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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-231a - Filing requirements for rate proceedings by rural electric distribution cooperative systems providing service to fewer than 15,000 customers

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(a) In lieu of
			 filing a rate case application according to K.A.R. 82-1-231, any rural electric
			 distribution cooperative with memberships of fewer than 15,000 may elect to
			 prepare a less extensive application with schedules that are more appropriate
			 to the operations of smaller utilities.
(b) Applications and evidence.
(1) The application and schedules shall be in
			 the form and substance permitted by the commission and shall include an
			 electronic application as described in K.A.R. 82-1-231(c)(3). The application
			 shall include the following:
(A) Supporting
			 schedules as required by the commission;
(B) a copy of the financial statements of the
			 rural electric distribution cooperative for a test year. These financial
			 statements shall have been audited by an independent certified public
			 accountant and an opinion rendered on them;
(C) a copy of the monthly REA form seven for
			 the test year; and
(D) a copy of
			 the most recent tariffs with penciled-in proposed changes. The test year
			 selected by the applicant may be disapproved by the commission for cause.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-231b - Filing requirements for rate proceedings by electric, gas, water, and telecommunications utilities other than class A

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(a) In lieu of
			 filing a rate case application according to K.A.R. 82-1-231, electric, gas,
			 water, and telecommunications utilities, other than class A, may elect to
			 prepare a less extensive application with schedules that are more appropriate
			 to the operations of smaller utilities, unless otherwise directed by the
			 commission. However, a telecommunications utility that is subject to price cap
			 regulation pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 66-2005(b), and amendments
			 thereto, shall not be required to file the information described in this
			 regulation with applications requesting a change in rates pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 66-2005(g), (i), (j), (n), (o), (p), (r), and
			 (s), and amendments thereto.
(b) Applications and evidence.
(1) The application and schedules shall be in
			 the form and substance permitted by the commission and shall include an
			 electronic application as described in K.A.R. 82-1-231(c)(3). The application
			 shall include the following:
(A) Supporting
			 schedules as required by the commission;
(B) a copy of the financial statements of the
			 utility for a test year. These financial statements shall have been audited by
			 an independent certified public accountant and an opinion rendered thereupon.
(C) a copy of the most recent
			 tariffs with penciled-in or red-lined proposed changes. The test year selected
			 by the applicant may be disapproved by the commission for cause.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-232 - Orders of the commission

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(a) Form and
			 content. Unless otherwise specified, each order of the commission shall contain
			 the following:
(1) A caption that complies
			 with the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of K.A.R. 82-1-219, except that the
			 heading shall be "THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS" and
			 shall be followed by a designation of the commissioners to whom the matter was
			 submitted;
(2) if the order
			 renders a final determination on a matter after hearing or prehearing
			 conference, a recitation of the appearances, whether by attorney or pro se, and
			 a summary of jurisdictional facts including those pertaining to the dates and
			 places of hearings and notices;
(3) a concise and specific statement of the
			 relevant law and basic facts that persuade the commission in arriving at its
			 decision;
(4) the official
			 signature of the commission, as provided in this regulation;
(5) the surnames of the commissioners who
			 participated in the making of the order typed at the end of the order; and
(6) the date of mailing to the
			 parties shown above the executive director's signature.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-234a - Discovery

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(a) Discovery shall
			 be limited to matters that are clearly relevant to the proceeding involved.
			 Discovery may be further limited by the commission or presiding officer based
			 on the discovering party's interest and participation in the proceeding. This
			 regulation shall not diminish, alter, or modify in any way the authority of the
			 commission staff to request information in the performance of its duties.
(b) Responses to data requests
			 submitted by commission staff shall be furnished within seven days of the date
			 on which the information was requested, unless otherwise directed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-235 - Petitions for reconsideration; compliance with orders

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(a) Any party
			 aggrieved by any order or decision of the commission may file a petition for
			 reconsideration before the commission. All petitions for reconsideration shall
			 be filed pursuant to the appropriate statutory provisions relating to them.
(b) If the petitioner relies on
			 the ground that the commission, in making its determination, did not consider
			 any of the evidence presented in the proceeding, the petition for
			 reconsideration shall cite that portion of the transcript where the testimony
			 appears, if the transcript is available on the date of the commission's order.
			 The application shall specify by number the exhibits and the pertinent portion
			 of those exhibits that is alleged not to have been considered by the
			 commission.
(c) A party filing a
			 petition for reconsideration shall serve a copy of the petition upon all
			 parties to the proceeding in the manner prescribed by these regulations for the
			 filing and service of pleadings.
(d) The burden of going forward with the
			 evidence shall rest upon the applicant or applicants requesting
			 reconsideration.
(e) All the
			 evidence, rules and regulations, instruments, and other documents admitted or
			 received in the original hearing or subsequent hearings shall, by operation of
			 this regulation, become a part of the record in the reconsideration, unless
			 otherwise directed by the commission.
(f) Each party desiring reconsideration shall
			 file a petition for reconsideration. Each party that files a petition for
			 reconsideration shall rely solely upon its own petition. A petitioner may
			 withdraw its petition for reconsideration at any time by motion. All parties
			 shall be entitled to cross-examine witnesses and be heard at the hearing in
			 which facts or issues are given reconsideration. Direct testimony may be
			 introduced only by the petitioner. Rebuttal testimony may be introduced by any
			 party. If two or more petitions for reconsideration are granted, at the
			 discretion of the commission, they may be consolidated for hearing and may be
			 heard on a common record.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-237 - Investigation and hearing

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(a) Any public
			 utility, common carrier, motor carrier, or any other party under the
			 commission's jurisdiction may be investigated and hearings or show cause
			 proceedings may be ordered by the commission at any time, upon its own motion
			 if the commission believes that the party under its jurisdiction is in
			 violation of law or of any order of the commission.
(b) Other investigations as are required or
			 authorized by law may be instituted by the commission as deemed necessary.
(c) Evidence considered necessary
			 or desirable in any formal proceeding, in addition to the evidence presented by
			 the parties, may be secured and presented by the commission if deemed
			 necessary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-238 - Transcripts

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(a) Transcripts of
			 all testimony and proceedings may be ordered and purchased from the commission
			 if the reporter is employed by the commission. Otherwise transcripts may be
			 purchased directly from the reporter. Corrections to the official transcript
			 may be made only to make it conform to the evidence presented at the hearing.
			 Claimed errors and suggested corrections may be offered by any party within 10
			 days after the transcript is filed with the commission, unless the presiding
			 officer grants an extension. Suggested corrections shall be served in writing
			 upon each party of record, the official reporter, and the presiding officer.
			 The presiding officer shall then determine what changes shall be made, if any.
			 All parties shall be advised by the commission of any authorized corrections to
			 the record.
(b) If any order,
			 pleading brief or other document filed with the commission makes reference to a
			 portion of the transcript of any hearing before the commission, that citation
			 to the transcript shall be made as follows:
(1) If the party has access to the official
			 transcript, the citation shall contain the following:
(A) The abbreviation "Tr.";
(B) the abbreviation "Vol." followed by the
			 appropriate volume number; and
(C)
			 a reference to the appropriate page number or numbers in the transcript volume;
			 or
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-239 - Definitions

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As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Attorney fees" means expenses
			 incurred by an intervenor for an attorney with respect to a PURPA position.
(b) "Compensation" means
			 reasonable attorneys' fees, reasonable expert witness fees, and other
			 reasonable expenses incurred in preparation for and advocacy of a PURPA
			 position.
(c) "Consumer" means any
			 retail customer of an electric utility.
(d) "Expert witness fees" means expenses
			 incurred by an intervenor for an expert with respect to a PURPA position.
(e) "Intervenor" means any retail
			 consumer of an electric utility, any authorized representative of the consumer,
			 any governmental instrumentality, or any representative of a group or
			 organization authorized, pursuant to articles of incorporation or bylaws, to
			 represent the interests of consumers.
(f) "Other reasonable expenses" means
			 reasonable expenses incurred by an intervenor with respect to a PURPA position
			 not exceeding 15 percent of the total of reasonable attorney and expert witness
			 fees awarded.
(g) "PURPA" means
			 the public utility regulatory policies act of 1978.
(h) "PURPA position" means a factual
			 contention, legal contention or specific recommendation promoting one of the
			 PURPA purposes and relating to one or more of the PURPA subtitle B standards.
(i) "Significant financial
			 hardship" means a condition that shall be established by demonstrating that the
			 intervenor does not have sufficient resources available to participate in the
			 proceeding without an award of compensation or, in the case of a group or
			 organization, by showing that the economic resources of the individual members
			 of the group or organization are small in comparison to the expense of
			 effective preparation for and participation in the proceeding.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-240 - General rule

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In the final order of electric utility proceedings in which a
				PURPA issue is considered, the commission may award compensation to consumer
				intervenors whom it determines eligible for compensation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-241 - Application for compensation

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An intervenor who wishes to apply for an award of compensation
				shall file within thirty (30) days after filing of an application, a complaint,
				or an order of the commission initiating a proceeding:
(a) A petition to intervene.
(b) An application setting forth:
(1) A statement of the PURPA position which
			 the intervenor intends to raise in the proceeding.
(2) A statement identifying the consumer
			 interest represented by the intervenor, the relevance of the proceeding to that
			 interest, and why participation is necessary for a full and fair determination
			 of the issues.
(3) A statement of
			 the intervenor's financial position and a showing that without compensation
			 preparation for and participation in the proceeding in order to advocate a
			 PURPA position will impose a significant financial hardship on the intervenor.
(4) A detailed schedule of
			 expected expenses for attorneys' fees, expert witness fees, and other
			 reasonable expenses of preparing for, and participating in the proceeding.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-242 - Preliminary hearing

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To determine eligibility for compensation, a preliminary
				hearing for the presentation of evidence by all parties to the proceeding shall
				be held within a reasonable time after the final date for intervenor filing of
				an application for compensation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-243 - Preliminary commission determination

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The preliminary commission determination shall contain a ruling
				on the following:
(a) Whether the
			 intervenor has met its burden of showing significant financial hardship.
(b) A designation, if appropriate,
			 to join as one (1) party all intervenors with the same or similar interests.
(c) Whether the intervenor has or
			 represents an interest which would otherwise not be adequately represented in
			 the proceeding and representation of which is necessary for a fair
			 determination in the proceeding.
(d) A preliminary award of compensation to
			 eligible intervenors based on the evidence presented of the cost to prepare for
			 and participate in the proceeding in order to advocate the PURPA positions
			 which the intervenor intends to raise, subject to evaluation and determination
			 by the commission at the close of the hearing.
(e) No payment will be made prior to the
			 final order in the proceeding.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-244 - Accounting of costs

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(a) Within ten (10)
			 days after the close of the hearing any intervenor seeking compensation shall
			 file with the secretary of the commission a complete itemized accounting of its
			 actual costs.
(b) All records of
			 the intervenor pertaining to costs for which compensation is sought shall be
			 available for inspection at all reasonable times by the commission and the
			 utility from which such compensation is sought.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-245 - Award of compensation

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(a) At the close of
			 the hearing the commission shall permit all parties to submit written briefs
			 commenting on intervenor compensation.
(b) The commission shall make a final award
			 of compensation to eligible intervenors if in its opinion the intervenor
			 substantially contributed to the approval, in whole or in part, of a position
			 which relates to any subtitle B standard.
(c) The award of compensation shall be
			 measured against the prevailing market rates for persons of comparable training
			 and experience who are offering similar services. In no event shall the fees
			 exceed those paid by the commission or the utility, whichever is greater, for
			 persons of comparable training who are offering similar services.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-246 - Payment of compensation

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(a) Costs of
			 compensation shall be assessed against the utility or utilities participating
			 in the proceeding.
(b) Payment
			 shall be made by the affected utility or utilities directly to the intervenor
			 within thirty (30) days after service of the commission's order determining the
			 reasonable amount of compensation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-247 - Relationship to other rules

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This article applies only to compensation of consumer
				intervenors of electric utilities subject to title I of PURPA. Nothing in this
				rule shall be construed to limit in any way the ability of a person to
				intervene under
				K.A.R.
				82-1-225.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-250 - Consumer information and education; telephone preference service subscribership; information for telephone solicitors

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(a)
(1) On or before September 1, 2001,
			 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company shall coordinate an industrywide forum of
			 all interested local exchange carriers and telecommunications carriers to
			 collectively develop a method or methods for annually notifying residential
			 subscribers of the information specified in K.S.A. 50-675a(a), and amendments
			 thereto.
(2) The forum shall,
			 within two weeks after its conclusion, submit a report to the commission for
			 approval as to the form and content of the method or methods developed to
			 ensure compliance with K.S.A. 50-675a, and amendments thereto.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-100 - Applicability; exception

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(a) This
			 article shall apply throughout Kansas unless specifically limited. Special
			 orders may be issued by the commission. These special orders shall prevail over
			 any conflicting regulations.
(b) An
			 exception to the requirements of any regulation in this article may be granted
			 by the commission, after considering whether the exception will prevent waste,
			 protect correlative rights, and prevent pollution. Each party requesting an
			 exception shall file an application with the conservation division. The
			 applicant shall publish notice of the application pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-135a
			 and notice of any hearing pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-135.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-101a - Procedures for determining location using global positioning system

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Whenever an operator is required to report a location using a
				global positioning system (GPS), the operator shall obtain and report the GPS
				reading according to all of the following requirements:
(a)
(1) The
			 GPS unit shall be enabled by the wide area augmentation system (WAAS) when each
			 GPS reading is taken; or
(2) if the
			 GPS unit is not capable of using the WAAS system, the unit shall be rated by
			 the manufacturer to be accurate to within 50 feet, at least 95 percent of the
			 time.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-102 - Classification of wells; determining and naming common sources of supply; nomenclature committee

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Wells shall be classified by the common sources of supply from
				which they produce. Common sources of supply shall be determined and named by
				the commission after considering the recommendations of the conservation
				division and the nomenclature committee of the Kansas geological society. In
				naming common sources of supply, preference shall be given to common usage and
				geographic names. Separate common sources of supply within the same field
				shall, if possible, be named according to the producing formation. The
				commission may redetermine a common source of supply whenever necessary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-103 - Notice of intention to drill; penalty

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(a) Notice
			 required.
(1) Intent to drill. Unless
			 otherwise provided by K.A.R. 82-3-115a or K.A.R. 82-3-701, the owner, operator,
			 or any other person responsible for a drilling operation shall submit written
			 notice of the intention to drill to the conservation division for permit
			 approval before the commencement of drilling operations for any of the
			 following:
(A) Exploratory holes;
(B) a well to be drilled for the discovery or
			 production of oil, gas, or other minerals, including reentry of a previously
			 plugged and abandoned well;
(C) a
			 service well;
(D) a storage well;
			 or
(E) a stratigraphic or core
			 hole.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-103a - Deviated holes; horizontal drilling; notice and hearing required

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(a) The owner,
			 operator, or persons responsible for a drilling operation shall submit written
			 notice of the intention to drill for approval by the conservation division
			 before the commencement of drilling operations, for any hole where intended
			 deviation from the surface to the top of the producing formation exceeds
			 7°.
(b) Any hole drilled
			 horizontally into a formation for production or deviated in the manner stated
			 in subsection (a) may be permitted by the commission only after application to
			 the conservation division and notice pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-135a. The
			 application may be set for hearing by the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-104 - Pollution; prevention

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Every person who drills a well or test hole, for any purpose,
				that penetrates formations containing oil, gas, fresh water, mineralized water,
				or valuable minerals shall case or seal off these formations to effectively
				prevent migration of oil, gas, or water from or into strata that would be
				damaged by this migration. The effectiveness of the casing or sealing off shall
				be tested in a manner prescribed or approved by an agent of the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-105 - Well cementing

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The use of cement in setting casing or sealing off producing
				formations, underground porosity gas storage formations, or fresh and usable
				water formations shall be required.
This regulation shall be effective on and after October 29,
				2002.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-106 - Surface casing and cement

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(a) Each
			 operator shall set and cement surface casing pursuant to this regulation and
			 the instructions on the notice of intent to drill approved pursuant to K.A.R.
			 82-3-103 before drilling to any depth to test for or produce oil or
			 gas.
(b) Each operator shall set
			 and cement surface casing in compliance with the following, which are hereby
			 adopted by reference:
(1) Table I and appendix
			 A, as incorporated in the commission order dated August 1, 1991, docket no.
			 34,780-C (C-1825); and
(2) appendix
			 B, as incorporated in the commission order dated June 29, 1994, docket no.
			 133,891-C (C-20,079).
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-107 - Preservation of well samples, cores, and logs; penalty

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(a) Each operator
			 drilling or responsible for drilling service wells or drilling or recompleting
			 holes for the purpose of the exploration or production of oil or gas, excluding
			 seismic shot holes, shall preserve and retain samples or drill cuttings, cores,
			 and all other information as required under subsection (d).
(b) All formation samples or drill cuttings
			 normally saved in drilling or recompletion operations and any cores taken shall
			 be retained by the operator for 120 days after the spudding of the well.
(c)
(1) Upon request of the Kansas geological
			 survey as specified in paragraph (c)(2), the samples shall be washed and cut
			 into splits or sets. One set shall be placed in labelled sample envelopes and
			 delivered, at the prepaid expense of the operator, to the Kansas geological
			 survey, sample library, Wichita, Kansas. Upon request of the Kansas geological
			 survey, all cores or core longitudinal sections not required by the operator
			 for well evaluation purposes shall be placed in stratigraphic sequence in
			 adequate boxes, labelled with the well name, location, and footage, and
			 delivered, at the prepaid expense of the operator, to the Kansas geological
			 survey, Lawrence, Kansas.
(2) The
			 operator shall be given notice that samples or cores are required by a notice
			 appended to or on a copy of the notice of intention to drill returned to the
			 operator by the conservation division or the Kansas geological survey. Delivery
			 of the processed samples or cores shall be made within 120 days of the spud
			 date or date of commencement of recompletion of the well.
(3) If retention of the core is required by
			 the operator, designated Kansas geological survey staff members shall be
			 provided unrestricted access to the core at the operator's facility during the
			 operator's normal business hours. This access shall be subject to any
			 confidentiality requests made under subsection (e).
(4) Operators in physical possession of cores
			 requested by the Kansas geological survey shall not dispose of the cores
			 without permission of the Kansas geological survey.
(5) If the Kansas geological survey requests
			 samples from portions of the hole that are not normally saved in drilling
			 operations, the operator shall provide these samples. The sample library shall
			 accept all washed and cut samples whether or not they were requested.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-108 - Well location; exception

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(a) General setback
			 requirement. Except as provided by subsection (b) or (c), an oil well or gas
			 well shall not be drilled nearer than 330 feet from any lease or unit boundary
			 line.
(b) Setback requirements for
			 eastern Kansas.
(1) An oil well that is
			 drilled to a total depth of less than 2,000 feet and is drilled in one of the
			 following counties shall not be drilled nearer than 165 feet from the nearest
			 lease or unit boundary line: Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown,
			 Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Douglas, Elk, Franklin, Greenwood, Jackson,
			 Jefferson, Johnson, Labette, Leavenworth, Linn, Lyon, Miami, Montgomery,
			 Neosho, Osage, Shawnee, Wilson, Woodson, and Wyandotte.
(2) An oil well that is drilled in Chautauqua
			 County and is drilled to a total depth of less than 2,500 feet shall not be
			 drilled nearer than 165 feet from the nearest lease or unit boundary line.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-109 - Well spacing orders and basic proration orders

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(a) Any interested party may file an
			 application for a new or amended well spacing order or basic pro-ration order.
			 Each application shall include the following:
(1) If the application is for amendment, a
			 description of the amendment;
(2)
			 the well location and depth and the common source of supply;
(3) a description of the acreage, with an
			 affirmation that all of the acreage is reasonably expected to be productive
			 from the common source of supply;
(4) the proposed well location restriction
			 and provisions for any exceptions;
(5) the proposed configuration of units for
			 purposes of acreage attribution;
(6) a list of the persons provided notice
			 pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-135a and the date that notice was provided;
(7) the factors proposed to be used in any
			 proration formula;
(8) the
			 applicant's license number; and
(9)
			 any other relevant information required by the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-110 - Penalties for violations of well spacing, basic proration orders

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(a) Any well
			 drilled or being drilled in violation of an order or rule of the commission in
			 effect at the time drilling commences shall be considered to be an unlawful
			 location. Such a well shall be presumed to be in violation of correlative
			 rights and to constitute waste. A show cause order to determine whether the
			 drilling of the well was necessary to protect correlative rights or prevent
			 waste may be issued by the commission, either upon receipt of a complaint or on
			 the commission's own motion. A hearing shall be held after notice to all
			 interested parties.
(b) If the
			 commission determines that good cause has not been shown or that an exception
			 should be denied, an order may be issued by the commission requiring the well
			 to be permanently capped or plugged and abandoned in accordance with the rules
			 of the commission, or production at a reduced rate may be permitted by the
			 commission to ensure protection of correlative rights and the prevention of
			 waste.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-111 - Temporarily abandoned wells; penalty; plugging

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(a) Temporary
			 abandonment approval or plugging required. Within 90 days after operations
			 cease on any well drilled for the purpose of exploration, discovery, service,
			 or production of oil, gas, or other minerals, the operator of that well shall
			 perform either of the following:
(1) Plug the
			 well; or
(2) file an application
			 with the conservation division requesting temporary abandonment authority, on a
			 form prescribed by the conservation division.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-112 - Shut-off test; when required

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Whenever it appears to the conservation division that any water
				from any well is migrating or infiltrating into oil-bearing or gas-bearing
				strata or that any detrimental substances are infiltrating any fresh and usable
				water, a shut-off test may be required by the conservation division, to be made
				at the expense of the operator or owner of that well. The time and procedure
				for the taking of the test shall be fixed by the conservation division.
				Reasonable notice of the test shall be given to the owner or operator.
The person legally responsible for the proper care and control
				of any abandoned oil or gas well from which water is migrating or infiltrating
				into any oil-bearing or gas-bearing strata, or from which any detrimental
				substances are infiltrating any fresh or usable water, shall immediately plug
				or repair the well in accordance with
				K.A.R.
				82-3-114 or
				82-3-115 and shall prevent the
				infiltration of oil, gas, salt water or other detrimental substances into
				underground fresh and usable water strata.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-113 - Notice of intention to plug and abandon a well; supervision; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Notice
			 required; penalty. Before any work is commenced to plug and abandon any well
			 drilled for the discovery of oil or gas, for underground porosity gas storage,
			 or for disposal of salt water, or to plug and abandon any injection well for
			 enhanced recovery, including any well drilled below the fresh and usable water
			 level, the operator shall give written notice to the conservation division of
			 the intention to plug and abandon that well. The notice shall be submitted upon
			 a form furnished by the conservation division and shall contain all of the
			 information requested on it. The failure to file a notice of intention to plug
			 and abandon a well shall be punishable by a $100 penalty.
(b) Plugging instructions; scheduling.
(1) Upon receipt of the notice, the notice
			 shall be acknowledged by the conservation division by letter to the operator.
			 The letter shall provide instructions to the operator, including the name of
			 the district office that is to be notified, and a requirement that the operator
			 submit a proposed plugging plan.
(2) The operator shall notify the appropriate
			 district office of the operator's proposed plugging plan no later than five
			 days before the plugging.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-114 - Plugging methods and procedure

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Plugging of
			 producing, storage, and injection wells. In addition to any other applicable
			 requirements in these regulations, the methods and procedure for plugging a
			 well drilled for exploration of oil or gas, for underground porosity gas
			 storage, or for injection shall be as follows:
(1) For productive or past-productive oil or
			 gas formations, a cement plug not less than 50 feet in length or a bridge
			 capped with cement shall be placed above each such formation.
(2) Cement plugs of 50 feet or more in length
			 shall be placed both above and below any fresh or usable water horizons. The
			 lower plug shall extend at least 50 feet below the base of water zones, and the
			 upper plug shall extend at least 50 feet above the top of the water zones.
(3) In each well plugged, a cement
			 plug shall be placed near the surface of the ground in a manner that does not
			 interfere with soil cultivation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-115 - Plugging methods and procedure for core and other stratigraphic holes; fees

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The methods and procedure for plugging core and other
				stratigraphic holes shall be as follows:
(a) The owner or operator shall notify the
			 commission prior to the plugging of each core or stratigraphic hole pursuant to
			 the requirements of K.A.R. 82-3-113. An on-site inspection of the plugging
			 operation may be conducted by a representative of the commission.
(b) Each core or stratigraphic hole that
			 penetrates a regionally confined salt water aquifer shall be plugged so as to
			 prevent the migration of salt waters into fresh or usable water.
(1) As used in this regulation, a "regionally
			 confined salt water aquifer" means a salt water-bearing zone overlain by an
			 aquitard which, in area, is coextensive with the salt water zone and restricts
			 the movement of the salt water. Aquitard means a zone of low permeability.
(2) The hole shall be filled with
			 a cement plug from a point 20 feet below the base of the regionally confined
			 salt water aquifer to within 10 feet of the surface. The remaining hole shall
			 be filled to surface with coarse ground bentonite.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-115a - Intent to drill seismic shot holes; notification; penalty; exemption

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each owner,
			 operator, or persons responsible for a seismic operation shall give written
			 notice of the intention to drill for approval by the conservation division
			 before the commencement of drilling operations.
(1) Filing. The notice shall be filed with
			 the conservation division at least five days before any drilling is commenced.
(2) Contents. The notice shall be
			 on a form prescribed by the commission. The notice shall be filled in
			 completely and signed by the operator or the operator's agent, and shall
			 contain:
(A) The seismic company's name,
			 address, and commission license number;
(B) the date on which drilling is anticipated
			 to begin;
(C) the quarter section,
			 section, township, range and county of the proposed location;
(D) the estimated number and depth of seismic
			 shot holes to be drilled in each quarter section;
(E) the proposed plugging plan or method to
			 be used for plugging seismic shot holes; and
(F) any other information which may be
			 requested by the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-115b - Plugging methods and procedures for seismic shot holes; retention of logs; penalty; exception; fees

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each seismic
			 shot hole shall be plugged in accordance with the specified methods applicable
			 to the geologic conditions or drilling method used as described in this
			 regulation and in Table IV.
(b)
			 Each hole drilled with water or water-based muds and each hole that encounters
			 water and does not encounter artesian pressure shall be plugged using the
			 following method.
(1) Each seismic shot hole
			 drilled in a single aquifer area shall be plugged from the point of collapse of
			 the last shot with one 50-pound bag of coarse ground bentonite followed by
			 cuttings to within 12 feet of the surface. The top 12 feet of the hole shall be
			 filled with coarse ground bentonite. A non-metallic retrievable plug with
			 identifying mark shall be placed three feet from the surface.
(2) Each seismic shot hole drilled in a
			 multiple aquifer area and which penetrates only the upper aquifer, may be
			 plugged using the single aquifer method.
(3) Seismic shot holes drilled into or
			 through multiple aquifers shall be pre-plugged by filling the hole with coarse
			 ground bentonite to a point at which the bentonite no longer encounters water
			 followed by cuttings to within 12 feet of the surface. The top 12 feet of the
			 hole shall be filled with coarse ground bentonite. A non-metallic retrievable
			 plug with identifying marks shall be placed three feet from the surface. The
			 plug shall be allowed to set at least 15 hours prior to detonation of the
			 explosive charge unless a lesser time is approved by the appropriate district
			 supervisor. The coarse ground bentonite used to fill the hole up to the point
			 where it no longer encounters water shall be poured at a rate no greater than
			 one 50 pound bag per two minutes.
(4) Each seismic shot hole that penetrates a
			 saltwater formation shall be plugged from bottom to top with cement. The blend
			 of cement shall be approved by the district supervisor.
(5) Alternate plugging material may be
			 substituted for coarse ground bentonite in accordance with procedures set forth
			 in K.A.R. 82-3-115(h).
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-116 - Core and other stratigraphic holes to be plugged; affidavit

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Before any core or other stratigraphic hole is abandoned, it
				shall be plugged in accordance with
				K.A.R.
				82-3-115 to properly protect all fresh and
				usable water formations. The person, firm, association or corporation actually
				conducting the core or stratigraphic field operations requiring use of the
				hole, regardless of whether these operations are for their own account or under
				contract or agreement for the account of others, shall file with the
				conservation division an affidavit on the form prescribed by the commission.
				The affidavit shall state the date of drilling, the location of each hole, the
				method used to plug such hole, and all other information requested by the
				prescribed form. The affidavit shall be filed within 60 days after the core or
				other stratigraphic holes in a specifically platted area have been plugged.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-117 - Plugging report; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Within 60 days
			 after plugging any well drilled for discovery of oil or gas, for underground
			 porosity gas storage, for disposal of salt water, or for injection for enhanced
			 recovery, the owner or operator of the well shall file a well plugging report
			 with the conservation division setting forth the following information:
(1) The date of drilling;
(2) the location of the well;
(3) the method used in plugging the well; and
(4) all other information required
			 by the commission.
The report shall be made on the form furnished by the
				commission and shall be verified by the operator.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-118 - Costs

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The owner or operator of each plugged well shall pay a fee to
				the commission, as assessed, at a cost of $.0325 per foot of well depth
				plugged. The minimum amount of any fee paid under this regulation shall be
				$35.00.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-120 - Operator or contractor licenses: application; financial responsibility; denial of application; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
(1) No
			 operator or contractor shall undertake any of the following activities without
			 first obtaining or renewing a current license:
(A) Drilling, completing, servicing,
			 plugging, or operating any oil, gas, injection, or monitoring well;
(B) operating a gas-gathering system, even if
			 the system does not provide gas-gathering services as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 55-1,101(a), and amendments
			 thereto; or
(C) constructing or
			 operating an underground porosity gas storage facility.
Each operator in physical control of any such well or gas
				storage facility shall maintain a current license even if the well or storage
				facility is shut in or idle.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-121 - Designation of an agent

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Every person, firm or corporation operating within the state
				shall designate an agent who will be responsible for certification of
				compliance with the commission's regulations concerning the drilling,
				completion or plugging of wells. The designation of an agent shall be set forth
				on the commission's forms used for licensing of operators and contractors.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-122 - Operators; complaints; hearing

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
A hearing may be conducted by the commission if it finds that
				there is reasonable cause to believe, or upon a written complaint charging,
				that any operator has violated any of the rules and regulations adopted by the
				commission pursuant to K.S.A. chapter 55.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-123 - Well bore; commingling of production

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Applicability.
			 Commingling of production from more than one source of supply shall be
			 permitted if the total production potential is less than the allowable for a
			 single common source of supply for the immediate area and after application and
			 approval by the conservation division.
(b) Coalbed natural gas. Each well producing
			 only coalbed natural gas shall be exempt from this regulation.
(c) Application. Each original application
			 for commingling and one copy shall be filed with the conservation division. The
			 application shall be submitted to the commission on the form provided by the
			 commission and shall be accompanied by the following information:
(1) A description of the well with a plat
			 attached showing the location of the subject well, the location of other wells
			 on the lease, the location of offset wells within a 12-mile radius of the
			 subject well, and for each of these wells, the name of the lessee of record or
			 the operator;
(2) the names of the
			 upper and lower limits of the sources of supply to be commingled, with proposed
			 perforations or open holes noted;
(3) a wireline log of the subject well;
(4) the production potential of
			 oil, water, gas, or a combination for each source of supply;
(5) the total anticipated production for the
			 formations sought to be commingled; and
(6) the applicant's license number.