Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62C - Division of Resource Management › Chapter 62C-25 - CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS: GENERAL › Section 62C-25.006 - Permits

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Each person who conducts geophysical surveys (unless exempted
				  by Rule  62C-26.007, F.A.C.), drills an
				  oil or gas related well (Rule
				   62C-26.003, F.A.C.), or operates
				  an oil or gas related well (Rule
				   62C-26.008, F.A.C.), shall first
				  obtain a permit from the Department.
(1) Ordinarily a single permit will be issued
				for drilling a well and either transporting test oil or injecting test fluids
				for a period of 90 days after testing is commenced. However, the Department
				reserves the right, on a well by well basis and depending on health and human
				safety or environmental sensitivity, to restrict a permit to drilling only and
				to require an operator to return to seek an operating permit (Oil & Gas
				Form 14) for transportation of test oil or injection of test fluids.
(2) Operating Permits (Oil & Gas Form 14;
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02455
,
				effective date 4-29-13) are required for each well not plugged and abandoned
				and shall be valid for the life of the well. However, every five years from the
				date of the permit, the Department shall perform a comprehensive field
				inspection and file review for each such well and operating permit to verify
				full compliance. Operating permits are written to authorize operators to use
				wells for their intended purpose and should be obtained during the testing
				phase.
(3) Existing permits
				authorizing the transportation of produced fluids from lease or the injection
				of fluids into subsurface formations are operating permits and must be
				re-certified in accordance with Rule
				 62C-26.008, F.A.C., within 5
				years of the effective date of this subsection.
(4) Copies of permit application forms may be
				obtained by contacting the Department of Environmental Protection, Oil and Gas
				Regulatory Program,
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/mines/oil_gas/forms.htm
.
				Permit application forms shall be filed as required below:
(a) All persons seeking a permit to drill an
				oil or gas related well shall apply on Oil & Gas Form 3, Application for
				Permit to Drill,
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02453
,
				effective date 4-29-13, hereby incorporated by reference.
(b) All persons seeking a permit to conduct
				geophysical operations shall apply on Oil & Gas Form 4, Application for
				Permit to Perform Geophysical Exploration,
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02454
,
				effective date 4-29-13, hereby incorporated by reference and must meet all of
				the requirements for geophysical operators as specified in Rule
				 62C-26.007, F.A.C.
(c) Each well owner or operator intending to
				retain any new well as an oil and gas production well or service well, shall
				apply at least 60 days prior to drilling permit expiration for an operating
				permit on Oil & Gas Form 14, Application For Permit to Operate
				Well.