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LA Rev Stat § 30:48 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§48. Average specific gravity; average flowing temperature; field rules

RS 48 - Average specific gravity; average flowing temperature; field rules A. The commissioner of conservation is hereby authorized and empowered, in the absence of the availability of satisfactory actual date based upon observed or recorded specific gravity and flowing temperature determinations, to determine the average specific gravity, and average flowing temperature of the gas at the point of measurement, as produced in each oil or gas field or pool in Louisiana, which after being so determined shall be used to calculate the standard cubic foot.  B. If for any reason the commissioner of conservation has not so determined such average specific gravity and average flowing temperature of the gas produced in any oil or gas field or pool in Louisiana, the average specific gravity shall be assumed to be six-tenths and the average flowing temperature shall be assumed to be sixty degrees Fahrenheit.  C. In the event that the commissioner of conservation finds the necessity therefor upon the request of any interested party, the commissioner of conservation shall give notice and hold a public hearing before making such determinations. Promptly upon such determination the commissioner of conservation shall make and publish such finding and promulgate such reasonable field rules as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Part.  D. Any person, association of persons, or corporation shall be permitted to use the findings and field rules of the commissioner of conservation for all purposes under this Part, but if such findings or field rules are not so used in determining volumes under this Part, the volumes so otherwise determined shall be corrected to the basis of the "standard cubic foot of gas" as defined in R.S. 30:47. Nothing herein shall ever prevent the use of actual recorded values and actual test data where available, for all purposes under this Part, and the commissioner of conservation has been informed in writing of the intent so to use actual recorded values and actual test date.  Acts 1992, No. 55, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:49 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§49. Reporting volumes of gas production

RS 49 - Reporting volumes of gas production Any person required to report volumes of gas production under the laws of this state shall report such volumes in number of thousands of standard cubic feet calculated and determined under the provisions of this Part.  Acts 1992, No. 55, §2
LA Rev Stat § 30:50 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§50. Gas to be sold, purchased, and accounted for on basis of standard cubic foot of gas; penalties

RS 50 - Gas to be sold, purchased, and accounted for on basis of standard cubic foot of gas; penalties A. Each and every sale, and each and every purchase, delivery and receipt of gas by volume hereafter made in this state, for which any accounting for the price paid or received for the gas so sold, purchased, delivered, or received must be made to an oil and gas lease owner, royalty owner thereunder, or other mineral interest owner, shall be made and such gas shall be measured, calculated, purchased, delivered, and accounted for on the basis of a standard cubic foot of gas as defined in R.S. 30:47, and as determined under this Part.  B. Whenever the provisions of this Part operate to change the basis of measurement provided for in existing contracts, then the price for gas, including royalty gas, provided for in such contracts shall, if either the purchaser or seller so desires, be adjusted to compensate for the change in the method of measuring the volume of gas delivered thereunder. This provision is intended to protect parties to contracts now in existence, so that after August 21, 1992, the total amount of money paid for a volume of gas purchased, or required to be accounted for, under existing contracts shall remain unaffected by this Part.  C. Nothing in this Section shall affect or apply to purchases or sales made on any basis other than a volume basis.  D. Any person, association of persons, or corporation who, as purchaser thereof, shall knowingly fail or refuse to so measure, calculate, or account for any such gas so purchased, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense recoverable in the name of the state in the district court of the parish in which the state capital is located, and each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.  E. Nothing herein shall prevent any aggrieved party from maintaining a civil suit for damages in the parish or parishes in which the gas is produced.  Acts 1992, No. 55, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:51 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§51. Prescription of penalties

RS 51 - Prescription of penalties Any suit by an official or agency responsible for the enforcement of a law, order, or regulation governing the production, transportation and marketing of oil and gas, or products thereof, to enforce in civil proceedings a penalty by means of a money judgment or a forfeiture of property, shall be instituted within three years after the violation shall have been made known to the attorney general. This Part shall not affect a suit heretofore filed or any violation occurring prior to its effective date.
LA Rev Stat § 30:61 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§61. Exploitation of natural resources by commissioner or employees prohibited

RS 61 - Exploitation of natural resources by commissioner or employees prohibited Neither the commissioner of conservation nor any salaried officer or employee of the department shall be or become: (1) actively interested in the exploiting for personal gain of any natural resources in the state; (2) employed by any person engaged in exploiting any natural resources of the state; (3) an officer of or a member of the board of directors of any corporation engaging in the exploitation of natural resources of the state.  Violation of this Section shall constitute grounds for removal from office or dismissal from employment.
LA Rev Stat § 30:62 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§62. Forfeiture of all rights acquired in violation of R.S. 30:61

RS 62 - Forfeiture of all rights acquired in violation of R.S. 30:61 Any violation of the provisions of R.S. 30:61 ipso facto operates as an immediate forfeiture to the state of all rights, property, money, or things of value acquired by the violation, from, upon, under or out of property privately owned or leased from any municipality or public board, body, commission, or agency of the state. The rights of the state respecting these forfeitures are imprescriptible.
LA Rev Stat § 30:63 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§63. Transfer of rights acquired in violation of R.S. 30:61 null

RS 63 - Transfer of rights acquired in violation of R.S. 30:61 null Any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, or assignment by any of the persons mentioned in R.S. 30:61 of any rights, property, or things of value acquired in violation of that Section is null and void ab initio.
LA Rev Stat § 30:71 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§71. Citation

RS 71 - Citation This Part may be cited as the "Louisiana Abandoned Oilfield Waste Site Law".  Acts 1986, No. 892, §1, eff. July 10, 1986.
LA Rev Stat § 30:72 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§72. Policy and purpose

RS 72 - Policy and purpose A. The legislature finds and declares that: (1) Oilfield wastes in abandoned pits, ponds, lagoons, landfills, or other sites can pose a present and future hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare.  (2) State laws and regulations must comprehensively address those situations where the state must direct or participate in the cleanup, closure, or post-closure of abandoned oilfield waste sites through the exercise of its police powers or the expenditure of public monies, or both.  B. In order to eliminate any hazards associated with abandoned oilfield waste sites, it is in the public interest and within the police power of this state to provide for the control, prevention, abatement, and cleanup of abandoned oilfield waste sites through administrative or legal action and expenditures and to provide for the recovery of all monies expended.  Acts 1986, No. 892, §1, eff. July 10, 1986; Acts 1992, No. 984, §9.
LA Rev Stat § 30:73 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§73. Definitions

RS 73 - Definitions As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context or use clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the office of conservation within the Department of Natural Resources or his authorized representatives from the injection and mining division of that office. (2) Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18. (3) "Oilfield wastes" or "wastes" means those fluids, sludges, elements, or compounds defined or identified as oilfield wastes or non-hazardous oilfield wastes pursuant to R.S. 30:4 et seq., and regulations thereunder. (4) "Waste site" or "abandoned waste site" means a landfill, land treatment area, pit, pond, lagoon, or other surface feature that is not actively used for oil and gas operations, whether or not declared "abandoned" under this Part, and which contains oilfield wastes, including such surrounding property necessary to contain and impound the site and to secure the area from access by the general public. This definition includes any commercial facility that is or was legally permitted for waste storage, treatment, or disposal of nonhazardous oilfield wastes for a fee or other consideration. Acts 1986, No. 892, §1, eff. July 10, 1986; Acts 1992, No. 984, §18; Acts 1993, No. 404, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:75 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§75. Abandoned oilfield waste sites; declaration

RS 75 - Abandoned oilfield waste sites; declaration A. A site may be declared to be an abandoned oilfield waste site by the commissioner upon a finding that the site: (1) Has received for storage, treatment, or disposal or now contains or emits wastes that are identified, classified, or defined to be oilfield wastes in accordance with the regulations adopted under the provisions of this Chapter.  (2) Was not closed or maintained in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter and the regulations adopted hereunder.  (3) Constitutes or may constitute a danger or potential danger to the public health, the environment, or an oil or gas strata.  (4) Has no financially responsible owner or operator who can be located, or such person has failed or refused to undertake actions ordered by the commissioner under this Part.  B. For the purposes of this Part, "financially responsible person" or "responsible person" shall mean that the person has insurance, bonds, or assets sufficient to take action as necessary or as ordered by the commissioner to test, monitor, contain, control, close, and provide post-closure care for an abandoned oilfield waste site owned or operated, in whole or part, by that person.  C. Prior to declaring a waste site to be an abandoned oilfield waste site, the commissioner shall seek to notify every person who may own an interest therein that the waste site is to be declared abandoned, shall publish on three consecutive occasions in the official journal of the parish in which the waste site is located that is to be declared abandoned, and, if requested by any owner or operator, within ten days after notice, shall hold a fact-finding hearing prior to declaring the waste site abandoned.  D. Upon declaration that a waste site is an abandoned oilfield waste site, the commissioner may take such specific legal actions as he deems necessary, including the acquisition of easements and rights-of-way, conducting negotiations for property acquisition, and exercise of eminent domain as provided by R.S. 30:78 to secure such waste site or compel cleanup or containment consistent with regulations and guidelines established hereunder.  E. When a waste site has been declared an abandoned oilfield waste site, the commissioner is authorized to undertake the physical control, containment, pit cleanup, or closure of the abandoned waste site and may retain personnel for these purposes who shall operate under his direction.  Acts 1986, No. 892, §1, eff. July 10, 1986.
LA Rev Stat § 30:76 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§76. Oilfield waste site cleanup

RS 76 - Oilfield waste site cleanup Except as provided in R.S. 30:77 in any cases where monies are expended to conduct investigative, testing, control, pit, or other cleanup activities at a waste site, the commissioner shall institute a civil action to recover from any responsible person all such monies so expended. Any monies so recovered shall be paid into the state general fund.  Acts 1986, No. 892, §1, eff. July 10, 1986; Acts 1992, No. 984, §9.
LA Rev Stat § 30:77 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§77. Cooperative agreements

RS 77 - Cooperative agreements The commissioner may enter into a cooperative agreement and may disburse monies from the Fund to any person, private trust, association, committee, or other entity for the purpose of evaluation, investigation, testing, containment, and cleanup of specific abandoned oilfield waste sites without a formal declaration of abandonment and with waiver of recovery from parties to the agreement, if deemed in the public interest. Any party to such an agreement must be licensed according to law before negotiating or entering into such a contract. Cooperative agreements shall require reasonable contributions in cash or services in kind from private parties to the agreement and shall provide for reasonable supervision by the commissioner. Cooperative agreements shall be negotiated informally by the commissioner and shall not be subject to any other requirements of law for entering into contracts. Prior to the execution of such an agreement, it shall be reviewed by the commissioner of the division of administration, and on completion of the cleanup, the commissioner shall submit a report on the cleanup to the chairman of the Senate Natural Resources Committee and the chairman of the House Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Acts 1986, No. 892, §1, eff. July 10, 1986; Acts 2008, No. 580, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:78 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§78. Easements, rights-of-way, eminent domain

RS 78 - Easements, rights-of-way, eminent domain A. When an oilfield waste site is declared to be abandoned, the commissioner, under the police powers of the state, may, for the duration of the cleanup operations and without compensation to the landowner, except for actual damages to property or person, claim a comprehensive easement over the waste site and all other areas sufficient to secure, contain, or clean up the same.  B. During the first one hundred eighty days following a declaration that a waste site is abandoned, the commissioner may claim and declare an emergency access route, which shall be held without compensation to the owner except for actual damages to property or person, under the police powers of the state, and the location of such may be across either public or private lands and shall be such as are deemed necessary and reasonable for the resolution and control of the waste site.  C. When the commissioner determines that a period greater than one hundred eighty days will be or is needed for purposes of cleanup control or monitoring of the waste site, he shall first attempt to acquire the necessary rights-of-way or easements by negotiating with the burdened landowner for the purchase or lease thereof, and where the rights-of-way or easements needed cannot be obtained through negotiations, he may exercise the right of eminent domain to obtain temporary or permanent passage.  D. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to seek to acquire such rights as are necessary to maintain control over such areas by negotiations with the owner of the lands affected. When such rights cannot be acquired through reasonable negotiations, the commissioner may exercise the right of eminent domain to the same extent and with the same limitations as is applicable for other public purposes set forth in R.S. 19:1 et seq.  E. All emergency easements and access routes are to be continued in effect until all rights sought under the eminent domain proceedings have been finally vested thereunder unto the state.  F. In all cases where the state acquires property rights either amicably or by eminent domain from any person against whom a claim has been asserted who owns or possesses rights in the abandoned waste site, payment of all monies for the acquisition shall be withheld until such time as that person's liability has been finally resolved. All funds withheld shall be utilized to offset the liabilities assessed.  G. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to deny or limit access to the waste site by the commissioner or his authorized agents for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Chapter and as otherwise provided by law.  Acts 1986, No. 892, §1, eff. July 10, 1986.
LA Rev Stat § 30:80 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§80. Citation

RS 80 - Citation This Part may be cited as the "Louisiana Oilfield Site Restoration Law". Acts 1993, No. 404, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:81 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§81. Policy and purpose

RS 81 - Policy and purpose A. The legislature finds and declares that: (1) A present and future benefit to the environment, public health, safety, and welfare would be to clean up, close, and restore oilfield sites. (2) State laws and regulations must comprehensively address those situations where proper and timely cleanup, closure, and restoration of orphaned oilfield sites must be assured. B. It is in the public interest and within the police power of this state to establish an oilfield site restoration commission and an oilfield site restoration fund to provide for the proper and timely cleanup, closure, and restoration of oilfield sites, to be administered by the assistant secretary of the office of conservation within the Department of Natural Resources. C. Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to alter or impair any rights and responsibilities established by contract between private parties. Acts 1993, No. 404, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:82 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§82. Definitions

RS 82 - Definitions  As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context or use clearly indicates otherwise:  (1) "Assistant secretary" means the assistant secretary of the office of conservation within the Department of Natural Resources or his authorized representatives.  (2) "Bonds" means revenue bonds, notes, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by an issuer pursuant to R.S. 30:83.1.  (3) "Commission" means the Oilfield Site Restoration Commission.  (4) "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.  (5) "Fund" means the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund.  (6) "Issuer" means a public trust and public corporation organized and existing by, under, and pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 9:2341 through 2347, whose beneficiary is the state of Louisiana, and who is authorized to issue revenue bonds on behalf of the state of Louisiana.  (7) "Nonproducing oilfield site" means an oilfield site which is not a producing oilfield site and which has not been declared an orphaned oilfield site by the assistant secretary.  (8) "Oilfield site" or "exploration and production (E&P) site" means any oilfield site or exploration and production site as defined in R.S. 30:29(I)(5).  (9) "Orphaned oilfield site" means an oilfield site which has no continued useful purpose for the exploration, production, or development of oil or gas and which has been declared to be an orphaned oilfield site by the assistant secretary under R.S. 30:91.  (10) "Producing oilfield site" means an oilfield site which is associated with the production of oil or gas for at least six months of the preceding calendar year.  (11) "Responsible party" means the operator of record according to the office of conservation records, who last operated the property on which the oilfield site is located at the time the site is about to be abandoned, ceases operation, or becomes an unusable oilfield site, and that operator's partners and working interest owners of that oilfield site. A working interest owner is the owner of a mineral right who is under an obligation to share in the costs of drilling or producing a well on the oilfield site.  (12) "Revenues" means the revenues described in R.S. 30:83.1(A)(2).  (13) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources.  (14) "Site restoration" means any and all oilfield site restoration activities required of a responsible party of an oil or gas property by regulations adopted by the office of conservation pursuant to this Subtitle, including without limitation plugging of oil and gas wells, pit closure, site remediation, and removal of oilfield equipment.  (15) "Unusable oilfield site" means an oilfield site which has no continued useful purpose for the exploration, production, or development of oil or gas and for which a responsible party can be located.  Acts 1993, No. 404, §2; Acts 2006, No. 312, §1, eff. June 8, 2006; Acts 2016, No. 666, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.