Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart P - WELL PLUGGING AND RESTORATION PROGRAM › Section 240.1600 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions are applicable to this
				  Subpart:
"Abandoned Well" means:
A well:
for which the underlying lease has been released in writing
				  by the lessee or has been declared forfeited or invalid by a court order, the
				  order is final and the appeal period has lapsed; and
the lessor states in writing that the lessor has not leased
				  out the oil and gas working interest to any other person and does not intend to
				  so lease, that the lessor does not intend to operate the well, and that the
				  lessor desires that the well be plugged;
A well owned by a permittee who has made no payment by
				  November 1 of a current annual well fee assessment;
A well for which a bond was forfeited in accordance with
				  Section 6 of the Act;
A well that has not had commercial production in the last 2
				  years;
A well for which the permit has been revoked in accordance
				  with Section
				  240.251;
				  or
A well that has been plugged but not restored in accordance
				  with Section
				  240.1170.
"Commercial Production" means oil and/or gas has been
				  produced and sold from the well.
"Emergency Remediation Project" means an emergency crude oil
				  production facility, crude oil or saltwater spill remediation, or remediation
				  of conditions endangering public health or safety or contaminating surface
				  waters or groundwater, or the surface of the land.
"Emergency Repair Work" means work to repair or contain leaks
				  of produced fluids from production equipment, pits, or other containment
				  structures that are contaminating surface waters or groundwaters or are flowing
				  in sufficient quantity to create an increasing area of contamination on the
				  surface of the land.
"Emergency Well Plugging" means the plugging and abandonment
				  of a well or wells that are actively flowing oil or saltwater and are
				  contaminating surface waters or groundwaters or flowing in sufficient quantity
				  to create an increasing area of contamination on the surface of the land, or a
				  well leaking natural gas or hydrogen sulfide gas in sufficient quantity to
				  endanger public safety or create a fire hazard or a non-leaking well that poses
				  an imminent danger to public safety.
"PRF" means the Department's Plugging and Restoration Fund,
				  established under Section 6 of the Act. Monies from this fund shall be spent in
				  accordance with 44 Ill. Adm. Code 610.
"Well Site Equipment" means the equipment, including but not
				  limited to an associated tank battery and production facility equipment,
				  hydrocarbons from the well that are stored in tanks located on the lease, and
				  hydrocarbons recovered during the plugging operation, that may be sold at a
				  public auction or a public or private sale. All well site equipment and
				  hydrocarbons acquired by a person by sale shall be acquired under clear title,
				  subject to any perfected prior legal or equitable claims. (Section 19.6 of
				  theAct)