805 KAR 1:030. Well location plat, preparation, form and contents.

      RELATES TO: KRS 353.550, 353.590

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 13A.100, 353.550, 353.560

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY This administrative regulation is intended to assure compliance with KRS 353.550 and 353.560 in establishing requirements for uniformity and clarity in well locations and identity.

      Section 1. This administrative regulation applies only to the oil- and gas-producing industry and applies neither to transmission and/or distribution systems nor to product storage facilities.

      Section 2. Location plats for wells proposed to be drilled pursuant to the provisions of KRS Chapter 353 shall be prepared and certified as accurate and correct by a licensed Kentucky land surveyor, provided that when the location of the well is known to be underlain by coal bearing stratum, such plat shall be prepared by a licensed land surveyor and certified by an engineer registered in Kentucky. If any plat submitted by an applicant is determined by the department to be materially inaccurate or incomplete, the department may require that a new plat be prepared and submitted.

      Section 3. No person shall drill a well for oil or gas within 150 feet of any building, unless a waiver of objection to such drilling is secured in the manner established below, or unless the department, after notice and hearing, determines that the drilling and production of the well is not violative of the public policy set out in KRS 353.500. The surveyor preparing the plat for a permit shall indicate the location of a proposed well site relative to all buildings within 150 feet of said well site. If an owner of a building located within 150 feet of a proposed well site waives objection to a well's being located closer than 150 feet to such building, a copy of the executed agreement of waiver shall accompany the application for permit.

      Section 4. A separate location plat shall be submitted with each application to drill, deepen or reopen a well.

      Section 5. Location plats for wells proposed to be drilled pursuant to the provisions of KRS Chapter 353 shall be prepared in the following manner:

      (1) All plats shall be clearly legible and submitted on a sheet eight and one-half (8 1/2) by fourteen (14) inches. This sheet may be bond paper, tracing cloth, tracing paper or equivalent.

      (2) The location of the proposed well shall be shown relative to the two (2) nearest boundaries of oil and gas ownership (including any subdivision of the lease). Such plats shall also indicate all producing wells and permitted well sites within 1,000 feet of the proposed well site. The distances shall be clearly shown in feet.

      (3) The location of the proposed well shall be shown on the plat, by bearing and distance, relative to two (2) permanent points/monuments that appear on the applicable U.S.G.S. seven and one-half (7 1/2) minute; topographic quadrangle map, which permanent points/monuments include though are not limited to road intersections, bench marks, and buildings. A photocopy of a portion of such topographic quadrangle map showing the proposed well site shall be acceptable in lieu of identifying such points/monuments on the plat.

      (4) The location of the well site shall be prepared with reference to either the Carter coordinate system, latitude and longitude, or the Kentucky coordinate system.

      (5) The elevation of the well site shall be determined by instrument and calculation. Estimated topographic elevations shall not be acceptable.

      (6) The plat shall be prepared to a scale of one (1) inch equals 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 or 600 feet.

      Section 6. In addition to the data required in Section 5 of this administrative regulation, location plats shall include the following information:

      (1) Operator.

      (2) Farm or lease name.

      (3) Well number.

      (4) County.

      (5) Scale at which the plat is drawn.

      (6) North direction.

      (7) Legend:

∘ - proposed well site

● - oil well

☼  - gas well

      ⊚ - injection well

¤ - plugged well

      ø - abandoned well, not plugged

      (8) Date of preparation of plat.

      (9) Name of the topographic quadrangle map on which the well site may be located.

      (10) Owners, lessors and lessees of oil and gas on tracts which are offset by the proposed well.

      (11) Certification in the following form: "I hereby certify that the above plat is accurate and correct and satisfies the requirements of 805 KAR 1:030 to the best of my knowledge and belief."

      (12) Certification shall be followed by the written signature of the person preparing said plat, his/her mailing address, registration number, and telephone number. (OAG-Rg-1; 1 Ky.R. 89; eff. 11-13-75; Am. 11 Ky.R. 1894; eff. 7-9-85.)