Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 24, June 14, 2024
Section 38-18-6 - Plats, Notice to Coal Owner, Operator or Lessee6.1. Plats - 6.1.1. The plat submitted pursuant to W.Va. Code § 22B-1-12 before "drilling for oil or gas, or before fracturing or stimulating a well", shall contain the information required by W.Va. Code § 22B-1-12 and otherwise by this rule in the form and manner provided in Section 9. A separate plat shall not be required for stimulating a well where stimulating is to be a part of the work for which a permit is sought and such fact is noted on Form WW-2(B), "Application for a Well Work Permit".6.1.2. A plat is hereby required to accompany all applications for "fracturing any well" under W.Va. Code § 22B-1-13 by means subsequent to and not an incident of previously permitted drilling, redrilling, deepening, pressuring or converting of such well. If the well to be fractured is an oil or gas well, the plat shall contain the same information required for plats by W.Va. Code § 22B-1-12 and otherwise by this rule, and shall be in the form and manner provided in Section 9; and if the well is a liquid injection or waste disposal well, the plat shall contain the same information required for plats by W.Va. Code § 22B-1-14 and otherwise by this rule, and shall be in the form and manner provided in Section 9.6.1.3. The plat required by W.Va. Code § 22B-1-14 before drilling a well for the introduction of liquids for the purposes provided in W.Va. Code § 22B-1-25 or for the introduction of liquids for the disposal of sewage, industrial waste or other waste or the effluent therefrom on any tract of land, or before converting an existing well for such purposes, shall contain the information required by W.Va. Code § 22B-1-25 and otherwise by this rule and shall be in the form and manner provided in Section 9. Submission of a separate plat shall not be required before stimulating such a well where stimulating is to be part of the well work for which a permit is sought and such fact is noted on Form WW-3(B), "Liquid Injection or Waste Disposal Well Work Permit Application".6.2. Notice to Coal Operators, Owners or Lessees - A copy of the completed notice and application for any permit required by W.Va. Code § 22B-1-6, including the associated plat and Construction and Reclamation Plan required by Section 5, shall be used as the form of the notice to Coal Operators, Owners or Lessees required by W.Va. Code § 22B-1-12, 22B-1-13 and 22B-1-14, and shall be mailed by registered or certified man to coal operators, owners or lessees.