Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-402 - Notice of application; objection

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Notice
			 required. Each applicant shall give notice of the application either to those
			 persons listed in K.A.R. 82-3-135a(c) or according to the provisions of
			 subsection (b) below. Notice shall be mailed or delivered on or before the date
			 the application is filed with the conservation division. Notice of the
			 application shall be published in at least one issue of the official county
			 newspaper of each county in which the lands involved are located.
(b) Area notice. In lieu of the notice
			 requirements of K.A.R. 82-3-135a(c), an applicant may provide area notice
			 utilizing the following procedure:
(1) The
			 application shall state that area notice in accordance with this regulation is
			 being utilized and shall state the approximate maximum number of injection
			 wells that will ultimately be utilized within the project boundaries.
(2) The applicant shall notify
			 each of the following parties whose acreage lies partially or fully within a
			 1/2-mile radius of the project boundaries, by mailing or delivering a copy of
			 the application and notice:
(A) Each operator
			 or lessee of record;
(B) each
			 owner of record of the mineral rights of unleased acreage; and
(C) each landowner within the project
			 boundaries.
(3) Notice
			 of the application shall be published in at least one issue of the official
			 county newspaper of each county in which the affected acreage is located, which
			 shall be defined as a 1/2-mile radius around the project boundary, and shall
			 contain the following:
(A) The name of the
			 operator of the enhanced recovery project;
(B) the legal description of the project
			 acreage;
(C) the proposed maximum
			 injection rate and pressure;
(D)
			 the proposed injection formation or formations and approximate depth;
(E) a statement indicating that no
			 wells will be used for injection that are closer to lease or unit boundary
			 lines than allowed by field or general state spacing rules unless further
			 notice is given; and
(F) the
			 approximate maximum number of injection wells that will ultimately be utilized
			 in the project.
(4) The
			 applicant shall file a memorandum of notification with the register of deeds in
			 each county where the project is located, setting out the information contained
			 in the published notice. The applicant shall provide proof of this filing to
			 the conservation division before the application may be approved and a permit
			 issued.
(5) Notice of application
			 for additional injection wells added to a project shall be published in at
			 least one issue of the official county newspaper of the county or counties in
			 which the well is located, if the well exceeds the required distance from lease
			 or unit boundary lines as provided by field order or general state spacing
			 regulations.
(6) The applicant
			 shall provide notice of application for each additional injection well that is
			 located less than the required distance from the lease or unit boundary lines,
			 under the field order or general state spacing regulations. A copy of the
			 application shall be mailed to each offsetting operator or unleased mineral
			 owner whose acreage is adjacent to any additional injection well that does not
			 exceed the required distance from the lease or unit boundary lines under the
			 field order or general state spacing regulations. Notice of the application
			 shall be published in at least one issue of the official county newspaper of
			 the county in which the well is located.
(7) The publication notice specified in
			 paragraphs (b)(5) and (6) of this regulation shall contain the following
			 information:
(A) The name of the operator;
(B) the location of proposed
			 injection wells;
(C) the proposed
			 maximum injection rate;
(D) the
			 proposed maximum injection pressure; and
(E) the proposed injection formations and
			 approximate depth.
(8)
			 Each application for any significant modifications to the injection permit,
			 including increasing pressure or rate and changing or adding injection
			 formations, shall require the notice specified in paragraphs (b)(2), (3), and
			 (4) of this regulation.