La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § I-1027

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section I-1027 - Partial or Full Release of a State Wind Lease

A. Upon expiration or termination of a state wind lease, in whole or in part, for any reason, the principle state wind lessee shall execute and record an appropriate instrument of release within 90 days of such expiration or termination in each parish wherein the leased premises are located and shall provide the State Mineral Board through the Office of Mineral Resources with a copy of the recorded instrument of release from each parish wherein it is recorded properly certified by the recorder for that parish. In the event the principle state wind lessee fails to comply, all the state wind lessees currently of record jointly, severally and in solido shall be subject to liquidated damages of $100 per day beginning on the ninety-first day after expiration or termination, as well as reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred should suit be brought for lease cancellation.

B. The release instrument shall provide the state wind lease number and be signed by the principle state wind lessee, with the signature duly witnessed and notarized. Failure to follow the notarization requirements of R.S. 35:12 shall be grounds for the release instrument to be rejected.

C. If a party wants to release only a portion of the leased acreage, he shall contain the whole of the retained acreage, including the buffer acreage within the boundaries set forth in §1029. C.1 a-c, within a single contiguous block of acreage. For a partial release only, the party shall also provide the following items.

1. A written property description, fully justified, using Microsoft Word. The first part shall describe and provide the amount of state owned acreage released. The second part shall describe and provide the amount of state owned acreage retained. Use X-Y Coordinates based on the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927, North or South Zone (as applicable), starting with an X-Y point of beginning and using distance and bearings to each X-Y corner or turning point. Use calculations, closures and ties to existing state wind leases that comply with generally accepted surveying standards. Provide one original paper copy and one electronic copy as a Word .doc file named "released.doc" on the release diskette.

2. A plat that clearly delineates the boundaries of and sets forth the state owned acreage amount released and the state owned acreage amount retained. Use an 8 1/2 x 11 copy of the most recent edition of the 7 1/2 minute USGS Quadrangle Map (scale 1" = 2000' or 1" = 3000'; or the block system of 1" = 4000', if applicable). Use X-Y Coordinates based on the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927, North or South Zone (as applicable), starting with an X-Y point of beginning and using distance and bearings to each X-Y corner or turning point. Use calculations, closures and ties to existing state wind leases that comply with generally accepted surveying standards. Provide one original paper copy and one electronic copy included as a .pdf file named "released.pdf" on the release diskette.

3. A .dxf file that contains only the boundary of the acreage portion to be released, named "released.dxf" and provided on the release diskette. This boundary shall be a single line with no additional lines, labels, text, or graphics, and shall be constructed of individual line segments between vertices. The X-Y coordinates in the .dxf file must exactly match those in the written property description and the plat.

4. A release diskette clearly labeled "State Wind Lease Release Diskette" that shall have the principal state wind lessee and project names affixed thereon and contain the written property description as a Word .doc file, the plat as a .pdf file, and the .dxf file.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § I-1027

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mineral Resources, LR 34:267 (February 2008).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 41:1734.