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Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 1 - PROCEDURAL RULES › Section 632-001-0010 - Service Fees

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Copying of available files, records, reports, or other departmental documents
			 for the public will be charged for at the minimum rate of $.15 per page with a
			 minimum charge of $1.
(2) Labor
			 performed at the request of the public in copying, searching records or other
			 service functions will be charged for at rates of at least $20 per hour per
			 person at the discretion of the appropriate supervisor.
(3) Copying of available data, records, or
			 publications electronically for the public will be charged at the minimum rate
			 of $10 per disk copied, or as otherwise priced, based upon staff time
			 involved.
(4) Reproduction on
			 agency equipment by agency personnel of library Open-File Reports or maps from
			 a disk or digital format will carry a minimum charge of $50 to recover
			 costs.
(5) The department may
			 assess a charge based on the actual cost of labor and materials if the
			 department determines that actual costs are significantly greater than the
			 minimum charges or rates established by this rule.
(6) Fee reductions or waivers may be granted
			 as provided in ORS 192.404(4).
Stat. Auth: ORS Ch. 517
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  516.090
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 1 - PROCEDURAL RULES › Section 632-001-0012 - Earthquake Recording Instrument Fund

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Building Codes Division requires
			 recording accelerographs to the installed in certain new buildings
(Oregon Structural Special Code, Ch. 23, Div. II, Sec. 2360)
or
			 deposit of an equivalent cost to the Earthquake Recording Instrument Fund in
			 the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. This fund shall be used for
			 the purchase, strategic placement, and maintenance of accelerographs in and
			 adjacent to buildings.
(2) The
			 department, with the assistance of the Building Codes Division, shall oversee
			 the design, locating and geographic distribution of accelerographs purchased
			 and put in place using the Earthquake Recording Instrument Fund.
(3) The department shall have access to
			 recording accelerographs installed under the
Oregon Structural Specialty
			 Code
and shall be the repository of seismic data recorded by the
			 accelerographs.
(4) The seismic
			 data shall be make available to the public on request and payment of an
			 appropriate fee as generally specified elsewhere in this Division.
Publications: The publication(s) referred to or incorporated
				  by reference in this rule are available from the
				  agency.
Stat. Auth: ORS
				  516.090, ORS
				  520.095, ORS
				  522.019, ORS
				  522.305, ORS
				  522.405, ORS
				  522.435 & ORS
				  522.545
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  516.090
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 1 - PROCEDURAL RULES › Section 632-001-0014 - Contracting Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Agreements, contracting, and contract management will be
				carried out as prescribed in OAR Chapter 125.
Stat. Auth: ORS
				  516.090,
				  520.095,
				  522.019,
				  522.305,
				  522.405,
				  522.435 &
				  522.545
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  516.090
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 1 - PROCEDURAL RULES › Section 632-001-0015 - State Agency Coordination Program

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Purpose. The purpose of these rules is to
			 establish the procedures to be used by the department in implementing the
			 provisions of its State Agency Coordination Program, as required by ORS
			 197.180 and OAR Chapter 660,
			 Divisions 030 and 031. The State Agency Coordination program will assure that
			 Department programs and actions determined to affect land use comply with the
			 statewide planning goals and are compatible with acknowledged city and county
			 comprehensive plans and land use regulations.
(2) Definitions: For the purpose of this
			 rule:
(a) "Compatibility with Comprehensive
			 Plans" means the Department has taken actions pursuant to OAR 660-030-0070  and
			 section (5) of this rule, including following procedures in its coordination
			 program, and there are no remaining land use conflicts between the adoption,
			 amendment or implementation of the Department's land use program and an
			 acknowledged comprehensive plan;
(b) "Department" means the Oregon Department
			 of Geology and Mineral Industries;
(c) "DLCD" means the Department of Land
			 Conservation and Development;
(d)
			 "Intensification" means a change of a permitted mining or drilling activity
			 over that approved by the local government that may warrant a reconsideration
			 of the local government land use decision, such as a significant increase in
			 volume of production inside a mine permit boundary or the act of increasing the
			 permit boundary. Intensification would not include increase in the bonded area
			 to be mined, within a larger area covered in the original permit;
(e) "LCDC" means the Land Conservation and
			 Development Commission;
(f)
			 "Substantial Modification" includes intensification, plus relocation of a
			 proposed well site out of the originally permitted drilling unit or spacing
			 unit or significant change or operation or reclamation, such as mining below
			 ground water, if not previously permitted;
(g) "SAC" means State Agency
			 Coordination;
(h) "Statewide
			 Planning Goals" means the mandatory statewide planning standards adopted by
			 LCDC pursuant to ORS 197.005 to
			 197.860.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 1 - PROCEDURAL RULES › Section 632-001-0020 - Contracts for Geoscientific Surveys and Analysis

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Prior to entering into an agreement
			 authorized under ORS 516.035(6), the
			 State Geologist shall consider whether the scope of the agreement is consistent
			 with the department's mission statement and applicable objectives of the
			 strategic plan and the extent to which the agreement will benefit the citizens
			 of Oregon.
(2) The State Geologist
			 shall report annually to the Governing Board on the number and dollar value of
			 agreements that were executed under the authority of ORS
			 516.035(6).
Stat. Auth: ORS
				  516.090
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  516.035
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 5 - TSUNAMI INUNDATION ZONE › Section 632-005-0000 - Purpose

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(1) The rules in
			 this division implement the department's responsibilities under ORS
			 455.446 and
			 455.447 relating to the
			 construction of specified facilities and structures within the specified
			 tsunami inundation zones.
(2) The
			 objective of the tsunami statutes and these implementing rules is to reduce the
			 risk of loss of life. Risks will be reduced primarily by providing information
			 and assistance to developers and by limiting where certain types of essential
			 facilities or special occupancy structures may be located.
(3) ORS
			 455.446 and
			 455.447 and these rules:
(a) Establish a tsunami inundation
			 zone;
(b) Require the developers of
			 certain new essential facilities, hazardous facilities, major structures, and
			 special occupancy structures which are regulated but not prohibited within the
			 inundation zone under these rules to consult with the department before seeking
			 land use or building permit or change in use approval;
(c) Prohibit the construction of certain new
			 essential and special occupancy structures within the inundation
			 zone;
(d) Provide a site-specific
			 exception process for structures prohibited under subsection (3)(c). This
			 process would consider relative risks, evacuation strategies, competing
			 interests, construction strategies, terrain modifications, and other
			 considerations; and
(e) Provide a
			 general exemption for water-dependent and water-related structures and
			 site-specific exemptions for certain essential facilities and special occupancy
			 structures based upon the need for strategic location or school district
			 boundaries.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 5 - TSUNAMI INUNDATION ZONE › Section 632-005-0010 - Applicability to New Facilities and Structures

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The authority enforcing the Oregon Structural Specialty Code
				shall determine whether a developer is proposing new construction, additions,
				alterations, repairs, conversions, or replacements.
(1) The provisions of OAR 632-005-0000  to
			 632-005-0090  apply to facilities and structures for which applications for land
			 use or building permit approval for new construction, including replacements of
			 facilities or structures on the same site, were filed on or after the effective
			 date of these rules.
(2)
			 Replacement facilities and structures are also addressed in OAR
			 632-005-0080.
(3) Provisions do not
			 apply to facility or structure additions, alterations, or repairs on the same
			 site.
(4) Provisions do apply to
			 conversions of an existing facility or structure if this places the facility or
			 structure in a regulated category.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  516.090
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  455.446 & ORS
				  455.447
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 5 - TSUNAMI INUNDATION ZONE › Section 632-005-0030 - Adoption of Maps for the Purposes of Screening New Essential Facilities, Hazardous Facilities, Major Structures, and Special Occupancy Structures

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In implementing
			 the provisions of ORS
			 455.446 and
			 455.447, decisions of the board
			 may be based upon a tsunami produced by a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake
			 event of reasonable size, using current earthquake science, geologic science
			 and modeling techniques.
(2) In
			 adopting maps of the tsunami inundation zone for the purposes of implementing
			 ORS 455.446 and
			 455.447, making exceptions, and
			 providing consultation, the board and department shall be guided by the
			 principle of best available science.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  516.090
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  455.446 & ORS
				  455.447
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 5 - TSUNAMI INUNDATION ZONE › Section 632-005-0040 - Tsunami Inundation Zone

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 For the purposes of implementing these rules, the tsunami inundation zone is
			 the area depicted as the tsunami inundation zone in Oregon Department of
			 Geology and Mineral Industries Open-File Reports O-95-09 through O-95-38,
			 O-95-43 through O-95-66 and O-97-31 through O-97-32.
(2) The board will consider revisions to the
			 zone based upon scientific and engineering information supplied by the public
			 and interested governmental entities. Modifications to the zone must be made by
			 rule. Petitions for modifications should be filed under ORS
			 183.390 and OAR
			 137-001-0070.
(3) The tsunami
			 inundation zone is designed specifically to assist the board in considering
			 decisions of risk related to the construction of new essential facilities,
			 hazardous facilities, major structures, and special occupancy structures. The
			 tsunami inundation zone is not designed or intended to specifically support
			 building permit or land use planning decisions.
(4) Developers of new essential facilities,
			 hazardous facilities, major structures, and special occupancy structures are
			 advised to develop evacuation procedures and routes to elevations higher than
			 tsunami runup lines on the current tsunami inundation zone maps.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  516.090
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  455.446 & ORS
				  455.447
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 5 - TSUNAMI INUNDATION ZONE › Section 632-005-0050 - Referrals

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Local
			 government planning offices, local emergency management offices, and local
			 building department offices or alternative authorities are encouraged to direct
			 prospective developers of facilities and structures regulated by these rules to
			 approach the department at the earliest reasonable date for exceptions or
			 consultation in advance of proceeding with permitting.
(2) Local governments and alternative
			 authorities enforcing the Oregon Structural Specialty Code needing verification
			 of an exception by the board or a consultation with the department may require
			 such verification.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  516.090
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  455.446 & ORS
				  455.447
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 5 - TSUNAMI INUNDATION ZONE › Section 632-005-0060 - Consultations; Requirements; Timing

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) For all new construction of or conversion
			 to essential facilities, hazardous facilities, major structures, or special
			 occupancy structures described in ORS
			 455.447(4), the
			 developer must seek consultation from the department. However, no consultation
			 is required to be obtained for exempted facilities or structures.
(2) Requests for consultation on methods to
			 mitigate tsunami risk for the site in question shall be submitted in writing to
			 the department with a clear statement of the type of facility or structure
			 under consideration, the facility's or structure's expected capacity, size,
			 elevation above mean sea level, and specific location. The request shall take
			 place prior to submittal of design plans to the building official for final
			 approval.
(3) The department will
			 provide readily available consultation to the applicant. The form and extent of
			 the consultation will be at the discretion of the department. The consultation
			 will be nonbinding and will be considered public information. The developer may
			 proceed with activities uninterrupted as soon as the request for consultation
			 is made to the department.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  516.090
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  455.446 & ORS
				  455.447
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 5 - TSUNAMI INUNDATION ZONE › Section 632-005-0070 - Exemption Responsibility

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Local governments with authority to enforce the Oregon Structural Specialty
			 Code (OAR 918-460-0010) in the tsunami inundation zone shall be responsible for
			 determining whether a facility or structure is:
(a) Inside the inundation zone;
(b) Subject to these rules;
(c) Exempt due to the need based on strategic
			 location or school district boundaries as described in ORS
			 455.446(1)(e);
			 or
(d) Exempt due to
			 water-dependent or water-related status as described in ORS
			 455.446(3) and
			 as defined in OAR 632-005-0020(1)(m) and (n).
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 5 - TSUNAMI INUNDATION ZONE › Section 632-005-0090 - Exceptions; Fees

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Developers seeking an exception may be billed for reasonable
				incurred costs up to a maximum of $900 for department review and board
				consideration including, but not limited to, personnel expenses and indirect
				costs. An applicant for an exception may request additional services and waive
				the $900 fee ceiling. An applicant may request an explanation of accounting
				practices used to determine costs, and the billing will be accompanied by a
				documentation of the expenses incurred by the department and
				board.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  516.090
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  455.446 & ORS
				  455.447
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 7 - FURTHER REVIEW AREA MAPS › Section 632-007-0000 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The rules in this Division implement the responsibilities of
				the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries under ORS
				195.260(4)(a)
				relating to the mapping of further review areas for rapidly moving
				landslides.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  516.090
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  195.260 &
				  516.090
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 7 - FURTHER REVIEW AREA MAPS › Section 632-007-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Further review
			 area" for the purpose of this division, means an area of land that may be
			 subject to rapidly moving landslides as specifically mapped by the Oregon
			 Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for the purpose of implementing
			 ORS 195.260(4)(a).
(2) "Rapidly moving landslide" for the
			 purpose of this division, means any detached mass of soil, rock, or debris that
			 begins as a relatively small landslide on steep slopes and grows to a
			 sufficient size to cause damage as it moves down a slope or a stream channel,
			 and is moving at a velocity that is difficult for people to outrun or
			 escape.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  516.090
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  195.260 &
				  516.090
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 7 - FURTHER REVIEW AREA MAPS › Section 632-007-0020 - Further Review Area Maps

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The Oregon Department of Geology and
			 Mineral Industries will prepare further review area maps in cooperation with
			 local governments and in coordination with the Oregon Department of Forestry.
			 The department will prepare further review area maps only for counties in
			 western Oregon and Hood River County, where appropriate.
(2) The Oregon Department of Geology and
			 Mineral Industries will identify further review areas in maps prepared for that
			 purpose. The Governing Board will adopt the further review area maps by rule.
			 No other maps or parts of maps prepared by the department are further review
			 area maps.
(3) As provided in ORS
			 195.260, further review area
			 maps are designed to assist local government in determining the need for
			 site-specific reports prior to construction of structures in areas with
			 possible hazard from rapidly moving landslides.
(4) Further review area maps are not designed
			 or intended to indicate levels of site-specific hazard.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  516.090
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  195.260 &
				  516.090
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 7 - FURTHER REVIEW AREA MAPS › Section 632-007-0030 - Effective Date

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The rules in this division are effective June 29,
				2003.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  516.090
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  195.260 &
				  516.090
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0002 - General Rules

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
These general rules apply to all lands within the jurisdiction
				of the State of Oregon unless otherwise specifically stated.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0004 - Supremacy of Special Rules

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The board may issue special rules, including field rules. A
				special rule supersedes a general rule on the same subject to the extent that
				the general rule is in conflict with the special rule.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0010 - Application and Permit to Drill, Redrill, Deepen, Alter Casing, or Rework

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) No person may
			 construct, drill, operate, or decommission a well until the person has received
			 a permit, paid to the department a nonrefundable fee for each such well
			 pursuant to ORS 520.017, and posted a bond or
			 other financial security pursuant to OAR 632-010-0205. Construction includes
			 construction of access roads, well pads and other site disturbances relating to
			 the development of the site. Drilling includes redrilling, deepening, and
			 drilling to set conductor pipe. Operation includes maintaining the well while
			 in use or while production is suspended. Decommissioning includes plugging and
			 restoration of the well site.
(2)
			 The application for a permit must include:
(a)
			 The location of the well;
(b) The
			 name and address of the surface owner, operator, permittee and any other person
			 responsible for the conduct of the drilling operations;
(c) The elevation of the well above sea
			 level;
(d) Casing and cementing
			 programs giving details of casing sizes, casing grade, hole diameters, and
			 volume of cement to be used;
(e)
			 Geologic objectives for wells proposed for known producing areas and proposed
			 depth in all cases; and
(f)
			 Documentation of the ownership of mineral rights or a mineral rights lease on
			 the property to be drilled, or the right or obligation, under the terms of an
			 existing contract, to drill a well.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0011 - Active Permits

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
On or before the anniversary of the issuance date of each
				active permit issued by the department, the permittee must pay to the
				department an annual nonrefundable fee in the amount specified in ORS
				520.017.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0012 - Modifications to Drilling Permits

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Proposed modifications to a drilling permit must be approved by
				the department prior to taking effect.
(1) Modification to a permit involving depth,
			 casing, or location within the same drilling or spacing unit must be submitted
			 on an application form provided by the department, along with the applicable
			 fee.
(2) A modification of location
			 to a different drilling or spacing unit requires a new application and fee, and
			 may constitute a significant modification for land use purposes.
(3) The Permittee may not transfer the permit
			 without written approval from the department. The department may transfer a
			 permit to a new owner or operator if the following items are provided to the
			 department:
(a) A completed application signed
			 by the original permittee and the new permittee;
(b) A bond or alternative form of security
			 acceptable to the department in the name of the new permittee; and
(c) A new organization report.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0014 - Drilling Practices

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Pits for drill cuttings: At every well site, the permittee must provide and use
			 one or more pits, sumps, or above-ground containers of approved design and size
			 for holding the drill cuttings and fluid removed from the well. All pits,
			 sumps, or above-ground containers must be constructed in a way that allows for
			 egress.
(2) Casing and sealing off
			 formations general requirements:
(a) Surface
			 casing:
(A) Surface casing used in all wells
			 must be of suitable size, grade, condition, and wall thickness;
(B) In areas where pressure and formation are
			 unknown, sufficient surface casing must be run to reach a depth below all known
			 potable fresh water levels;
(C) In
			 areas where subsurface conditions have been established by drilling experience,
			 sufficient surface casing must reach a depth 100 feet below all fresh-water
			 levels;
(D) The depths referred to
			 in paragraphs (B) and (C) of this subsection must be at least 25 percent of the
			 proposed next casing point or total depth, unless otherwise approved by the
			 department;
(E) Surface casing and
			 conductor pipe must be cemented. Surface casing must be cemented by the pump
			 and plug or displacement method with sufficient cement to circulate to the
			 surface. The conductor pipe must be cemented to the surface to prevent the
			 migration of fluids to other zones or to the surface; and
(F) Cement must be allowed to set a minimum
			 of 12 hours before drilling the plug.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0015 - Down Hole Loss and Decommissioning of a Radioactive Source

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A permittee
			 must notify the department within 2 hours of the down hole loss of a
			 radioactive source (source or radioactive source). The notice must include the
			 date of loss and location (county, survey name, abstract number, lease name,
			 well API number, distances from survey boundaries, and Lambert
			 Coordinates).
(2) Procedures for
			 recovery of the lost radioactive source must be furnished to the department,
			 and the radioactive source may not be declared decommissioned until all
			 reasonable effort has been expended to retrieve the radioactive source, as
			 determined by the department.
(3)
			 Decommission procedures.
(a) Wells with
			 decommissioned radioactive sources must be mechanically equipped to prevent
			 either accidental or intentional mechanical disintegration of the radioactive
			 source.
(A) Radioactive sources
			 decommissioned in the bottom of a well must be covered with a cement plug, dyed
			 a standard color red iron oxide at least 100 feet thick, on top of which a
			 whipstock or other approved deflection device is set. The dye is to alert a
			 reentry drilling engineer prior to encountering the source.
(B) Upon decommissioning a well where a
			 radioactive source has been cemented in place behind a casing string above
			 total depth, a standard color-dyed cement plug must be placed opposite the
			 decommissioned source and a whipstock or other approved deflection device
			 placed on top of the plug. The standard color-dyed cement plug must have a
			 minimum 100-foot cement plug set opposite the source, extending at least 50
			 feet above and 50 feet below the source.
(C) In the event a permittee finds that after
			 expending a reasonable effort it is not possible to decommission the source as
			 prescribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this section, the permittee may seek
			 department approval for an alternate decommission procedure.
(D) If the hole is later sidetracked above
			 the source, the sidetracked hole must be controlled to ensure that it is at
			 least 15 feet away from the source.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0016 - Enclosure and Identification of Wells, Tanks, and Other Oil Measuring Devices

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 The permittee must identify every well, tank, sump, or other oil-measuring
			 device. Identification must include a sign posted in a conspicuous place near
			 the well, tank, sump, or device with the following information:
(a) Name of permittee;
(b) Name of lessee;
(c) Section, township, and range;
(d) The department's phone number and web
			 page address;
(e) A 24-hour
			 emergency telephone number; and
(f)
			 In addition, for wells, the API number must also be included.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0017 - Well Records (Logs)

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 During the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or reworking of a well (except
			 seismic, core, or other shallow wells drilled solely for geological data), the
			 permittee must keep a detailed and accurate record of the well and have it
			 available at the well site for review by the department. The well record is to
			 progressively describe the strata, water, and oil or gas (or both) encountered.
			 All additional information collected shall be made available to the department,
			 including but not limited to the following: pressures, test results, caving
			 strata, casing record, perforating, chemical treatment, and other pertinent
			 information usually recorded in the normal procedure of drilling, provided that
			 information submitted to the department need not include findings,
			 interpretations, or conclusions derived from such data. This shall also
			 include, if available, formation water chemistry analysis and hydrocarbon
			 analysis including BTU content. All well records must include the exact surface
			 location of the well. A copy of the records must be furnished to the department
			 within 30 days after the completion, suspension, or decommission of any
			 well.
(2) All well logging must be
			 recorded. One digital copy and one paper copy is to be submitted to the
			 department within 30 days after completion, suspension, or
			 decommission.
(3) A complete set of
			 cuttings, washed and dried, and correctly labeled and identified as to depth,
			 must be filed with the department within 30 days after completion, suspension,
			 or decommission. Core samples, if taken, would be made available to the
			 department 30 days after analysis is completed.
(4) Well logs, electric logs, cuttings, and
			 cores will be kept confidential by the State for a period of 2 years from the
			 date of completion, suspension, or decommission of the well.
(a) This period of time may be extended by
			 the department for the protection of the economic interests of the permittee of
			 the well upon written request by the permittee showing good cause in the
			 opinion of the department. The written request must be received by the
			 department at least 30 days before the expiration of confidentiality. The
			 request must include a proposed length of extension and reasons for such
			 extension.
(b) A permittee may
			 authorize the department to release records before the end of the 2-year
			 confidentiality period by providing a written release from an officer of the
			 company or its attorney-in-fact.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0018 - Organization Reports

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Every person acting as principal, agent for another, or
				independently engaged in drilling for, producing, or storing oil or gas in
				Oregon, must immediately file with the department an organization report on a
				form provided by the department. A supplementary report shall be filed
				immediately after any change occurs as to the facts stated in the original
				report.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0020 - Surface Equipment

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Meter fittings of adequate size to measure the gas efficiency
				for the purpose of obtaining gas-oil ratios must be installed on the gas
				vent-line of every separator. Wellhead equipment must be installed and
				maintained in good operating condition so that static bottom hole pressure may
				be obtained at any time by the duly authorized agents of the board or the
				department. Valves must be installed so that pressures can be readily obtained
				on both casing and tubing.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0128 - Boiler or Light Plant

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
No open flame or source of sparks may be placed nearer than 150
				feet from any producing well, hydrocarbon storage, or other flammable
				source.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0130 - Rubbish or Debris

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Any rubbish or debris that might constitute a fire hazard must
				be removed to a distance of at least 150 feet from the vicinity of wells,
				tanks, and pump stations. All waste must be removed from the site upon
				completion, suspension, or decommission of the well and disposed of in such a
				manner as to avoid creating a fire hazard or contaminating streams and
				freshwater strata and in compliance with state and federal law, including any
				necessary permits.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0132 - Tubing

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
All wells must be equipped with tubing. Production must be
				exclusively through tubing, unless otherwise approved by the department. The
				bottom of tubing on flowing wells may not be higher than 100 feet above the top
				of the producing horizon, or as otherwise approved by the
				department.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0134 - Chokes

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
All free-flowing wells must be equipped with chokes or beans
				adequate to control the flow thereof.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0136 - Separators

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
All wells flowing oil and gas must be produced through an oil
				and gas separator.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0138 - Fire Walls

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Every permanent oil or condensate tank, or battery of tanks,
				must be surrounded by a dike or firewall with a capacity of one and one-half
				times that of the tank or battery of tanks.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0140 - Reserve Pits, Sumps, and Above-Ground Tanks

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Materials or any fluid necessary to the
			 drilling, production, or other operations by the permittee must be discharged
			 to or placed in pits, sumps or above-ground tanks approved by the department
			 and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The permittee must provide
			 pits, sumps, or tanks of adequate capacity and design to retain all materials.
			 Under no circumstances are the contents of a pit or sump allowed to:
(a) Contaminate streams, artificial canals or
			 waterways, groundwater, lakes, rivers, or other water bodies; or
(b) Adversely affect the environment,
			 including but not limited to, persons, plants, fish, and wildlife and their
			 populations.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0142 - Directional Drilling

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Any well intentionally deviated from the vertical must be surveyed at intervals
			 of at least 250 feet to determine the location of the borehole at those
			 intervals. Deviation from the vertical for short distances is permitted without
			 special permission to straighten the hole, sidetrack junk, or correct other
			 mechanical difficulties.
(2) Except
			 for the purpose of straightening the hole, sidetracking junk, or correcting
			 mechanical difficulties as provided in this rule, no well may be intentionally
			 deviated from the vertical unless the permittee files an application and
			 obtains a permit from the department.
(a)
			 Prior to drilling, an application to deviate a well may be approved as part of
			 the drilling permit.
(b) If
			 drilling is in progress, the permittee must notify the department immediately
			 of the deviation of the hole or of the intention to deviate the hole. When a
			 permittee follows this procedure, an application must be submitted as soon as
			 practicable to obtain a permit. The application for a permit to deviate the
			 hole is to be submitted to the department along with the appropriate fee
			 pursuant to ORS 520.017 and must include:
(A) Surface location in terms of distances
			 from lease and section boundaries, and plan coordinates of top of producing
			 interval and bottom of hole from surface location;
(B) Reason for deviation;
(C) If the proposed or final location of the
			 producing interval of the directionally deviated well is not in compliance with
			 the spacing or other rules applicable to the reservoir:
(i) List of affected mineral rights owners or
			 evidence that the applicant is the only affected mineral rights owner. For the
			 purposes of this rule, affected mineral rights owners are the mineral rights
			 owners in adjoining or cornering drilling or spacing units toward which the
			 well is to be deviated;
(ii) A plat
			 of the lease and of all affected leases showing the names of all affected
			 mineral rights owners and the surface and proposed producing interval locations
			 of the well. The plat must be drawn to a scale that allows easy observation of
			 all pertinent data; and
(D) Other information as the department may
			 require.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0144 - Report of Perforating or Well Stimulation Treatment

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Within 60 days after either the perforating or well stimulation
				treatment of a well, the permittee must file a report with the department
				describing the perforation or stimulation procedures used and the results
				obtained.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0146 - Vacuum Pumps Prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The use of vacuum pumps or other devices for the purpose of
				putting a vacuum on any gas- or oil-bearing stratum is prohibited, unless
				approved by the department.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0148 - Production Practice

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Naturally flowing wells must be produced at a continuous
				uniform rate as far as is practical, in keeping with the current allowable,
				unless the board specifically permits stop-cocking to reduce the gas-oil
				ratio.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0150 - Removal Of Casing

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
No person may remove a casing, or any portion of a casing, from
				a well without first giving advance written notice and obtaining written
				approval from the department.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0151 - Notification of Fire, Breaks, Leaks, or Blowouts

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) All persons controlling or operating any
			 well, receiving tank, storage tanks, or receiving and storage receptacle where
			 crude oil is produced, received, or stored must immediately notify the local
			 fire marshal and the department, giving full details concerning all fires that
			 occur at such oil or gas wells or tanks or receptacles on their property, and
			 immediately report any breaks in tanks or receptacles and pipelines where oil
			 or gas is escaping or has escaped.
(2) In all reports of fires, breaks, leaks,
			 or escapes, or other accidents of this nature, the following information must
			 be provided:
(a) The location of the well,
			 tank receptacle, or line break by section, township, range, tax lot, and
			 latitude/longitude, as well as the name of the landowner, so that the exact
			 location can be readily located on the ground;
(b) The steps that have been taken, or are in
			 progress, to remedy the situation reported; and
(c) The quantity of oil or gas lost,
			 destroyed, or permitted to escape.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0152 - Multiple Completion of Wells

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Neither oil or gas may be produced from different strata
				through the same tubing without the prior approval of the department. The
				approval of the department will require evidence of adequate and complete
				separation as ascertained by pressure or circulated tests conducted at the time
				the packers are set. Subsequently, if packer leakage is suspected, the
				department may require the permittee to provide proof of adequate and complete
				separation of the pools involved in the completion, or perform a packer leakage
				test. The permittee must notify the department prior to performing a packer
				leakage test so that a representative may be on site to observe. The department
				may also require the permittee to demonstrate the operation of multiple
				completion of a well.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0154 - Determining and Naming Fields and Pools

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Field names and boundaries are determined
			 by the board after establishment of evidence acceptable to the board that
			 geologic, geographic, or other conditions warrant the assignment of a new field
			 designation.
(2) Wells are
			 classified by the pool from which they produce, and pools are named by the
			 department.
(3) A permittee making
			 new field or pool discoveries may recommend names to the department.
(4) Any person dissatisfied with a new field
			 designation or a well or pool classification or determination may request in
			 writing a reconsideration by the board.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 520
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  520.095
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 10 - OIL AND GAS RULES › Section 632-010-0156 - Spacing Units, Notification

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Immediately upon the discovery of any
			 pool, or at any time after the effective date of this rule, the board may
			 prescribe spacing units for each pool and specify the size, shape, and location
			 and establish field limits and special rules.
(2) Before establishing spacing units, field
			 limits, and special rules, the board will schedule and hold a hearing.
			 Notification will be provided to mineral owners in the area surrounding the
			 discovery well according to the following:
(a)
			 In areas of the state with surveyed sections, and where the top of the
			 productive interval in the well is at a depth of less than 7,000 feet below the
			 surface, the department will notify mineral owners in the 160-acre quarter
			 section where the well is located. If the top of the productive interval is
			 located within 250 feet from any 160-acre quarter section line, the department
			 will notify mineral owners in the affected adjacent quarter sections;
(b) In areas of the state with surveyed
			 sections, and where the top of the productive interval in the well is at a
			 depth of 7,000 feet or greater below the surface, the department will notify
			 mineral owners in the 160-acre quarter section where the well is located and in
			 the eight surrounding quarter sections;
(c) In areas of the state that are without
			 surveyed sections, the department will notify mineral owners located within the
			 boundary of a superimposed 640-acre section, with the well being in the center
			 of the section, and the superimposed section will be oriented
			 north-south.