Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part XV - Office of Conservation-Surface Mining
Subpart 5 - Permanent Program Performance Standards
Chapter 53 - Permanent Program Performance Standards: Surface Mining Activities
Section XV-5341 - Hydrologic Balance: Transfer of Wells

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XV-5341

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. An exploratory or monitoring well may only be transferred by the person who conducts surface mining activities for further use as a water well with the prior approval of the office. That person and the surface owner of the lands where the well is located shall jointly submit a written request to the office for that approval.

B. Upon an approved transfer of a well, the transferee shall:

1. assume primary liability for damages to persons or property from the well;

2. plug the well when necessary, but in no case later than abandonment of the well; and

3. assume primary responsibility for compliance with §5303-5307 with respect to the well.

C. Upon an approved transfer of a well, the transferor shall be secondarily liable for the transferee's obligations under §5341. B until release of the bond or other equivalent guarantee required by Subpart 4 for the area in which the well is located.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.

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