Before any hole is abandoned which was drilled for seismic, core, and other exploratory purposes, and which penetrated below all freshwater strata, it shall be the duty of the owner or driller of any such hole to plug it in such manner as to protect properly all freshwater-bearing strata and to file with the Board within sixty (60) days after the plugging well, on Form No. 7, a record of the manner in which the well was plugged to protect the freshwater-bearing strata.
26 Miss. Code. R. 2-1.29