California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 2 - Department of Conservation
Chapter 4 - Development, Regulation, and Conservation of Oil and Gas Resources
Subchapter 2 - Environmental Protection
Article 3 - Requirements
Section 1772 - Idle Well Inventory and Evaluation
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Operators shall submit an Idle Well Inventory and Evaluation to the Division that provides all of the following information for each of the operator's idle wells:
(b) Operators shall submit their Idle Well Inventory and Evaluation to the Division in a digital format by January 31, 2021, or within one year after becoming the operator of an idle well, whichever comes later. The Division may allow additional time for submittal of the Idle Well Inventory and Evaluation on a case-by-case basis based on the operator's total number of idle wells and particular obstacles the operator faces in compiling the information. Unless requested by the Division, information that has previously been submitted to the Division is not required to be resubmitted. After initial submission, operators shall update their Idle Well Inventory and Evaluation annually and submit it to the Division by January 31 of each year.
1. New section filed 3-20-2019; operative 4-1-2019 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2019, No. 12). For prior history, see Register 82, No. 43.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 3013 and 3206.1, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 3106, 3206 and 3206.1, Public Resources Code.