Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-2-8-.02

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 400-2-8-.02 - Notification Of Fire Or Blow Out

(1) The Supervisor shall be notified immediately of a fire or blow out that occurs at or is related to the operation of any well, production, processing, storage, or Class II injection facility, underground storage facility, offshore plant, used in operations including but not limited to drilling, completing, testing, recompletion or reworking, producing, processing, storing, injecting, or metering.

(2) Such report shall be made immediately to the Board and shall contain information pertaining to a description of the incident; location by offshore tract or section, extent of damage to life and environment, and corrective action taken.

(3) If deemed necessary by the agent of the Board upon investigation, Form OGB-27, Notification of Fire, Spill, Leak or Blow Out Incident Report, shall be submitted to the Board within ten (10) days.

(4) The operator shall immediately take the appropriate action to extinguish fires and bring blow outs under control. Additionally, the operator shall notify other appropriate governmental agencies of the incident.

Author: State Oil and Gas Board

Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-2-8-.02

New Rule: Filed April 11, 2000; effective May 16, 2000.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-17-1, etseq.