Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-1-3-.03

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

Section 400-1-3-.03 - Approval Of Activities

(1) An operator shall obtain approval of the Supervisor for:

(a) Initiating drilling, converting, or reentering a well, see Rule 400-1-2-.01(2);

(b) Deepening, see Rule 400-1-2-.01(3);

(c) Directionally drilling or sidetracking, see Rule 400-1-2-.01(4);

(d) Change of operator, see Rule 400-1-2-.05;

(e) Plan of abandonment of a radioactive logging source, see Rule 400-1-4-.05(3);

(f) Plan of operation for reentering, converting, recompleting, or reworking a well containing a radioactive logging source, see Rule 400-1-4-.05(7);

(g) Radioactive surveys, see Rule 400-1-4-.06;

(h) Chemical treatment or fracturing, see Rule 400-1-4-.07;

(i) Construction of any pit, see Rule 400-1-4-.10;

(j) Disposal of pit fluids, see Rule 400-1-4-.11;

(k) Plugging and abandonment, see Rule 400-1-4-.14;

(l) Restoration of location, see Rule 400-1-4-.16;

(m) Initial request for temporary abandoned or shut-in status, see Rule 400-1-4-.17;

(n) Production testing, see Rule 400-1-5-.03;

(o) Temporary test allowables, see Rule 400-1-5-.04;

(p) Multiple completions, see Rule 400-1-5-.05;

(q) Recompletion or reworking, see Rule 400-1-6-.06(1);

(r) Construction and operation of a sour gas production facility, see Rule 400-1-7-.01(1);

(s) Design, construction, and operation of a processing facility, see Rule 400-1-7-.01(2);

(t) Design, construction, and operation of a plant and placing a plant into service, see Rule 400-1-7-.01(3);

(u) Modifications to sour gas production facilities, processing facilities, and plants, see Rule 400-1-7-.01(4);

(v) Transportation of oil, gas, condensate, or plant products, see Rule 400-1-8-.01;

(w) Construction and operation of gathering lines, see Rule 400-1-8-.03(2);

(x) Modifications to gathering lines, see Rule 400-1-8-.03(2)(b)4;

(y) Operations involving hydrogen sulfide, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(8)(c);

(z) Modification of existing hydrogen sulfide operations or facilities, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(8)(e);

(aa) Hydrogen sulfide monitoring system and test equipment prior to initial test production, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(f);

(bb) Construction and maintenance of sour flowlines and sour gathering lines, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(11)(a);

(cc) Modifications to sour flowlines and sour gathering lines, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(11)(b)1;

(dd) Repairing or replacing damaged sour flowlines or sour gathering lines, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(11)(b)2;

(ee) Transportation of wastes, see Rule 400-1-9-.03(1)(a); and

(ff) Modification of transportation of wastes procedures, see Rule 400-1-9-.03(1)(b).

(2)Witness of Activities. The Supervisor may send a duly authorized representative to the location to witness activities in section (1) above.

Author: State Oil and Gas Board

Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-1-3-.03

Filed September 30, 1982. Amended: Filed October 31, 1984; Filed May 5, 1993. Repealed and New Rule: Filed April 11, 2000; effective May 16, 2000.

Previous Chapter 400-1-3 (Rules 400-1-3-.01 through 400-1-3-.13) Repealed and New Chapter (Rules 400-1-3-.01 through 400-1-3-.03) adopted in lieu thereof: Filed April 11, 2000.

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