Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 37, September 13, 2024
Section 38-22-2 - DefinitionsUnless the context in which used clearly requires a different meaning, the definitions contained in West Virginia Code 22B-1-1 and 22B-5-3 shall apply to this rule in addition to the definitions set forth below. The definitions of these rules shall apply to West Virginia Code 22B-5-1 et seq. unless the context clearly expresses a different meaning.
2.1. "Chief shall mean Chief of the Office of Oil and Gas as designated by the Director of the Division of Environmental Protection.2.2. "W.Va. Code" shall mean the Code of West Virginia of 1931, as amended.2.3. "Interested party" means any owner, operator or lessee of the siirface, oil, gas, water, coal or other mineral resource under, on, adjacent or in close proximity to any lands upon which an abandoned well exists, and whose lands, rights or interests are or might be afiected by such abandoned well.