Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024
A. On and after the effective date hereof the commissioner may designate by supplemental order a substitute unit well at a legal location for any unit without the necessity of a public hearing upon proper showing that such substitute unit well is desirable and in the interest of sound conservation and that the location thereof complies in all respects with applicable special and statewide orders.B. Future applications after the effective date hereof for the designation of a substitute unit well at a legal location shall be made to the commissioner with copy to the district manager and to interested parties and such application shall include the following: 1. statement of reason explaining the need or desire for the designation of the substitute unit well;2. plat showing the unit, the unit well and the location of the proposed substitute unit well, with particular reference to the distance to unit boundaries and other wells drilling to, completed in, or permitted for the Unitized Sand;3. name of sand, field and parish where the unit is located;4. name of the operator of the unit;5. the number of the order or orders establishing the unit and the name of the unit, including the number or letter designation of the unit;6. the plat attached to the application should not exceed 16 inches by 22 inches;7. an application fee as established by LAC 43:XIX.201 et seq. (Statewide Order Number 29-Q-1) or successor regulation.C. Notice of the filing of the application for designation of a substitute unit well shall be published in the Official Journal of the state of Louisiana.D. Based on the application the commissioner may, at any time after 10 days following the date on which the notice is published, issue a supplemental order designating a substitute unit well as proposed unless prior thereto application for public hearing opposing such designation is filed with the required hearing fee and in compliance with the LAC 43:XIX.3901 et seq. (rules of procedure).E. This order supersedes Statewide Order Number 29-K and shall be effective on and after October 20, 1995.La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIX-2905
Adopted by the Department of Conservation, May 4, 1964, amended and promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 19:775 (June 1993), amended LR 21:1085 (October 1995).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq.