Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 534B - DISSOLVED MINERAL RESOURCES › PERMITS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR DRILLING › Exploration Wells › Section 534B.140 - Application for permit to drill; surety or bond; fee; duties of Division relating to applications and issuance of permits

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An
				application for a permit to drill a dissolved mineral resource exploration well
				must be on a form, designated by the Division, completed and signed by the well
				driller or operator and include, without limitation:
(a) A statement of the purpose, diameter,
				design and expected depth of the well.
(b) A description of the materials of
				construction for the well, including, without limitation, the type and
				anticipated length of casing, any blowout prevention equipment required
				pursuant to section 32 , and the type of drilling rig that will be used. An
				applicant may propose the casing material to be used based on the depth,
				temperature and pressure anticipated in the well bore.
(c) A plan for managing any fluids generated
				as part of drilling, testing or sampling, which must include, without
				limitation, a description of how the fluids will be managed in accordance with
				the requirements of chapter 445A of NRS and as required by the Division of
				Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural
				Resources.
(d) A plan for
				preventing the migration of fluids between aquifers and the contamination of
				groundwater, which may include, without limitation, any reporting, lithologic
				information or analysis necessary to support the plan.
(e) A plan for monitoring flow volumes from
				the proposed well and a plan for plugging the proposed well in accordance with
				section 35 .
(f) The name and
				address of the well drilling contractor, if known, and the operator.
(g) A description of the location of the
				proposed well by the quarter-quarter section, section, township and range and
				the groundwater basin name and number.
(h) The global positioning coordinates of the
				location of the proposed well which:
(1) Are
				identified by latitude and longitude using decimal degrees or coordinates of
				the Universal Transverse Mercator system; and
(2) Specify whether North American Datum of
				1983 or the World Geodetic System of 1984 was used.
(i) If the proposed well will be located on
				public land:
(1) The mining claim serial
				number and project identification number assigned by a federal agency and a
				copy of the notice or the plan of operations approved by a federal agency with
				maps of the proposed well; and
(2)
				Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, evidence of a surety
				required by the federal agency in the amount of the estimated cost necessary to
				properly plug the proposed well in accordance with section 35 . If evidence of
				a surety is not submitted with the application, it must be received and
				acknowledged by the Division before the drilling of the proposed well
				commences.
(j) If the
				proposed well will be located on private land:
(1) A map of the proposed well
				location;
(2) The name of the owner
				of the land or designated lot on which the proposed well will be located;
				and
(3) A bond in the amount
				determined by the Division to be necessary to properly plug the proposed well
				in accordance with section 35 , which must be submitted with the application
				for a permit to drill The bond must be:
(I) A
				cash deposit;
(II) Issued by a
				surety authorized to do business in Nevada; or
(III) In the form of a savings certificate or
				time certificate of deposit which is issued by a bank operating in Nevada and
				payable to the State of Nevada.
Such a bond must remain in effect until the Division
				  determines that the well has been properly plugged