Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE AND FORCED INTEGRATION OR FORCED POOLING › Chapter 400-7-1 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 400-7-1-.11 - Notice

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Notice of public hearings held by the Board shall be given in
				  the following manner
(1)
Preparation of Notice.
Prior to requesting approval to publish a
				proposed notice, a petitioner may obtain a schedule of hearing dates from the
				Board. The petitioner shall file a proposed notice for publication with the
				Board accompanied by a written request for approval to publish the notice for
				hearing on a specific scheduled hearing date of the Board not less than
				twenty-five (25) days prior to the meeting at which the petition shall be
				heard. The Supervisor may approve the proposed notice as submitted or approve
				the notice with modifications. The Supervisor will provide petitioner an
				approved notice for publication accompanied by a written statement that the
				petition is approved for hearing on a specific scheduled hearing date. A
				statement from the Supervisor approving a notice for publication shall include
				a listing of the newspaper for publication in accordance with this rule. Upon
				receipt of an approved notice from the Supervisor, the petitioner may proceed
				with publication of a notice in accordance with this rule and at petitioner's
				expense. Proof of notice by publication shall be by affidavit of the publisher
				of the newspaper in which notice is published, and the original newspaper
				publication and affidavit of the publisher shall be filed with the Board at
				least three (3) days prior to the hearing. The Board may, however, in its
				discretion, waive the three (3) day filing requirement.
(2)
Filing Fees.
Any petitioner,
				other than the Board, shall submit with the proposed notice, a filing fee of
				One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), by certified check or bank draft payable
				to the State Treasurer, State of Alabama. One filing fee may be submitted for
				all notices filed by the same petitioner that relate to the same subject
				matter.
(3)
Publication of
				Notice.
Notice of each public hearing before the Board of a petition,
				motion, or other matter of statewide application shall be published once at
				least ten (10) days prior to such hearing, in the daily newspaper in Jefferson
				and Mobile, Counties, having the largest circulation in the county, as
				indicated by the most recent annual figures compiled by the Alabama Press
				Association. Further, when such petition, motion, or other matter shall pertain
				to specific land and have less than statewide application, notice of such
				matters shall be published at least ten (10) days prior to such hearing, in the
				county or counties where the affected land lies.
(a) Notices shall be published in newspapers
				having the largest circulation in the county, as indicated by the most recent
				annual figures compiled by the Alabama Press Association.
(b) Publication fees and expenses incurred by
				the Board in publishing notices of motions by the Board relating to an operator
				or other party shall be charged to such operator or other party and promptly
				paid.