Section 522.055 - Permit; application; fees(1) A person may not engage in drilling a prospect well except in compliance with a permit issued by the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries under this section.(2) An application for a permit to drill prospect wells must include: (a) A plugging and decommissioning plan;(b) Such other information as the department by rule may require to assess the impacts of the proposed prospect well; and(c) A nonrefundable fee as determined by the department based on the estimated cost of review of the proposed prospect wells, not to exceed $2,000 per application or permit modification.(3) Each application may include up to five prospect wells per project area. The project area must be contiguous and include no more than 640 acres.(4) A permit to drill remains valid until it is revoked or modified by the department based on new information or changed conditions.(5) The permittee shall pay the department an annual nonrefundable renewal fee of $2,725 on or before the anniversary of each active permit.(6) A permittee that requests to transfer a permit issued under this section shall pay a nonrefundable fee of $2,000 at the time of the request.(7) All moneys received by the department under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund to the credit of the Geology and Mineral Industries Account established by ORS 516.070.Amended by 2020SP2 Ch. 4,§ 8, eff. 1/1/2021.1975 c.552 §4a; 1991 c.526 §2; 2009 c. 794, § 6