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Kentucky Chapter 353 — Mineral Conservation and Development

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  • KRS 353.010— Definitions for chapter
  • KRS 353.020— Oil and gas lease or contract, when lessor may avoid
  • KRS 353.030— Nonproductive well, when lease or contract satisfied by
  • KRS 353.040— When offset wells to be drilled
  • KRS 353.050— Plat, showing well, to be filed if well is to extend through coal-bearing strata -- Copies to certain persons
  • KRS 353.060— Petition to object to location of well -- Notice -- Hearing -- Drilling permit
  • KRS 353.070— Index of plats -- Agreement permitting well operator to select location
  • KRS 353.080— Drilling through coal bed
  • KRS 353.090— Gas found beneath or between coal beds
  • KRS 353.100— Casings to remain in place during life of productive well
  • KRS 353.110— Abandonment of well drilled through coal strata -- Plugging of well
  • KRS 353.120— Method of plugging well drilled through coal-bearing strata
  • KRS 353.130— Alternative methods that may be used when strata shot
  • KRS 353.140— Gas escape pipe, when to be used
  • KRS 353.150— Unused oil, gas or salt water well to be closed to prevent waste
  • KRS 353.160— Gas waste to be prevented -- Presumption of negligence
  • KRS 353.170— Putting pressure on strata -- Wells may remain open if conforming to Federal Safe Drinking Water Act
  • KRS 353.180— Requirements for plugging abandoned well -- Bids -- Remedy for possessor of adjacent land or for department
  • KRS 353.190— Salt and saltpetre works to be inclosed -- Liability
  • KRS 353.200— Department for Natural Resources to enforce oil and gas law -- Complaints -- Hearings -- Final order of secretary
  • KRS 353.205— Department to release production data on crude oil and natural gas
  • KRS 353.210— Agreement consolidating oil and gas leases may be executed by trustee representing contingent future interests
  • KRS 353.220— Nature of agreement
  • KRS 353.230— Petition for court approval -- Affidavits -- Guardian ad litem -- Order of approval
  • KRS 353.240— Agreement consolidating oil and gas leases may be executed by guardian
  • KRS 353.250— Nature of agreement
  • KRS 353.260— Petition for court approval -- Affidavits -- Guardian ad litem -- Order of approval
  • KRS 353.270— Repealed, 1986
  • KRS 353.280— Repealed, 1986
  • KRS 353.290— Repealed, 1986
  • KRS 353.300— Appointment of trustee to execute mineral lease where contingent future interests are involved
  • KRS 353.310— Jurisdiction of court
  • KRS 353.320— Who may institute proceedings
  • KRS 353.330— Parties -- Representation of minors, mentally disabled, and persons not in being
  • KRS 353.340— Alignment of parties -- Process
  • KRS 353.350— Bond of trustee -- Terms of sale of lease
  • KRS 353.360— Execution of sale of lease -- Report -- Confirmation
  • KRS 353.370— Separate lease by guardian or conservator unnecessary
  • KRS 353.380— Disposition of proceeds
  • KRS 353.400— Legislative declarations concerning availability and reliability of natural gas supplies -- Construction of KRS 353.400 to 353.410
  • KRS 353.402— Definitions for KRS 353.400 to 353.410
  • KRS 353.404— Creation of natural gas acquisition authority -- Components of agreement -- Public agency status -- Election of authority formation method
  • KRS 353.406— Powers of natural gas acquisition authority -- Scope of project capacity
  • KRS 353.408— Issuance of bonds for benefit of authority
  • KRS 353.410— Gas sale contracts by gas acquisition authority
  • KRS 353.460— Definitions
  • KRS 353.462— Jurisdiction in Circuit Court
  • KRS 353.464— When court may declare trust and appoint trustee -- Persons authorized to institute proceedings
  • KRS 353.466— Persons to be joined as defendants -- Verified petition showing effort to locate owners -- Advertisement and lis pendens notice, contents -- Trustee ad litem
  • KRS 353.468— If advantageous to unknown or missing owner, court may declare trust -- Bond of trustee -- Sale of lease -- Trustee's report -- When court not to authorize trustee's lease -- Trustee to use percentage of funds to search for owner -- Period during which unknown or missing owner may establish identity and title
  • KRS 353.470— When trustee may convey title in mineral interest to surface owner -- Payment to surface owner -- Final report of trustee -- Termination of trust
  • KRS 353.472— Payment to surface owner when leased mineral never produced commercially
  • KRS 353.474— Payment of attorneys' fees, expenses, and court costs
  • KRS 353.476— When action by unknown or missing owner is barred
  • KRS 353.500— Declaration of policy of KRS 353.500 to 353.720
  • KRS 353.510— Definitions for KRS 353.500 to 353.720
  • KRS 353.520— Territorial application of KRS 353.500 to 353.720 -- Waste of oil and gas prohibited
  • KRS 353.530— Director of Division of Oil and Gas -- Qualifications -- Duties -- Oath
  • KRS 353.540— Authority of department -- Jurisdiction
  • KRS 353.550— Specific authority over oil and gas operators
  • KRS 353.560— Further authority
  • KRS 353.561— Determination of abandoned storage tank facility -- Restorative and preventive actions
  • KRS 353.562— Kentucky Abandoned Storage Tank and Orphan Well Reclamation Program -- Kentucky abandoned storage tank and orphan well reclamation fund -- Use of funds received from federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act -- Initial grants -- Grant types
  • KRS 353.563— Cabinet's authority to enter property for removal or reclamation of abandoned storage tank facility or improperly abandoned well
  • KRS 353.564— When owner or prior owner deemed to have waived certain rights -- Cabinet's authority to recover actual and necessary expenses incurred in implementing KRS 353.561 to 353.564 -- Cabinet's powers when seeking cost-efficiency or public benefit -- Administrative regulations
  • KRS 353.565— Kentucky Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
  • KRS 353.570— Permit required -- Department may authorize operation prior to issuance of permit
  • KRS 353.572— Eligibility requirements for permit issuance or transfer under this chapter -- When operator ineligible to receive a permit or become a successor operator, factors considered -- Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to compliance with eligibility requirements -- Restoration of eligibility for applicants, operators, and control persons
  • KRS 353.575— Duty of applicant to meet and confer with permittee if drilling will disturb permitted area
  • KRS 353.580— Expiration of permit -- Extensions
  • KRS 353.588— Investigation of abandoned wells -- Application -- Report -- Bond
  • KRS 353.590— Application for permit -- Fees-- Plat -- Plugging and restoration bonds -- Blanket bonds -- Corporate guarantee -- Use of forfeited funds -- Oil and gas well plugging fund -- Well closure orders -- Requirements for permitted stratigraphic test wells -- Wells not included in "water supply well" -- Review under KRS 353.700
  • KRS 353.591— Purpose and application of KRS 353.592 and 353.593
  • KRS 353.592— Powers of the department
  • KRS 353.593— Appeals to Office of Administrative Hearings
  • KRS 353.595— Notice to surface owner of intent to drill oil or gas well -- Compensation for damage to surface -- Restoration of surface
  • KRS 353.597— Replacement of disrupted water supply by well operator
  • KRS 353.600— Repealed, 1992
  • KRS 353.610— Conditions under which permits may be issued -- Exceptions
  • KRS 353.620— Variance from requirements of KRS 353.610 -- Review under KRS 353.700
  • KRS 353.630— Pooling of oil and gas interests -- Conditions -- Review under KRS 353.700
  • KRS 353.640— Pooling order -- Notice -- Provisions -- Surrender or sharing of interest -- Limited participation -- Review under KRS 353.700
  • KRS 353.645— Operation and development as a unit of oil and gas interests in a pool or pools -- Application for unit -- Hearing -- Unitization order -- Review under KRS 353.700
  • KRS 353.650— Exclusion of royalty interest in computing share of production -- Limitation
  • KRS 353.651— Vertical and horizontal deep wells -- Establishment and regulation of drilling units -- Pooling of interests -- Exceptions
  • KRS 353.652— Unit operation of pool -- Procedure
  • KRS 353.653— Share of production from drilling unit or unitized pool
  • KRS 353.654— Drilling without consent of landowner prohibited
  • KRS 353.655— Use of shackle rods or related cables prohibited
  • KRS 353.656— Display of danger signs on oil storage facilities
  • KRS 353.660— Report required after termination of operations -- Contents -- Confidentiality of information
  • KRS 353.670— Promulgation of regulations -- Hearing -- Written record of hearing
  • KRS 353.680— Repealed, 1996
  • KRS 353.690— Production of evidence -- Failure to comply
  • KRS 353.700— Administrative review of final determination or order of department -- Petition -- Notice -- Hearing -- Report and recommended order of hearing officer -- Final order of secretary -- Judicial review
  • KRS 353.710— Suit to enjoin violation -- By department, person adversely affected, Attorney General
  • KRS 353.720— Construction of KRS 353.500 to 353.720
  • KRS 353.730— Renumbered as KRS 353.588
  • KRS 353.735— Public policy concerning underground coal mining adjacent to oil and gas exploration activities
  • KRS 353.737— Location of well drilled through workable coal bed to be provided
  • KRS 353.739— Survey required for well drilled in an active mining area or through a workable coal bed
  • KRS 353.741— Survey required when requested for well drilled outside an active mining area
  • KRS 353.743— Copy of survey to be provided to Division of Oil and Gas
  • KRS 353.745— Location of well's gathering lines to be marked
  • KRS 353.747— KRS 353.735 to 353.747 not to affect well spacing requirements
  • KRS 353.750— Definitions for KRS 353.750 to 353.776
  • KRS 353.752— Kentucky Gas Pipeline Authority established -- Membership
  • KRS 353.754— Procedure and organization -- Regulations
  • KRS 353.756— Purpose of authority -- Powers of the authority
  • KRS 353.758— Issuance of revenue bonds -- Proceeds of bonds -- Notes or temporary bonds
  • KRS 353.760— Bonds of authority not debts of Commonwealth
  • KRS 353.762— Discretionary securing of bonds by trust indentures
  • KRS 353.764— Enforcement of rights by bond holder or trustee of trust indenture
  • KRS 353.766— Status of authority bonds as securities
  • KRS 353.768— Issuance of revenue refunding bonds
  • KRS 353.770— Treatment of moneys received
  • KRS 353.772— Exemptions from taxation
  • KRS 353.774— KRS 45A.045 not applicable to authority projects
  • KRS 353.776— Reporting of activities
  • KRS 353.800— Definitions for KRS 353.800 to 353.812
  • KRS 353.802— Legislative findings and declarations relating to geologic storage of carbon dioxide
  • KRS 353.804— Jurisdiction and authority over geologic storage of carbon dioxide -- Application for and approval of demonstration projects -- Cabinet to testify annually on program's development
  • KRS 353.806— Negotiations between storage operators and pore space owners -- Hearings and findings preceding pooling of pore space -- Carbon dioxide wells exempt -- Review under KRS 353.700
  • KRS 353.808— Pooling orders -- Requirements for contents of order and notice -- Fees -- Recording of pooling orders with county clerks -- Review under KRS 353.700
  • KRS 353.810— Carbon injection wells to be closed and plugged after completion of active injection -- Monitoring for leaking and migration -- Transfer of ownership and liability of storage facilities -- Finance and Administration Cabinet to effect transfer
  • KRS 353.812— Cabinet and bordering states to discuss and develop unified approach to subsurface migration -- Reports to Governor and Legislative Research Commission
  • KRS 353.990— Penalties
  • KRS 353.991— Penalties for violation of KRS 353.500 to 353.720 and 353.735 to 353.747
  • KRS 353.992— Penalties
  • KRS 353.5901— Operations and reclamation plan -- Contents, distribution, and agreement or mediation -- Mediation report -- Review under KRS 353.700
  • KRS 353.6601— Advance notice to surface owner located within 1,000 feet of high-volume horizontal fracturing treatment of a horizontal well
  • KRS 353.6602— Baseline water quality testing required prior to commencement of a high-volume horizontal fracturing treatment on a deep horizontal well
  • KRS 353.6603— Completion of chemical disclosure registry form
  • KRS 353.6604— Confidentiality of trade secrets -- When disclosure is required
  • KRS 353.6605— Disclosure of trade secret information to assist in responding to emergency spill or discharge
  • KRS 353.6606— Treatment of trade secret information in response to open records request