North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 05 - MINING - MINERAL RESOURCES
Subchapter H - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION
Section .1600 - WELL CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION
Section 05H .1602 - PRODUCTION FACILITY SAFETY SETBACK DISTANCES
Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 05H .1602
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The closest edge of a pit, tank, or tank battery shall be a minimum of 75 feet from the center of any wellhead.
(b) A tank edge shall be a minimum of five feet from another edge.
(c) A mechanical separator or compressor shall be located the minimum distance from any of the following:
(1) the center of a wellhead: 50 feet;
and
(2) the closest edge of a tank:
75 feet.
(d) All production facilities, excluding gathering lines, whose contents may be heated shall be located a minimum distance of 75 feet from edge of a tank or the center of a wellhead.
Authority
G.S.
113-391(a)(5)d;
Eff. March 17, 2015;
Amended Eff. September 1,
2022.
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