Alabama Administrative Code
Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA
GOVERNING COALBED METHANE GAS OPERATIONS
Chapter 400-3-4 - DRILLING
Section 400-3-4-.19 - Wells Used For Freshwater
When a well to be plugged may safely be used as a freshwater well and such utilization is desired by the surface owner, the well need not be filled above the required sealing plug set below freshwater; provided, the surface owner demonstrates to the Supervisor that the well is being utilized as a freshwater well or agrees to take full responsibility for the well and acquires a two thousand dollar ($2,000.00) surety bond acceptable to the Board and files such bond with the Board on Form OGB-3. The Supervisor may later release the bond upon proper demonstration that the well is being utilized as a freshwater well.
Author: State Oil and Gas Board
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-17-1, et seq.