Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part V - Office of Mineral Resources › Chapter 1 - Geophysical and Geological Surveys › Section V-101 - Non-Exclusive Geophysical and Geological Surveys

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Permits for geophysical and geological
				surveys under Title 30, Chapter 3, Sections 211 of the Louisiana Revised
				Statutes of 1950 shall be obtained from the State Mineral Board (SMB) through
				the Office of Mineral Resources (OMR). A properly completed application for a
				permit for such exploration must be filed in duplicate, addressed to the
				Assistant Secretary of the Office of Mineral Resources, and should be received
				by OMR at least 15 days prior to the requested effective date of the permit.
				Each such completed application for a permit must be accompanied by supporting
				documents as described in the application, and listed as follows.
1. If the permittee is a shooting company,
				i.e., a company whose primary business enterprise is the physical, "on-ground"
				acquisition of seismic and geophysical data and the transferal of said acquired
				data, in either raw or processed form, exclusively to one or more cost
				underwriting parties or by sale or licensing agreements on the open market, it
				shall give the name of the client(s) for whom the seismic is being shot under
				the permit. If permittee is not a shooting company, it shall give the name,
				address, and telephone number of the shooting company which will do the
				physical, "on-ground" acquisition of the seismic or geophysical data under the
				permit. The name and relevant information of the applicant's Contact that can
				be reached at all times by the OMR must be included.
2. The type of work planned, such as 3-D,
				2-D, reflection, refraction, geochemical, gravity meter, and/or any other
				recognized methods of acquiring seismic, geophysical or geological data should
				be indicated.
3. Information
				pertaining to the state lands and water bottoms, including the property under
				the jurisdiction of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission/Department of
				Wildlife and Fisheries (WFC/DWF), within the permit area must be supplied on
				the application.
4. Base maps, such
				as a Tobin or USGS quadrangle with the proposed survey area outlined, with X,
				Y's indicated for each corner of the outline, using State Plane Coordinate
				System / North American Datum 27, Louisiana North or South (SPCS/NAD 27, La. N.
				or S.). Maps must be properly labeled and exhibit sections, townships, and
				ranges. Active state lease boundaries should be clearly depicted with state
				lease numbers and acreage within the survey indicated. All state lands and
				water bottoms should be clearly outlined, with acreage depicted as well. For
				assistance with state lands or water bottoms within the survey outline contact
				the State Land Office (SLO). Property under the jurisdiction of the WFC/DWF
				should also be similarly depicted. For assistance with Wildlife and Fisheries
				questions contact the WFC/DWF.
5.
				Accompanying the hard copy base map(s) must be a computer disk/diskette
				containing a.dxf file that when constructed contains only the boundary of the
				proposed survey. X, Y's on the .dxf file should match the X, Y's from the hard
				copy map, and there should be no additional lines, labels, text or graphics
				included within the boundary.
6. A
				seismic permit will only be issued to an applicant upon the receipt and
				approval of a properly completed application. The applicant is requested not to
				include any payment when filing the application. The seismic permit fee will be
				calculated by the OMR staff, and an invoice will then be issued to the
				applicant. Once the applicant receives the invoice from the OMR, the applicant
				should then return the invoice along with payment for the seismic fee. Upon
				receipt of payment by the OMR, the application will then be fully processed for
				final approval, and a seismic permit will be issued to the applicant.