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§22-6-1. Definitions - As used in this article: (a) "Casing" means a string...
§22-6-2. Secretary -- Powers and Duties Generally; Department Records Open to Public; Inspectors - (a) The secretary shall have as his or her duty...
§22-6-2a. Oil and Gas Inspectors Qualifications and Salary - (a) No person is eligible for appointment as an oil...
§22-6-3. Findings and Orders of Inspectors Concerning Violations; Determination of Reasonable Time for Abatement; Extensions of Time for Abatement; Special Inspections; Notice of Findings and Orders - (a) If an oil and gas inspector, upon making an...
§22-6-4. Review of Findings and Orders by Director; Special Inspection; Annulment, Revision, etc., of Order; Notice - (a) Any well operator, complaining coal operator, owner or lessee,...
§22-6-5. Requirements for Findings, Orders and Notices; Posting of Findings and Orders; Judicial Review of Final Orders of Director - (a) All findings and orders made pursuant to section three...
§22-6-6. Permit Required for Well Work; Permit Fee; Application; Soil Erosion Control Plan - (a) It is unlawful for any person to commence any...
§22-6-7. Water Pollution Control Permits; Powers and Duties of the Director; Penalties - (a) In addition to a permit for well work, the...
§22-6-8. Permits Not to Be on Flat Well Royalty Leases; Legislative Findings and Declarations; Permit Requirements - (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (1) That a...
§22-6-9. Notice to Property Owners - (a) No later than the filing date of the application,...
§22-6-10. Procedure for Filing Comments; Certification of Notice - (a) All persons described in subsections (a) and (b), section...
§22-6-11. Review of Application; Issuance of Permit in the Absence of Objections; Copy of Permits to County Assessor - The director shall review each application for a well work...
§22-6-12. Plats Prerequisite to Drilling or Fracturing Wells; Preparation and Contents; Notice and Information Furnished to Coal Operators, Owners or Lessees; Issuance of Permits; Performance Bonds or Securities in Lieu Thereof; Bond Forfeiture - (a) Before drilling for oil or gas, or before fracturing...
§22-6-13. Notice to Coal Operators, Owners or Lessees and Director of Intention to Fracture Certain Other Wells; Contents of Such Notice; Bond; Permit Required - Before fracturing any well the well operator shall, by registered...
§22-6-14. Plats Prerequisite to Introducing Liquids or Waste Into Wells; Preparation and Contents; Notice and Information Furnished to Coal Operators, Owners or Lessees and Director; Issuance of Permits; Performance Bonds or Security in Lieu Thereof - (a) Before drilling a well for the introduction of liquids...
§22-6-15. Objections to Proposed Drilling of Deep Wells and Oil Wells; Objections to Fracturing; Notices and Hearings; Agreed Locations or Conditions; Indication of Changes on Plats, etc.; Issuance of Permits - (a) When a proposed deep well drilling site or oil...
§22-6-16. Objections to Proposed Drilling or Converting for Introducing Liquids or Waste Into Wells; Notices and Hearings; Agreed Location or Conditions; Indication of Changes on Plats, etc.; Issuance of Permits; Docket of Proceeding - (a) When a well is proposed to be drilled or...
§22-6-17. Objections to Proposed Drilling of Shallow Gas Wells; Notice to Chair of Review Board; Indication of Changes on Plats; Issuance of Permits - When a proposed shallow well drilling site is above a...
§22-6-18. Protective Devices -- When Well Penetrates Workable Coal Bed; When Gas Is Found Beneath or Between Workable Coal Beds - (a) When a well penetrates one or more workable coal...
§22-6-19. Same -- Continuance During Life of Well; Dry or Abandoned Wells - In the event that a well becomes productive of natural...
§22-6-20. Same -- When Well Is Drilled Through Horizon of Coalbed From Which Coal Has Been Removed - When a well is drilled through the horizon of a...
§22-6-21. Same -- Installation of Fresh Water Casings - When a permit has been issued for the drilling of...
§22-6-22. Well Report, Logs, Core Samples, and Cuttings to Be Filed; Confidentiality and Permitted Use; Authority to Promulgate Rules; Reporting of Production Data for Horizontal Wells - (a) Within a reasonable time after the completion of the...
§22-6-23. Plugging, Abandonment and Reclamation of Well; Notice of Intention; Bonds; Affidavit Showing Time and Manner - All dry or abandoned wells or wells presumed to be...
§22-6-24. Methods of Plugging Well - Upon the abandonment or cessation of the operation of any...
§22-6-25. Introducing Liquid Pressure Into Producing Strata to Recover Oil Contained Therein - The owner or operator of any well or wells which...
§22-6-26. Performance Bonds; Corporate Surety or Other Security - (a) No permit shall be issued pursuant to this article...
§22-6-27. Cause of Action for Damages Caused by Explosions - Any person suffering personal injury or property damage due to...
§22-6-28. Supervision by Director Over Drilling and Reclamation Operations; Complaints; Hearings; Appeals - (a) The director shall exercise supervision over the drilling, casing,...
§22-6-29. Operating Permit and Processing Fund; Special Reclamation Fund; Fees - (a) There is hereby continued within the Treasury of the...
§22-6-29a. Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund - (a)(1) This section may be referred to as the Oil...
§22-6-30. Reclamation Requirements - The operator of a well shall reclaim the land surface...
§22-6-31. Preventing Waste of Gas; Plan of Operation Required for Wasting Gas in Process of Producing Oil; Rejection Thereof - Natural gas shall not be permitted to waste or escape...
§22-6-32. Right of Adjacent Owner or Operator to Prevent Waste of Gas; Recovery of Cost - If the owner or operator of any such well shall...
§22-6-33. Restraining Waste - Aside from and in addition to the imposition of any...
§22-6-34. Offenses; Penalties - (a) Any person or persons, firm, partnership, partnership association or...
§22-6-35. Civil Action for Contamination or Deprivation of Fresh Water Source or Supply; Presumption - In any action for contamination or deprivation of a fresh...
§22-6-36. Declaration of Oil and Gas Notice by Owners and Lessees of Coal Seams - For purposes of notification under this article, any owner or...
§22-6-37. Rules, Orders and Permits Remain in Effect - The rules promulgated and all orders and permits in effect...
§22-6-38. Application of Article; Exclusions - This article shall not apply to or affect any well...
§22-6-39. Injunctive Relief - (a) In addition to other remedies, and aside from various...
§22-6-40. Appeal From Order of Issuance or Refusal of Permit to Drill or Fracture; Procedure - Any party to the proceeding under section fifteen of this...
§22-6-41. Appeal From Order of Issuance or Refusal of Permit for Drilling Location for Introduction of Liquids or Waste or From Conditions of Converting Procedure - Any party to the proceedings under section sixteen of this...