Kentucky Statutes 353.070 – Index of plats — Agreement permitting well operator to select location
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The department shall keep a proper index of the plats and locations, and shall keep an accurate record of the proceedings in case of any conference or dispute. Where the well operator is working under any agreement with or from the owner or the coal operator operating the workable coal beds under the tract, and the agreement permits the well operator to select his own locations, the location as originally chosen by the well operator shall become the authorized location and the department shall issue the proper permit for the drilling of the well.
Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 3766b-7.
Effective: October 1, 1942
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 353.070
- Coal operator: means any person who proposes to or does operate a coal mine. See Kentucky Statutes 353.010
- Department: means the Department for Natural Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 353.010
- Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Well: means a borehole drilled or proposed to be drilled for the purpose of producing natural gas or petroleum, or one through which natural gas or petroleum is being produced. See Kentucky Statutes 353.010
- Well operator: means any person who proposes to or does locate, drill, operate, or abandon any well. See Kentucky Statutes 353.010
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 3766b-7.