N.D. Admin. Code 43-02-02-30
The operator of each and every well or mine shall, on or before the tenth day of the second month succeeding the month in which production occurs, file with the state geologist the amount of production made by each such well or mine upon form 5-sm or approved computer sheets no larger than eight and one-half by eleven inches [21.59 by 27.94 centimeters]. The report shall be signed by both the person responsible for the report and the person witnessing the signature. The printed name and title of both the person signing the report and the person witnessing the signature shall be included. Wells for which reports of production are not received by the close of business on the tenth day of the month may be shut in for a period not to exceed thirty days. The director shall notify, by certified mail, the operator and authorized transporter of the shut-in period for such wells. The term "mine" includes multiple closely spaced wells used to mine a deposit, and in such case production will be reported from the mine rather than from each individual well. "Multiple closely spaced wells" means where more than one well is used to produce subsurface minerals in each eighty-acre [32.37-hectare] subdivision of the mine.
Production data submitted to the state geologist shall be kept confidential for a period of one year when so requested by the operator. Such period may be further extended upon approval by the commission.
N.D. Admin Code 43-02-02-30
General Authority: NDCC 38-12-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 38-12-02