(a) Any person who fails to plug an abandoned well within thirty days, or upon a showing of good cause, within a longer period as determined by the director not to exceed one hundred eighty days, from the date such plugging is ordered by the director, shall be liable for a civil penalty of $25,000 which penalty shall be recovered in a civil action in the circuit court wherein the abandoned well is located.
(b) The net proceeds of all civil penalties collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited into the oil and gas reclamation fund established pursuant to section twenty-nine, article six of this chapter.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 22. Environmental Resources
Article 10. Abandoned Well Act
§22-10-2. Legislative Findings; Legislative Statement of Policy and Purpose
§22-10-4. Financial Responsibility -- Applicability
§22-10-5. Financial Responsibility -- Amount
§22-10-6. Establishment of Priorities for Plugging Expenditures
§22-10-7. Right of Interested Person to Plug, Replug and Reclaim Abandoned Wells
§22-10-8. Arbitration; Fees and Costs
§22-10-10. Rulemaking; Procedure; Judicial Review