West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 38 - Mining And Reclamation › Title 38 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MINING AND RECLAMATION › Series 38-18 - Oil And Gas Wells And Other Wells › Section 38-18-9 - Form and contents of Plats

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
9.1. Statutory Requirements for Plats - Any
				plats required to be furnished under W.Va. Code §§
									22B-1-12 or
				22B-1-14 (see Section 5.2) shall contain all information specified in the
				statutory section requiring the plat.
9.2. Additional Requirements for Plats - Any
				plat required to be furnished under W.Va. Code §§
									22B-1-12 or
				22B-1-14, or under Section 6.1.2 or 13.1, shah conform to the following
				standards of accuracy and depiction:
9.2.1.
				Accuracy - An accuracy of one (1) part in two thousand five hundred (2,500) is
				required for location of wells on land containing workable coal beds which are
				tributary to operator coal mines. All other plats require a minimum accuracy of
				one (1) part in two hundred (200). The attained accuracy standard shall be
				stated on every plat.
9.2.2.
				Permanent Landmarks - At least two (2) permanent monuments or landmarks with
				courses and distances to the subject well shall be shown on the basis of an
				on-the-ground survey and, if any such monument or landmark is not a permanently
				established property corner, it shall be referenced to a permanently
				established property corner by courses and distances on the basis of an
				on-the-ground survey.
9.2.3.
				Physical Location of Well - Every well shall be drilled within ten (10) feet of
				the exact well location designated on the plat. To facilitate compliance and
				verification, the plat for a new well shall designate at least two (2)
				reference points from which, after the drilling site has been cleared and
				graded, the proposed well location can be accurately reestablished by the well
				operator and, if desired, subsequently verified by the oil and gas inspector or
				any interested person. When the survey party stakes the proposed well location,
				it snail flag or otherwise mark the reference points, which may be permanent
				(such as standing trees) or temporary (such as set stakes) and such reference
				points shall be beyond the limits of the drilling site but within three hundred
				(300) feet of the well location. A description of the reference points and
				their location with reference to the well location shall be indicated on a
				detail drawing or a narrative statement on the face of the plat.
9.2.4. Description - Landmarks and
				permanently established property corners used shall be named and described on
				all plats. They shall include standing corner trees, set stones, iron pipes,
				T-rails, or other manufactured monuments. Existing wells (operating or
				abandoned) shall also be considered established landmarks if said wells are
				accurately platted and on file with the Office. If landmarks used are not
				permanently established property corners, the landmark must be adequately
				referenced to such property corners to permit their future location.
9.2.5. Method of Showing Property lines - The
				courses and distances of all farm lines adjoining and those connecting the
				landmarks or permanently established property corners within the scope of the
				well location plat shall be shown thereon. AH lines actually surveyed shall be
				shown on such plat in solid lines. Lines taken from deed descriptions only
				shall be shown by broken lines.
9.2.6. Proven Elevation - The elevation of
				the surface of the well location shall be given and it shall be tied to either
				a government bench mark or other point of proven elevation. The location of the
				government bench mark or the point of proven elevation shall be noted and
				described on the plat.
9.2.7.
				North-South Line - A north and south line shall be given and point to the top
				of the plat.
9.2.8. Scale and Size
				of Plat - If practicable, all plats shall be drawn to a scale of one (1) inch
				equals two thousand (2,000) feet (1:24,000) or to even multiples thereof for
				each reduction of the plat photographically to a scale of one (1) inch equals
				two thousand (2,000) feet. The plat shall be eight and one half (8 1/2) inches
				by fourteen (14) inches in size.
9.2.9. Topographic Map Location of Well - The
				topographic map location of the well for which any permit application is made
				pursuant to W.Va. Code §
										22B-1-6
				shall be shown on the plat by a "cross" with the measured distance in feet from
				the nearest two point five (2.5) minute latitude and longitude intersection
				using the North East (upper right) border of the plat on a seven point five
				(7.5) minute (1:24,000) topographic map. Each plat shall indicate the
				quadrangle name of the topographic map used.
9.2.10. Wells - All wells within the scope of
				the plat, whether active, drilling, or abandoned, shall be shown. The scope of
				every plat shall be sufficient to show all wells within one thousand two
				hundred (1,200) feet of the well which is the subject of the new application
				and, in the case of an application for a shallow gas well with a depth of three
				thousand (3,000) feet or more and which penetrate a coal seam, the scope of the
				plat shall be sufficient to show all wells within two thousand four hundred
				(2,400) feet of the well which is the subject of the application. Each well so
				shown, including the subject well, shall bear a designation that permits the
				type (oil, gas, liquid injection under W.Va. Code § 22B-1-41, underground
				storage, or storage observation) and status (active, abandoned, or drilling) of
				each such well to be determined by use of:
9.2.10.1. API permit number (excluding State
				and County) for each well having such a permit number,
9.2.10.2. in parentheses, and following the
				API number if such is listed, the type and status numbers provided below,
				and
9.2.10.3. The symbols provided
				below:
9.2.11. The kind
				and status numbers to be used shall be as follows:
9.2.11.1. Oil Wells:
01 - Shallow, active
02 - Shallow, abandoned
03 - Shallow, Drilling
04 - Deep, active
05 - Deep, abandoned
06 - Deep, drilling
9.2.11.2. Deep gas wells:
07 - Production, active
08 - Production, abandoned
09 - Production, drilling
10 - Underground storage, active
11 - Underground storage, abandoned
12 - Underground storage, drilling
13 - Storage observation, active
14 - Storage observation, abandoned
15 - Storage observation, drilling
9.2.11.3. Shallow gas wells:
16 - Less than 3,000 feet, production,
				active
17 - Less than 3,000 feet,
				production, abandoned
18 - Less
				than 3,000 feet, production, drilling
19 - Less than 3,000 feet, underground
				storage, active
20 - Less than
				3,000 feet, underground storage, abandoned
21 - Less than 3,000 feet, underground
				storage, drilling
22 - Less than
				3,000 feet, storage observation, active
23 - Less than 3,000 feet, storage
				observation, abandoned
24 - Less
				than 3,000 feet, storage observation, drilling
25 - 3,000 feet or more, production,
				active
26 - 3,000 feet or more,
				production, abandoned
27 - 3,000
				feet or more, production, drilling
28 - 3,000 feet or more, underground storage,
				active
29 - 3,000 feet or more,
				underground storage, abandoned
30 -
				3,000 feet or more, underground storage, drilling
31 - 3,000 feet or more, storage observation,
				active
32 - 3,000 feet or more,
				storage observation, abandoned
33 -
				3,000 feet or more, storage observation, drilling
9.2.11.4. Liquid injection wells:
34 - Active
35 - Abandoned
36 - Drilling or being converted
9.2.11.5. Waste disposal wells:
37 - Active
38 - Abandoned
39 - Drilling or being converted
9.2.11.6. Gas injection wells:
40 - Active
41 - Abandoned
42 - Drilling or being converted
9.2.12. The symbols to
				be used shall be as found in Appendix A.
9.2.13. Other Surface Features - In addition
				to the surface features and owner identification data required by statute or by
				the foregoing specification of Section 9.2, the plat shall also show the
				following surface features lying within the scope of the plat:
9.2.13.1. water wells within two hundred
				(200) feet of the well for which any permit under W.Va. code §
											22B-1-7 is
				being sought, except for liquid or waste disposal wells, in which case water
				wells within one thousand (1,000) feet of the well shall be shown;
9.2.13.2. dwellings within two hundred (200)
				feet of the well for which any such permit is being sought;
9.2.13.3. streams;
9.2.13.4. roads and highways; and
9.2.13.5. railroads with indication of the
				owners' names.
9.2.14.
				Names - The plat shall state the names of the surface owners and the royalty
				owners of the land at the well location.