Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT
Section 267-3-003 - FORM 2 - NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DRILL OR RE-ENTER

Before any person shall commence operations for the drilling of any well, such person shall file with the Director a notice of such intent on Form 2 and must secure the approval of the Director or authorized deputy before proceeding with such operations. A copy of the approved Form 2 must be posted in a conspicuous place on the drilling rig.

The Director or authorized deputy must be notified at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the commencement of drilling activities.

Unless operations are commenced within one hundred eighty (180) days after date of approval, the approval to drill will become null and void.

If it is desired to revise an approved notice of intention to drill, an amended Form 2 must be filed with the Director for approval.

A fee, paid in advance, of two hundred dollars ($200) per well and payable to the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission must be remitted with Form 2. If it should become necessary for the Commission to contract for the plugging of an abandoned well through failure of the owner or operator to plug it satisfactorily, the costs of these plugging operations may be assessed against the operator or owner.

No permit fee is required for an injection well.

If for any reason an approved location is not drilled, the permit fee is nonrefundable but may be transferred to another location provided that the permit has not expired or has not been revoked.

The Commission shall have the authority to revoke a permit if the Commission finds that any fraud, deceit or misrepresentation was made to obtain the approval of said permit.

The Notice of Intention to Drill or Re-Enter shall be accompanied by an accurate plat showing the following information:

* Township, range, and section in which the well is to be located.

* North arrow.

* Scale of drawing expressed as a ratio.

* A description of all monuments found, set, reset or replaced, and notation of all distances measured between the corners used in establishing the section boundary in which the well is to be located.

* Distances from the nearest established section boundary lines to the proposed well.

* Ungraded ground elevation of the proposed well.

* Basis of elevations.

* Basis of bearings.