The secretary shall publish a notice of recommendation before issuing, denying, suspending, revoking, transferring, or renewing any permit application or petition filed for the following:
(1) Request to drill an oil well on a tract containing less than 35 acres, pursuant to § 74:12:02:04; (2) Request to drill a gas well on a tract containing less than 576 acres, pursuant to § 74:12:02:05; (3) Request to drill at an exception location to statewide or field spacing, pursuant to § 74:12:02:08; (4) Request to drill a directional well or a horizontal well in an area not already spaced by the Board of Minerals and Environment for directional or horizontal wells, pursuant to § 74:12:02:02;(5) Request for an exception to the gas-oil ratio, pursuant to § 74:12:04:01; (6) Request to commingle oil from separate pools underground, pursuant to § 74:12:04:03;(7) Permit to inject, pursuant to § 74:12:07:01;(8) Request for major modifications of permits to inject, pursuant to § 74:12:07:08;(9) Request to increase injection pressure, pursuant to § 74:12:07:21;(10) Request to increase injection volumes, pursuant to § 74:12:07:22;(11) Exemption of a portion of an aquifer, pursuant to § 74:12:07:24; and(12) Request to complete well in more than one pool, pursuant to § 74:12:04:04. The secretary may require the applicant to submit geologic, geophysical, topographic, lease, ownership, engineering, or production information in support of any petition or application submitted under this section.S.D. Admin. R. 74:12:09:01
38 SDR 117, effective 1/12/2012.General Authority: SDCL 45-9-11, 45-9-13, 45-9-73.
Law Implemented: SDCL 45-9-73.