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 .1622 - DEFECTIVE CASING, DEFECTIVE CEMENTING, AND WELL BLOWOUT NOTIFICATIONS

Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 05H .1622

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) The permittee shall commence corrective actions upon discovery of defective casing or cementing and report the defect to the Department within 24 hours of discovery via telephone or email. The contact information is set forth in in Rule .0201 of this Subchapter.

(b) The permittee shall take actions in the event of an oil or gas well blowout to comply with the emergency scenarios in Rule .1305 of this Subchapter. Any oil or gas well blowout shall be reported to the Department after the emergency officials and the emergency well control response contractor have been contacted.

Authority G.S. 113-391(a)(5)i;
Eff. March 17, 2015.

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