Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › PRODUCTION › Section R. 460.864 - Permit for well connection

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 14.
(1) The
				  operator of each well shall, before gas is produced from such well, make
				  application to the commission on form provided therefor, (form 15A, appendix A)
				  for permission to sell gas from such well: provided, that application and
				  permit shall not be required for making connection to pipe lines used
				  exclusively for transporting or transmitting gas for fuel for drilling wells,
				  or gas used in homes of lessors of lands on which wells are located.
(2) Any application for a standard well
				  connection permit should be submitted to the commission not less than 15 days
				  before the first day of the month during which it is expected that receiving,
				  transmitting or purchasing of gas shall commence. Upon receipt from a well
				  operator of a properly executed application for a well connection permit, the
				  commission will issue well connection permit order (form 16A, appendix A) and
				  will furnish a copy thereof to the purchaser or transmitter designated by the
				  applicant operator, such copy to be furnished to the purchaser or transmitter
				  at least 10 days before the first day of the monthly period used in accounting
				  for gas. The commission will cause a well capacity test to be made, and
				  following such test will issue an allowable withdrawal order (form 17A,
				  appendix A) to the well operator, and will furnish a copy thereof to the
				  purchaser or transmitter on or before the first day of the monthly period used
				  in accounting for gas.
(3) The
				  purchaser or transmitter shall connect such well to its gathering system and
				  prepare to receive, transmit or purchase gas during the next succeeding monthly
				  period used in accounting for gas, provided that it has received the copy of
				  the well connection permit from the commission at least 10 days before such
				  date; that the operator has prepared and placed the well in condition to make
				  such connection conveniently possible, and that obstacles or conditions beyond
				  its reasonable control do not prevent such connection.
(4) In case of emergency a temporary well
				  connection permit may be issued by wire upon receipt of an application by
				  telegraph from well operator, giving the full name of the applicant, the full
				  name of the well, the conservation department permit number, the date of well
				  completion, and the open flow capacity of the well; and also a telegraphic
				  statement from the prospective transmitter or common purchaser of gas that it
				  will accept said well for connection. Such telegraphic application must be
				  followed within 10 days by the regular application required in subrule (1) of
				  this rule.
(5) The commission and a
				  transmitter or purchaser may at their option and discretion cooperate, if it is
				  reasonably practicable, to issue orders, make well capacity tests, connect to
				  wells and make provisions for receiving, transmitting or purchasing gas from a
				  well if the application for temporary or standard well connection permit has
				  not been filed with the commission as much as 15 days before the beginning of
				  the monthly period used by the transmitter or purchaser in accounting for gas,
				  but there shall be no obligation in such cases on the part of either the
				  commission or the transmitter or purchaser to either commence or complete such
				  orders, tests, connections or preparations to receive, transmit or purchase gas
				  during the next succeeding monthly period.
(6) With each standard well connection permit
				  there will be issued a metal plate bearing the permit number. This plate must
				  be affixed to the wellhead substantially as shown on plate 1A, appendix A, and
				  in case of loss or destruction must be immediately replaced. The original plate
				  will be furnished without charge, but a nominal charge of 50 cents will be made
				  for each replacement plate.
(7)
				  When processed casinghead gas is to be transmitted for public use, application
				  shall be made to the commission for a special connection permit before
				  transmission by pipe line is begun. (See
				  R
				  460.851.)