La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § VI-705

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section VI-705 - Notification Review Process

A. The commissioner shall review the submitted information, pursuant to §701 B, within 30 days.

1. The commissioner may:

a. issue an order placing restrictions on the well; or

b. request further reasonable information; or

c. take no action.

2. Should the commissioner request additional reasonable information for new wells, pursuant to §705. A 1, the commissioner shall have an additional 30 days from the date the information is received to review the water well notification form.

B. For a large volume well or a well within a critical area of ground water concern, the commissioner may, within 30 days after receiving prior notification, pursuant to §701 B, issue to the owner an order fixing:

1. allowable production;

2. spacing; and

3. metering.

C. For all other wells not in a critical area of ground water concern, the commissioner may issue an order to the owner within 30 days of receiving prior notification, pursuant to §701 B, which may only fix spacing of the well.

D. Upon receipt of written confirmation from the Office of Conservation stating that, following its review of a water well notification form submitted pursuant to §701 B, no restrictions will be placed on the well nor more information requested, or in the event that restrictions are placed on the well, the owner does not object to said restrictions; then that owner need not wait the full 60 days mentioned in §701 B, but instead may immediately begin drilling the proposed well in a location and manner consistent with the water well notification form as well as any restrictions placed on the well by the commissioner.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § VI-705

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 30:1216 (June 2004), amended LR 35:252 (February 2009).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:3097 et seq.