Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 805 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET › Chapter 1 - Division of Oil and Gas › Section 805 KAR 1:190 - Gathering lines

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 353.160, 353.500(2), 353.590, 353.745, 353.991,
				353.5901(1),  40 C.F.R. Part 112, 49 C.F.R. Parts 191, 192, 194, 195
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 353.540 authorizes the
				department to promulgate administrative regulations to administer KRS 353.500
				to 353.720. KRS 353.500(2) requires the department to promulgate administrative
				regulations pertaining to gathering lines, in order to minimize their potential
				effects on the citizens and the environment of the Commonwealth. KRS 349.115
				authorizes the department to promulgate administrative regulations to implement
				the coalbed methane program. This administrative regulation establishes
				provisions for the installation of gathering lines, reclamation of disturbed
				areas, and safety requirements of gathering lines as they pertain to oil and
				gas production operations.
Section 1.
			 Applicability. This administrative regulation shall apply to gathering lines
			 installed under permits issued after March 18, 2004 and shall not apply to
			 existing gathering lines unless these lines are identified as being subject to
			 the requirements of Section 4 of this administrative regulation.
Section 2. License.
(1) The operator of any gathering line,
			 including an existing gathering line, shall obtain a gathering line operator's
			 license from the division to operate any and all oil or gas gathering lines
			 operated by him. The operator in physical control of any gathering line shall
			 maintain a current license even if the gathering line is shut in or idle. All
			 gathering lines operated by the same operator shall be subject to a single
			 gathering line operator's license. An operator of an existing gathering line
			 shall make application for license within ninety (90) days of the effective
			 date of this administrative regulation.
(2) Each licensee shall annually submit a
			 completed and notarized license renewal form using the "Application for
			 Gathering Line Operator's License", Form OG-2, on or before the expiration date
			 of his current license. Annual renewal of the gathering line operator's license
			 shall be made on January 1 and due no later than February 15. If there are no
			 substantive changes to the operator information provided in the initial
			 application for license, the license shall be renewed upon receipt of the
			 license fee. To qualify for a license or license renewal, the applicant shall
			 be in compliance with applicable laws and shall submit the following items to
			 the division:
(a) An application satisfying
			 the requirements of subsection (3) of this section; and
(b)
1. A
			 $100 license fee; or
2. A fee of
			 twenty-five (25) dollars for each dwelling, if the application is for a license
			 to operate a gathering line for a gas well used strictly for the purpose of
			 heating a residential dwelling.
(3) Application. The application for a
			 license or a license renewal shall be:
(a)
			 Notarized or meet the requirements for electronic signature if electronically
			 submitted pursuant to KRS Chapter 369;
(b) Filed with the division; and
(c) Contain the following information:
1. The full name under which the operator
			 transacts or intends to transact business under the license and the operator's
			 correct mailing address. The application shall include the name and address of
			 the principal officers of the partnership, limited liability company, or
			 corporation, including the agent for process;
2. All other information required by the
			 "Gathering for Line Operator's License Application", Form OG-2,; and
3. Each application for a license shall be
			 signed or submitted with electronic signature as previously described by the
			 operator if the operator is a natural person, by a principal officer if the
			 operator is a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation.