256.614. Notice to division, when--forms--registration and certification, fee--encountering gas or oil. - Missouri Statutes

Notice to division, when--forms--registration and certification,fee--encountering gas or oil.

256.614. 1. The division shall be notified, oncertification or registration forms to be provided by thedivision, of the activities specified in this section withinsixty days:

(1) Certification forms shall be used to report:

(a) New well construction;

(b) New pump installations;

(c) Drilling of monitoring wells;

(d) Drilling of heat pump wells;

(2) Registration forms shall be used to report:

(a) Plugging of wells;

(b) Raising of casing;

(c) Lining of wells;

(d) Deepening of wells;

(e) Major repairs and alteration to wells;

(f) Jetted well construction;

(3) The certification form shall be accompanied by thecertification fee and the registration form shall be accompaniedby the registration fee, however, on new well construction andnew pump installation, only one fee shall be required.

2. Any well driller who encounters oil or gas duringdrilling operations or a well owner who converts a well from awater well to an oil or gas well shall notify the division andfile for a permit from the Missouri oil and gas council, and thewell shall be completed in accordance with the regulations of thecouncil.

(L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 5, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)