Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A)(1) No person shall construct or operate a well, that causes damage to other permeable strata, underground sources of drinking water, or the surface of the land or that threatens the public health and safety or the environment. (2) No owner of […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section and division (E)(1) of section 1509.071 of the Revised Code, no person shall plug and abandon a well without having a permit to do so issued by the chief of the […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly Any person who abandons a well, when written permission has been granted by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management to abandon and plug the well without an inspector being present to supervise the plugging, shall make a […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly When any well is to be abandoned, it shall first be plugged in accordance with a method of plugging adopted by rule by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. The abandonment report shall show the manner in […]
Effective: September 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 430 – 134th General Assembly If a mine operator is about to encounter or encounters an orphaned well whose existence is detrimental to the mining operation, the mine operator may plug the well at the mine operator’s own expense in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “oil country tubular goods” means circular steel pipes that are seamless or welded and used in drilling for oil or natural gas, including casing, tubing, and drill pipe, whether finished or unfinished, and steel couplings and […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) A well shall be constructed in a manner that is approved by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management as specified in the permit using materials that comply with industry standards for the type and depth of […]
Effective: June 30, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 165 – 128th General Assembly Any person who drills a well within the limits of a mining operation shall give consideration for the safety of the personnel working in the mine, and, if possible, shall locate the well so as to penetrate a pillar. If a well […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) The chief of the division of mineral resources management may order the immediate suspension of the drilling or reopening of a well in a coal bearing township after determining that the drilling or reopening activities present an imminent and substantial threat […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly An owner who elects to stimulate a well shall stimulate the well in a manner that will not endanger underground sources of drinking water. Not later than twenty-four hours before commencing the stimulation of a well, the owner or the owner’s authorized […]
Effective: June 30, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 165 – 128th General Assembly All owners, lessees, or their agents, drilling for or producing crude oil or natural gas, shall use every reasonable precaution in accordance with the most approved methods of operation to stop and prevent waste of oil or gas, or both. Any well […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly No person shall, without first having obtained a permit from the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, conduct secondary or additional recovery operations, including any underground injection of fluids or carbon dioxide for the secondary or tertiary recovery […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) Except when acting in accordance with section 1509.226 of the Revised Code, no person shall place or cause to be placed in ground water or in or on the land or discharge or cause to be discharged in surface water brine, […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 315 – 129th General Assembly (A) No person, without first having obtained a permit from the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, shall drill a well or inject a substance into a well for the exploration for or extraction of minerals or energy, […]
Effective: June 30, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 26 – 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in section 1509.226 of the Revised Code, no person shall transport brine by vehicle in this state unless the business entity that employs the person first registers with and obtains a registration certificate and identification number from the […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 315 – 129th General Assembly (A) No permit holder or owner of a well shall enter into an agreement with or permit any person to transport brine produced from the well who is not registered pursuant to section 1509.222 of the Revised Code or exempt from registration […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) In addition to any other remedies provided in this chapter, if the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management has reason to believe that a pattern of the same or similar violations of any requirements of section 1509.22, […]
Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Before being issued a registration certificate under section 1509.222 of the Revised Code, an applicant shall execute and file with the division of oil and gas resources management a surety bond for fifteen thousand dollars to provide compensation for damage and […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) If a board of county commissioners, a board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation wishes to permit the surface application of brine to roads, streets, highways, and other similar land surfaces it owns or has the […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly Notwithstanding division (B)(2)(a) of section 1509.22 of the Revised Code, on and after January 1, 2014, a person that is in operation prior to the date may store, recycle, treat, process, or dispose of in this state brine or other waste substances […]
