22-10-1 Short title
22-10-2 Legislative findings; legislative statement of policy and purpose
22-10-3 Definitions
22-10-4 Financial responsibility — Applicability
22-10-5 Financial responsibility — Amount
22-10-6 Establishment of priorities for plugging expenditures
22-10-7 Right of interested person to plug, replug and reclaim abandoned wells
22-10-8 Arbitration; fees and costs
22-10-9 Civil penalties
22-10-10 Rulemaking; procedure; judicial review
22-10-11 Existing rights and remedies preserved
22-10-12 Provisions of article supplemental
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Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 22 > Article 10 - Abandoned Well Act

  • Abandoned well: means any well which is required to be plugged under the provisions of section nineteen, article six of this chapter and rules promulgated pursuant thereto. See West Virginia Code 22-10-3
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Director: means for the purpose of this article, the director of the Division of Environmental Protection as established in article one of this chapter or such other person to whom the director may delegate authority or duties pursuant to sections six or eight, article one of this chapter. See West Virginia Code 22-10-3
  • Division: means the Department of Environmental Protection. See West Virginia Code 22-1-2
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Judgment: includes decrees and orders for the payment of money, or the conveyance or delivery of land or personal property, or some interest therein, or any undertaking, bond or recognizance which has the legal effect of a judgment. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • personal property: includes goods, chattels, real and personal, money, credits, investments, and the evidences thereof. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.