas wells — Keeping sands separate
§ 15-72-207. Log requirements generally
§ 15-72-208. Proper confinement of gas by possessor of well
§ 15-72-209. Right of others to confine gas
§ 15-72-210. Gas leaks in pipelines, machinery, etc
§ 15-72-212. Failure to control wild wells
§ 15-72-213. Surface owner's lien for damages caused by operator neglect
§ 15-72-214. Surface owner's claim for damages caused by operator neglect
§ 15-72-216. Requirement that dry or abandoned wells be plugged — Notice of abandonment
§ 15-72-217. Plugging dry or abandoned well by lessee or operator
§ 15-72-218. Plugging dry or abandoned well by another
§ 15-72-219. Compensation of surface owners and surface tenants for damages — Restoration of land