Kan. Admin. Regs. § 82-3-412

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 24, June 13, 2024

Section 82-3-412 - Assessment of costs

An assessment to pay the costs incurred by the conservation division in reviewing, processing, and approving each injection application shall be payable upon the filing of an application as follows:

(a) Enhanced recovery injection wells.

(1) A fee of $200 shall be assessed to each applicant for injection authority to cover the review only of the initial pilot well. A fee of $100 shall be assessed on each additional well included in the initial injection application except where the well depth of each additional well is less than 1,000 feet. Each additional well having a depth of less than 1,000 feet shall be assessed a fee of $50.

(2) A fee of $100 for each well shall be assessed to each applicant for any modification to the initial injection well permit or permit adding an injection well or wells except where the well depth of each additional well sought to be modified in the initial order or permit is less than 1,000 feet. Each modification adding an injection well having a depth of less than 1,000 feet shall be assessed a fee of $50 for each added well.

(3) A fee of $100 shall be assessed to each applicant for any modification to the initial injection well order or permit seeking to make a significant change in the construction of an injection well, to add an injection well to an authorized waterflood, or to increase either the maximum injection pressure or the maximum injection rate.

(4) A fee of $50 shall be assessed for any other modification of the initial injection order or permit. However, no fee shall be assessed for those modifications specified in K.A.R. 82-3-408(c).

(b) Injection wells.

(1) A fee of $200 shall be assessed to each applicant for injection authority.

(2) A fee of $100 shall be assessed to each applicant for any modification to the initial injection order or permit seeking to make a significant change in the construction of the injection well or to increase either the maximum injection pressure or the maximum injection rate.

(3) A fee of $50 shall be assessed for any other modification to the initial injection order or permit. However, no fee shall be assessed for those modifications specified in K.A.R. 82-3-408(c).

(c) Fee nonrefundable. Once paid, each fee shall be nonrefundable.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 82-3-412

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 55-152, 55-176, as amended by L. 2001, ch. 5, sec. 192, and 55-901, as amended by L. 2001, ch. 5, sec. 198; effective April 5, 2002.