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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.04 | Compliance With National Flood Insurance Program or Equivalent.

Effective:
April 6, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly
(A) No later than September 15, 1989, each county or municipal corporation within whose jurisdiction is a coastal flood hazard area shall either participate in and remain in compliance with the national flood insurance program or shall adopt resolutions or ordinances governing the coastal flood hazard area that meet or exceed the standards required for participation in the regular phase of the national flood insurance program.
(B) If the director of natural resources determines at any time that a county or municipal corporation that is participating in the national flood insurance program or has adopted resolutions or ordinances under division (A) of this section is not in compliance with that program or those resolutions or ordinances, as applicable, the director shall so notify the legislative authority of the county or municipal corporation and shall also notify the legislative authority that it may respond to the determination in accordance with the procedure for doing so established by rules adopted under section 1506.02 of the Revised Code. If after considering the legislative authority's response the director determines that the county or municipal corporation is still not in compliance with the national flood insurance program or resolutions or ordinances adopted under division (A) of this section, as applicable, the director may request the attorney general in writing to, and the attorney general shall, bring an action for appropriate relief in a court of competent jurisdiction against the county or municipal corporation.
(C) The attorney general, upon the written request of the director, shall bring an action for appropriate relief in a court of competent jurisdiction against any development that meets both of the following criteria:
(1) Is located in a county or municipal corporation that is not in compliance with division (A) of this section;
(2) Is not in compliance with the standards of the national flood insurance program.
(D) This section does not apply to any permits or approvals issued by any state agency prior to the effective date of rules adopted under section 1506.02 of the Revised Code for the implementation of this section.
(E) As used in this section, "national flood insurance program" and "development" have the same meanings as in section 1521.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.05 | Promoting Public Access to Lake Erie.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
The director of natural resources shall prepare and maintain a current inventory of public access facilities and areas for the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie, including, without limitation, shoreline parks, cultural resources, natural areas, wildlife refuges, harbors of refuge, boat launch ramps, shoreline fishing areas, and beaches. No later than December 31, 1994, the director shall evaluate public access to Lake Erie and may prepare and publish plans and policy recommendations as necessary for enhancing public access to Lake Erie. The director shall update any plans and policy recommendations at least once every five years. Every state agency and political subdivision, upon the director's request, shall cooperate with the director and furnish information for the public access inventory and any public access plans.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.08 | Appeals.

Effective:
May 8, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 121st General Assembly
Any person who is adversely affected by the final identification of a Lake Erie coastal erosion area under division (D) of section 1506.06 of the Revised Code or any other final administrative act of the director of natural resources under this chapter or who receives denial of a permit application under rules adopted under division (A) of section 1506.07 of the Revised Code, within thirty days after the identification, act, or denial, may appeal it in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.09 | Violations - Injunction - Civil Penalty.

Effective:
March 15, 1989
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 117th General Assembly
(A)(1) No person shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of this chapter, any rule or order adopted or issued under it, or any condition of a permit issued in accordance with rules, resolutions, or ordinances adopted under it.
(2) The attorney general, upon written request of the director of natural resources, shall bring an action for an injunction against any person who has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate division (A)(1) of this section.
(3) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, any rule or order adopted or issued under it, or any condition of a permit issued in accordance with rules adopted under division (A) of section 1506.07 of the Revised Code shall, in addition to any fine that may be assessed under section 1506.99 of the Revised Code, be assessed a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each offense to be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. Upon written request of the director, the attorney general shall commence an action against any such violator. Any action under this division is a civil action, governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure and other rules of practice and procedure applicable to civil actions.
(B) The prosecuting attorney of a county or the city director of law of a municipal corporation that has adopted a resolution or ordinance in accordance with division (D) of section 1506.07 of the Revised Code may, on behalf of that county or municipal corporation, respectively, bring a civil action against any person who violates that resolution or ordinance within the territory of that county or municipal corporation in the court of common pleas in the county in which the violation occurred. Any such violator may, in addition to any fine that may be assessed under section 1506.99 of the Revised Code, be assessed a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each offense together with court costs. Any moneys recovered under this division shall be paid into the treasury of the appropriate county or municipal corporation. Any action under this division shall be governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure and other rules of practice and procedure applicable to civil actions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.10 | Lake Erie Boundary Lines.

Effective:
March 15, 1989
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 117th General Assembly
It is hereby declared that the waters of Lake Erie consisting of the territory within the boundaries of the state, extending from the southerly shore of Lake Erie to the international boundary line between the United States and Canada, together with the soil beneath and their contents, do now belong and have always, since the organization of the state of Ohio, belonged to the state as proprietor in trust for the people of the state, for the public uses to which they may be adapted, subject to the powers of the United States government, to the public rights of navigation, water commerce, and fishery, and to the property rights of littoral owners, including the right to make reasonable use of the waters in front of or flowing past their lands. Any artificial encroachments by public or private littoral owners, which interfere with the free flow of commerce in navigable channels, whether in the form of wharves, piers, fills, or otherwise, beyond the natural shoreline of those waters, not expressly authorized by the general assembly, acting within its powers, or pursuant to section 1506.11 of the Revised Code, shall not be considered as having prejudiced the rights of the public in such domain. This section does not limit the right of the state to control, improve, or place aids to navigation in the other navigable waters of the state or the territory formerly covered thereby.
The department of natural resources is hereby designated as the state agency in all matters pertaining to the care, protection, and enforcement of the state's rights designated in this section.
Any order of the director of natural resources in any matter pertaining to the care, protection, and enforcement of the state's rights in that territory is a rule or adjudication within the meaning of sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.22 | Great Lakes Protection Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the state agency whose director has been designated to administer the Lake Erie protection fund under section 1506.23 of the Revised Code is hereby designated the lead agency for the implementation in this state of the purposes of the great lakes protection fund, a regional trust fund established by the great lakes states to advance the principles, goals, and objectives of the great lakes toxic substances control agreement and the great lakes water quality agreement, as they may be revised and amended.
(B) The governor shall appoint two members from this state to the board of directors of the great lakes protection fund as provided in the bylaws and articles of incorporation of the fund. Of the initial appointments made to the board, one shall serve for a term of one year and one shall serve for a term of two years; thereafter, the members of the board of directors from this state shall serve for terms of two years. The governor may remove any member at any time as provided in the bylaws and articles of incorporation of the fund. In the event of a vacancy, the governor shall appoint a successor to hold office for the remainder of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
Membership on the board does not constitute holding a public office or position of employment under the laws of this state and is not grounds for removal of public officers or employees from their offices or positions of employment.
Members of the board from this state shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.30 | Submerged Lands Preserves Definitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
As used in sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Abandoned property" means a submerged aircraft; a submerged watercraft, including a ship, boat, canoe, skiff, raft, or barge; the rigging, gear, fittings, trappings, and equipment of a submerged aircraft or watercraft; the personal property of the officers, crew, and passengers of a submerged aircraft or watercraft; the cargo of a submerged aircraft or watercraft that has been deserted, relinquished, cast away, or left behind and for which attempts at reclamation have been abandoned by the owners and insurers; and submerged materials resulting from activities of prehistoric and historic native Americans.
(B) "Lake Erie" means that portion of the waters and lands of Lake Erie belonging to the state as provided in section 1506.10 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Historical value" means the quality of significance exemplified by an object, structure, site, or district that is included in or eligible for inclusion in the national register of historic places.
(D) "Marine surveyor" means a person engaged in the business of mapping or surveying submerged lands and abandoned property.
(E) "Mechanical or other assistance" means all artificial devices used to raise or remove artifacts from abandoned property, including pry bars, wrenches and other hand or power tools, cutting torches, explosives, winches, flotation bags, lines to surface, extra divers buoyancy devices, and other buoyancy devices.
(F) "Recreational value" means value relating to an activity in which the public engages or may engage for recreation or sport, including scuba diving and fishing, as determined by the director of natural resources.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.34 | Administrative Rules for Submerged Land Preserves.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The director of natural resources, with the approval of the director of the Ohio history connection, shall establish policies and may adopt rules necessary to implement and administer sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code. Not less than forty-five days prior to adopting a rule under this section or section 1506.31 of the Revised Code, the director of natural resources shall send a copy of the proposed rule to the director of the Ohio history connection, who shall promptly review it. Not more than thirty days after receiving the proposed rule, the director of the Ohio history connection shall return the rule to the director of natural resources together with the former director's written approval or disapproval of the proposed rule. If the director of the Ohio history connection disapproves the rule, the director shall explain the reasons for the disapproval and any amendments to the rule the director considers necessary to obtain the director's approval. The director of natural resources shall not adopt a rule under those sections that has not been approved by the director of the Ohio history connection. If the director of the Ohio history connection does not respond within thirty days as prescribed in this section, the rule is deemed approved by the director.
(B) The director of natural resources shall inform the public of the requirements of sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code and any policies established and rules adopted under them. In complying with this section, the director may establish or conduct educational programs or seminars, print and distribute informational pamphlets, and provide detailed information to organizations that conduct scuba diving training programs.
(C) The director of natural resources may hire or contract with a marine archaeologist, a marine historian, a marine surveyor, or any combination of these persons for the purposes of implementing and administering sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under them.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.36 | Exempted Activities.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly
Sections 1506.30 to 1506.35 of the Revised Code do not limit the right of:
(A) Any person to engage in recreational diving in Lake Erie, except at a site of abandoned property to which the director of natural resources has limited access during the term of a permit pursuant to division (J) of section 1506.32 of the Revised Code;
(B) Any person to own any abandoned property submerged in Lake Erie that was recovered before March 2, 1992, or released to the person under division (B) or (D) of section 1506.33 of the Revised Code;
(C) The department of natural resources or the Ohio history connection to recover or contract for the recovery of abandoned property in Lake Erie;
(D) Any person to take and remove sand, gravel, stone, or other minerals or substances from and under the bed of Lake Erie in accordance with section 1505.07 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.38 | Chief of Division of Water Is Erosion Agent for Purposes of Cooperation With Federal Authorities.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
The director of natural resources shall act as the erosion agent of the state for the purpose of cooperating with the secretary of the army, acting through the chief of engineers of the United States army corps of engineers in the department of defense. The director shall cooperate with the secretary in carrying out, and may conduct, investigations and studies of conditions along the shorelines of Lake Erie and of the bays and projections therefrom, and of the islands therein, within the territorial waters of the state, with a view to devising and perfecting economical and effective methods and works for preventing, correcting, and controlling shore erosion and damage therefrom and controlling the inundation of improved property by the waters of Lake Erie, its bays, and associated inlets.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.39 | Assistance of Other State Employees.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
The director of natural resources, in the discharge of the director's duties under sections 1506.38 to 1506.48 of the Revised Code, may call to the director's assistance, temporarily, any engineers or other employees in any state department, or in the Ohio state university or other educational institutions financed wholly or in part by the state, for the purpose of devising the most effective and economical methods of controlling shore erosion and damage from it and controlling the inundation of improved property by the waters of Lake Erie and its bays and associated inlets.
Such engineers and employees shall not receive any additional compensation over that which they receive from the departments or institutions by which they are employed, but they shall be reimbursed for their actual necessary expenses incurred while working under the direction of the director on erosion and inundation projects.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.40 | Application for Shore Structure Permit.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
No person shall construct a beach, groin, or other structure to control erosion, wave action, or inundation along or near the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie, including related islands, bays, and inlets, without first obtaining a shore structure permit from the director of natural resources.
The application for a permit shall include detailed plans and specifications prepared by a professional engineer registered under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code. An applicant shall provide appropriate evidence of compliance with any applicable provisions of this chapter and Chapters 1505. and 1521. of the Revised Code, as determined by the director. A temporary shore structure permit may be issued by the director if it is determined necessary to safeguard life, health, or property.
Each application or reapplication for a permit under this section shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee as the director shall prescribe by rule.
If the application is approved, the director shall issue a permit to the applicant authorizing construction of the project. If requested in writing by the applicant within thirty days of issuance of a notice of disapproval of the application, the director shall conduct an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except sections 119.12 and 119.121 of the Revised Code. After reviewing the record of the hearing, the director shall issue a final order approving the application, disapproving it, or approving it conditioned on the making of specified revisions in the plans and specifications.
The director, by rule, shall limit the period during which a construction permit issued under this section is valid and shall establish reapplication requirements governing a construction permit that expires before construction is completed.
In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, such rules as are necessary for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.41 | Permit and Lease Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
All moneys derived from the granting of permits and leases under section 1505.07 of the Revised Code for the removal of sand, gravel, stone, gas, oil, and other minerals and substances from and under the bed of Lake Erie and from applications for shore structure permits submitted under section 1506.40 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the permit and lease fund, which is hereby created. Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code relating to the distribution or crediting of fines for violations of the Revised Code, all fines imposed under division (A) of section 1505.99 of the Revised Code and under division (C) of section 1506.99 of the Revised Code shall be paid into that fund. The fund shall be administered by the department of natural resources for the protection of Lake Erie shores and waters; investigation and control of erosion; the planning, development, and construction of facilities for recreational use of Lake Erie; implementation of section 1506.40 of the Revised Code; preparation of the state shore erosion plan under section 1506.47 of the Revised Code; and state administration of Lake Erie coastal erosion areas under sections 1506.06 and 1506.07 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.43 | Contracts for Erosion Projects.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
The director of natural resources may enter into a contract with any county, township, municipal corporation, conservancy district, or park board that has an agreement with the state in accordance with section 1506.42 of the Revised Code for the construction of a shore erosion project. No contract shall be let until all money that is to be paid by the political subdivision entering into the agreement has been deposited in the shore erosion fund created in that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.45 | Acquiring Lands.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
The state, or any county, township, municipal corporation, conservancy district, or park board that has entered into a contract under section 1506.43 of the Revised Code, may acquire lands by gift or devise, purchase, or appropriation. In case of appropriation, the proceedings shall be instituted in the name of the state or the political subdivision and shall be conducted in the manner provided for the appropriation of private property by the state or the political subdivision insofar as those proceedings are applicable. Either the fee or any lesser interest may be acquired as the state or the political subdivision considers advisable.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.46 | Action Taken by Chief.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
Any action taken by the director of natural resources under sections 1506.38 to 1506.48 of the Revised Code shall not be deemed in conflict with certain powers and duties conferred upon and delegated to federal agencies and to municipal corporations under Section 7 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, or as provided by sections 721.04 to 721.11 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.47 | Plan for Management of Shore Erosion Along Lake Erie.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
The director of natural resources, in cooperation with appropriate offices and divisions, including the division of geological survey, may prepare a plan for the management of shore erosion in the state along Lake Erie, its bays, and associated inlets, revise the plan whenever it can be made more effective, and make the plan available for public inspection. In the preparation of the plan, the director may employ such existing plans as are available.
The director also may establish a program to provide technical assistance on shore erosion control measures to municipal corporations, counties, townships, conservancy districts, park boards, and shoreline property owners.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.48 | Reappraising Real Property Damaged or Destroyed by Shore Erosion.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
Upon application of any owner of real property damaged or destroyed by shore erosion, the county auditor of the county in which the real property is situated shall cause a reappraisal to be made and shall place the property on the tax list at its true value in money.
Whenever the county auditor finds that ninety per cent or more of the area of any littoral parcel of land appearing upon the tax duplicate has been eroded and lies within the natural boundaries of Lake Erie and that the remainder of the parcel, if any, has no taxable value, the auditor may certify that finding to the county board of revision. Upon consideration thereof, the board may authorize removal of the parcel from the tax duplicate and cancellation of all current and delinquent taxes, assessments, interest, and penalties charged against the parcel.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management › Section 1506.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 1506.09 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense.
(B) Whoever violates division (K) of section 1506.32 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(C) Whoever violates sections 1506.38 to 1506.48 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1507 | Division of Engineering › Section 1507.13 | Right of Entry.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
The chief engineer of the department of natural resources or any employee in the service of the division of engineering may enter upon lands to make surveys and inspections in accordance with this chapter when necessary in the discharge of the duties specified in this chapter. Notice of such a proposed entry shall be given to the owner of the land to be surveyed or inspected or to the person in possession of it by such means as are reasonably available, not less than forty-eight hours nor more than thirty days prior to the date of the entry. Such an entry does not constitute a trespass.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.022 | Location of Wells Using Directional Drilling.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Except as provided in section 1509.021 of the Revised Code, the surface location of a new well that will be drilled using directional drilling may be located on a parcel of land that is not in the drilling unit of the well.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.031 | Electronic Submission of Oil and Gas Documents.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and other than a statement of production, the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management may require the electronic submission of any application, report, test result, fee, or document that is required to be submitted under this chapter. The chief shall require the submission of statements of production to be made electronically regardless of well type and the number of wells owned.
(B) For good cause, a person may request to be excluded from any requirement to make an electronic submission under division (A) of this section other than the requirement to submit a statement of production electronically. The chief shall establish the procedure and form by which a person may request such exclusion.
Last updated August 28, 2023 at 4:28 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.041 | Database Listing Final Nonappealable Orders Issued for Violations to Be Accessible to Public.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall maintain a database on the division of oil and gas resources management's web site that is accessible to the public. The database shall list each final nonappealable order issued for a material and substantial violation under this chapter. The list shall identify the violator, the date on which the violation occurred, and the date on which the violation was corrected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.05 | Permit Required to Drill, Reopen, Convert or Plug Back Well.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
No person shall drill a new well, drill an existing well any deeper, reopen a well, convert a well to any use other than its original purpose, or plug back a well to a source of supply different from the existing pool, without having a permit to do so issued by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, and until the original permit or a photostatic copy thereof is posted or displayed in a conspicuous and easily accessible place at the well site, with the name, current address, and telephone number of the permit holder and the telephone numbers for fire and emergency medical services maintained on the posted permit or copy. The permit or a copy shall be continuously displayed in that manner at all times during the work authorized by the permit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.061 | Request to Revise Existing Tract Upon Which Exists Producing or Idle Well.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
An owner of a well who has been issued a permit under section 1509.06 of the Revised Code may submit to the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, on a form prescribed by the chief, a request to revise an existing tract upon which exists a producing or idle well. The chief shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules under section 1509.03 of the Revised Code that are necessary for the administration of this section. The rules at least shall stipulate the information to be included on the request form and shall establish a fee to be paid by the person submitting the request, which fee shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars.
The chief shall approve a request submitted under this section unless it would result in a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under it, including provisions establishing spacing or minimum acreage requirements.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.073 | Fluid Drilling Requirements.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
A person that is issued a permit under this chapter to drill a new well or drill an existing well deeper in an urbanized area shall establish fluid drilling conditions prior to penetration of the Onondaga limestone and continue to use fluid drilling until total depth of the well is achieved unless the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management authorizes such drilling without using fluid.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.11 | Statement of Production of Oil, Gas and Brine.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A)(1) The owner of any well, except a horizontal well, that is producing or capable of producing oil or gas shall file with the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, on or before the thirty-first day of March, a statement of production of oil, gas, and brine for the last preceding calendar year in such form as the chief may prescribe. An owner that has more than one hundred such wells in this state shall submit electronically the statement of production in a format that is approved by the chief.
(2) The owner of any horizontal well that is producing or capable of producing oil or gas shall file with the chief, on the forty-fifth day following the close of each calendar quarter, a statement of production of oil, gas, and brine for the preceding calendar quarter in a form that the chief prescribes. An owner that has more than one hundred horizontal wells in this state shall submit electronically the statement of production in a format that is approved by the chief.
(B) The chief shall not disclose information received from the department of taxation under section 5703.21 of the Revised Code until the statement of production required by division (A) of this section and related to that information is filed with the chief.
Last updated September 11, 2023 at 12:20 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.12 | Defective Wells and Well Plugging.

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 a well shall permit a well to leak fluids or gases.
(3) Upon the discovery that the casing in a well is defective or that a well was not adequately constructed, the person that owns the well or that is responsible for the well shall notify the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management within twenty-four hours of the discovery, and shall immediately repair the casing, correct the construction inadequacies, or plug and abandon the well.
(B) When the chief finds that a well should be plugged, the chief shall issue an order to the person that owns the well or that is responsible for the well to plug the well and shall specify in the order a reasonable time within which to comply. No person shall fail or refuse to plug a well within the time specified in the order. Each day on which such a well remains unplugged thereafter constitutes a separate offense.
Where the plugging method prescribed by rules adopted pursuant to section 1509.15 of the Revised Code cannot be applied or if applied would be ineffective in carrying out the protection that the law is meant to give, the chief may designate a different method of plugging. The abandonment report shall show the manner in which the well was plugged.
(C) In case of oil or gas wells abandoned prior to September 1, 1978, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the wells are located may submit to the electors of the county the question of establishing a special fund, by general levy, by general bond issue, or out of current funds, which shall be approved by a majority of the electors voting upon that question for the purpose of plugging the wells. The fund shall be administered by the board and the plugging of oil and gas wells shall be under the supervision of the chief, and the board shall let contracts for that purpose, provided that the fund shall not be used for the purpose of plugging oil and gas wells that were abandoned subsequent to September 1, 1978.
Last updated September 10, 2021 at 5:28 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.14 | Report of Abandonment of Well.

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 written report of the abandonment to the chief. The report shall be submitted not later than thirty days after the date of abandonment and shall include all of the following:
(A) The date of abandonment;
(B) The name of the owner or operator of the well at the time of abandonment and the post-office address of the owner or operator;
(C) The location of the well as to township and county and the name of the owner of the surface upon which the well is drilled, with the address thereof;
(D) The date of the permit to drill;
(E) The date when drilled;
(F) The depth of the well;
(G) The depth of the top of the formation to which the well was drilled;
(H) The depth of each seam of coal drilled through, if known;
(I) A detailed report as to how the well was plugged, giving in particular the manner in which the coal and various formations were plugged, and the date of the plugging of the well, including the names of those who witnessed the plugging of the well.
The report shall be signed by the owner or operator, or the agent of the owner or operator, who abandons and plugs the well and verified by the oath of the party so signing. For the purposes of this section, the oil and gas resources inspectors may take acknowledgments and administer oaths to the parties signing the report.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.15 | Rules for Methods of Plugging.

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 which the well was plugged.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.151 | Plugging at Expense of Operator.

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 under it.
Last updated July 7, 2022 at 10:41 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.16 | Disclosure Forms for Oil Country Tubular Goods.

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 drill collars used with the pipes.
(B) Beginning March 31, 2015, an owner shall file with the division of oil and gas resources management a disclosure form that specifies the country in which each oil country tubular good initially used in a production operation on or after that date was manufactured unless that country cannot be determined by the owner. The division shall prescribe the disclosure form and consult with representatives from the natural gas, oil, and steel industries when developing the form. The division shall use the information specified on the form to establish a quality well infrastructure catalog.
(C) The division shall determine the date on which the disclosure form shall be filed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.181 | Suspension of Drilling or Reopening of Well in Coal Bearing Townships.

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 to public health or safety or to a miner's health or safety.
(B) Before issuing an order under division (A) of this section, the chief shall notify the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management and the owner in any manner that the chief of the division of mineral resources management determines would provide reasonable notification of the chief's intent to issue a suspension order. However, the chief may order the immediate suspension of the drilling or reopening of a well in a coal bearing township without prior notification to the owner if the chief has made reasonable attempts to notify the owner and the attempts have failed. If the chief orders the immediate suspension of such drilling or reopening, the chief shall provide the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management and the owner notice of the order as soon as practical.
(C) Not later than five days after the issuance of an order under division (A) of this section to immediately suspend the drilling or reopening of a well in a coal bearing township, the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall provide the owner an opportunity to be heard and to present evidence that the drilling or reopening activities will not likely result in an imminent and substantial threat to public health or safety or to a miner's health or safety, as applicable. If the chief, after considering all evidence presented by the owner, determines that the activities do not present such a threat, the chief shall revoke the suspension order.
(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an owner may appeal a suspension order issued under this section to the reclamation commission in accordance with section 1513.13 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.19 | Well Stimulation.

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 representative shall notify an oil and gas resources inspector. If during the stimulation of a well damage to the production casing or cement occurs and results in the circulation of fluids from the annulus of the surface production casing, the owner shall immediately terminate the stimulation of the well and notify the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. If the chief determines that the casing and the cement may be remediated in a manner that isolates the oil and gas bearing zones of the well, the chief may authorize the completion of the stimulation of the well. If the chief determines that the stimulation of a well resulted in irreparable damage to the well, the chief shall order that the well be plugged and abandoned within thirty days of the issuance of the order.
For purposes of determining the integrity of the remediation of the casing or cement of a well that was damaged during the stimulation of the well, the chief may require the owner of the well to submit cement evaluation logs, temperature surveys, pressure tests, or a combination of such logs, surveys, and tests.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1509 | Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Section 1509.20 | Prevention of Waste - Gas Flaring.

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 productive of natural gas in quantity sufficient to justify utilization shall be utilized or shut in within ten days after completion.
The owner of any well producing both oil and gas may burn such gas in flares when it is necessary to protect the health and safety of the public or when the gas is lawfully produced and there is no economic market at the well for the escaping gas.