Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 37, September 13, 2024
Section 38-23-6 - Notice of Plugging and Reclamation of a CBM Well; Right to Take Well; Objection; Plugging Order; Plugging for Mine Through6.1. Notice of Intention to Plug and Abandon a CBM Well. 6.1.1. Prior to filing an application for a permit to plug a coalbed methane well under W.Va. Code §22-21.22, the applicant shall deliver by personal service or by certified mail, return receipt requested, copies of the application, well plat and erosion and sediment control plan to the following:6.1.2. The "Chief" as defined in W.Va. Code § 22-14-2(i).6.1.3. The owners of record of the surface of the tract on which the CBM Well is located.6.1.4. The name and address of each coal operator and each coal owner and coal lessee of record or providing a record declaration of notice pursuant to section thirty-six, article six of this chapter of any coal seam which is (i) penetrated by the well; (ii) within seven hundred fifty horizontal feet of any portion of the well bore; or (iii) within one hundred vertical feet of the completed coal seams of the well, except that in the case of an application to plug a well which was converted from a ventilation hole, the name and address only of such owner or operator of the seams penetrated by the well shall be necessary;6.2. An application for a permit to plug a CBM Well shall be made on Form , ''Application to Plug and Abandon a CBM Well" and shall be accompanied by: 6.2.1. A plat in the form prescribed by W.Va. Code § 22-21-6(0(5);6.2.2. The CBM Well name, well number, and permit number or such other identification as the chief may require;6.2.3. The anticipated date plugging operations will commence;6.2.4. The total depth to which the well was drilled, deepened or converted, the coal seams (stating the depth and thickness of each seam) in which the well was completed for production, and any other coal seams (including the depth and thickness of each seam) which penetrated by the well;6.2.5. A certification to the chief the notice requirements of this article have been completed by the applicant. Such certification shall be by affidavit(s) of personal service or return receipt card(s), or other postal receipt(s) for certified mailing.