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Section 1571.01 | Underground Storage of Gas Definitions.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly As used in this chapter, unless other meaning is clearly indicated in the context: (A) “Gas storage reservoir” or “storage reservoir” or “reservoir” means a continuous area of a subterranean porous sand or rock stratum or strata, any part of which or […]

Section 1571.012 | Applicants for Position of Gas Storage Well Inspector.

Effective: October 9, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 263 – 133rd General Assembly An applicant for the position of gas storage well inspector shall register the applicant’s name with the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management and file with the chief an affidavit as to all matters of fact establishing the […]

Section 1571.013 | Examinations for Gas Storage Well Inspector.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall conduct examinations for the position of gas storage well inspector. The chief annually shall provide for the examination of candidates for appointment as gas storage well inspector. Special examinations […]

Section 1571.014 | Appointment of Gas Storage Well Inspector.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall appoint a gas storage well inspector from the eligible list of candidates for that position that is prepared under section 124.24 of the Revised Code. If a vacancy occurs in […]

Section 1571.02 | Filing of Map by Reservoir Operator.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) Any reservoir operator who, on September 9, 1957, is injecting gas into, storing gas in, or removing gas from a reservoir shall within sixty days after such date file with the division of oil and gas resources management a map thereof […]

Section 1571.04 | Gas Storage Well Inspector to Examine Maps.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) Upon the filing of each map or amended map with the division of oil and gas resources management by operators of gas storage reservoirs as required by this chapter, and each coal mine map with the division of mineral resources management […]

Section 1571.05 | Plugging and Reconditioning of Wells Within Reservoir Area.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) Whenever any part of a gas storage reservoir or any part of its protective area underlies any part of a coal mine, or is, or within nine months is expected or intended to be, within two thousand linear feet of the […]

Section 1571.06 | Accuracy or Correctness of Maps.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) Distances between boundaries of gas storage reservoirs, reservoir protective areas, coal mines, coal mine protective areas, and wells, as shown on the most recent maps of storage reservoirs and of coal mines filed with the division of oil and gas resources […]

Section 1571.07 | Prohibited Acts – Exceptions.

Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly (A) Irrespective of any other provision in this chapter, the injection of gas into or storage of gas in a mineable coal seam, whether or not such coal seam is being mined, and the injection of gas into or storage of gas […]

Section 1571.08 | Use of Alternate Methods or Materials – Filing of Objections.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) Whenever in this chapter, the method or material to be used in discharging any obligations imposed by this chapter is specified, an alternative method or material may be used if approved by the gas storage well inspector or the chief of […]

Section 1571.09 | Records and Facilities.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management or any officer or employee of the division thereunto duly authorized by the chief may investigate, inspect, or examine records and facilities of any coal mine operator or reservoir operator, […]

Section 1571.11 | Rules Governing Administrative Procedures.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall adopt rules governing administrative procedures to be followed in the administration of this chapter, which shall be of general application in all matters and to all persons affected by this […]

Section 1571.14 | Appeals to Director of Natural Resources.

Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly Any person claiming to be aggrieved or adversely affected by an order of the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management made as provided in section 1571.10 or 1571.16 of the Revised Code may appeal to the director of […]

Section 1571.15 | Appeals to Court of Common Pleas.

Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly Any party adversely affected by an order of the hearing officer under section 1571.14 of the Revised Code may appeal to the court of common pleas of any county in which the well, or part of the gas storage reservoir, or part […]

Section 1571.16 | Filing of Complaint – Hearing – Injunctions.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) The gas storage well inspector or any person having a direct interest in the subject matter of this chapter may file with the division of oil and gas resources management a complaint in writing stating that a person is violating, or […]

Section 1571.17 | Appropriation of Private Property.

Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly Any corporation organized under the laws of Ohio for the purpose of transporting, selling, or storing gas may appropriate for use in connection with the establishment, operation or protection of a gas storage reservoir, whether located entirely or in part in a […]

Section 1571.18 | Gas Storage Well Regulatory Fee.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly After June 30, 2010, and not later than the thirty-first day of March each year, the owner of a well that is used for gas storage or of a well that is used to monitor a gas storage reservoir and that is […]