La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XIX-809

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XIX-809 - Application to Drill

A. The drilling permit application requirements included in this section shall apply to all Type A and B ASWs.

B. All applications for permits to drill alternative source wells shall be made on Form MD-10-R or revisions thereof, and mailed or delivered to the district office with one copy mailed or delivered to the departments Environmental Division. These applications, in duplicate, shall be accompanied by three copies of the location plat, preferably drawn to a scale of 1000 feet to the inch. The plats shall definitely show the amount and location of the acreage with reference to quarter-section corners, or other established survey points. There shall also be shown all pertinent lease and property lines, leases, offset wells, and the location and distance from the well to the nearest shoulder of any interstate highway within the boundaries of the plat. Plats must have well locations certifications either written on or attached to the well location plats and this certification must be signed by a registered civil engineer, qualified surveyor or a qualified engineer regularly employed by the applicant. If possible the application card shall give the name and address of the drilling contractor, otherwise the information, as soon as determined, shall be supplied by letter to the district manager.

1. Applicants that receive a drilling permit for an alternative source well located within 1,000 feet of an interstate highway shall furnish a copy of the approved drilling permit and the certified location plat to the appropriate state and local authorities, including all emergency responders.

C. No alternative source well shall be drilled, nor shall the drilling of such well be commenced, before a permit for such well has been issued by the Office of Conservation; furthermore, any work, such as digging pits, erecting buildings, derricks, etc., which the operator may do or have done, will be done at his own risk and with the full understanding that the Office of Conservation may find it necessary to change the location or deny the permit because of the rules and regulations applying in that instance.

D. No alternative source well shall commence drilling below the surface casing until a sign has been posted on the derrick, and subsequently on the well, showing the operator of record of the well, name of lease, section, township, range, and the serial number under which the permit was issued. The obligation to maintain a legible sign remains until abandonment.

E. In order to make the designation of the well, as referred to above, more uniform throughout the state, and thus to facilitate the handling of all matters relative to any particular well, wells shall be named in accordance with LAC 43:XIX.103.E.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIX-809

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 45576 (4/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq.