Indiana Code 14-38-2-7. Duties of commission
(1) Adopt rules and orders necessary to administer this chapter.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-38-2-7
- plugging: means the stopping of the flow or migration of oil, gas, water, or other fluid or material up or down a test hole. See Indiana Code 14-38-2-3
- test hole: means an exploratory hole, except for coal exploration, drilled for the purpose of obtaining information and data on the character, composition, sequence, thickness, age, and correlation of underground strata and formations for at least one (1) of the following and no other purposes:
Indiana Code 14-38-2-4
(3) Prescribe and adopt the form of an application for a permit to be filed by an applicant.
(4) Except as provided by subdivision (5), require a person drilling a test hole under this chapter to furnish at a reasonable time and place that the commission specifies the following:
(A) A copy of the driller’s log of the test hole.
(B) A copy of a geophysical log taken in the drilling of the test hole.
(C) A copy of the drilling record.
(D) Typical drill cuttings or cores, if taken.
(5) Upon written application certifying that the withholding of the information is necessary for protection of the permittee:
(A) the commission shall excuse the permittee from furnishing the items required by subdivision (4); and
(B) the permittee shall furnish the location of each test hole by county, township, range, and quarter-quarter section, including the proper legal description and the size and depth of the hole.
(6) Require a person filing for a permit to drill a test hole, except for state or federal agencies, to execute and file with the commission:
(A) a bond not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each test hole drilled; or
(B) a blanket bond not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for all test holes drilled by the applicant during the duration of the bond;
to provide for compliance with this chapter and the rules of the commission adopted under this chapter with respect to the plugging of the test holes. The bond must be in the form approved by the commission, and the bond shall be renewed and continued in effect until the conditions have been fully complied with.
(7) Enter upon and inspect, at any reasonable time and by any member of the commission or the commission’s agent, any location where test holes are being or have been drilled for fluid disposal, mineral resources investigation, engineering projects, or geologic information for the purpose of ascertaining whether this chapter and the rules and orders of the commission are being or have been complied with, including information on the drilling or completion depth of a test hole.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-5.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.