West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 38 - Mining And Reclamation › Title 38 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MINING AND RECLAMATION › Series 38-23 - Coalbed Methane Wells (See 1st Public Hearing 07/13/95) › Section 38-23-9 - 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 §§
									22-21-6
				or
				22-21-15
				shall contain all information specified in those statutory sections.
9.2. Additional Requirements for Plats - Any
				plat required to be furnished under W.Va. Code §§
									22-21-6
				or
				22-21-15
				for coalbed methane wells shall conform to the standards of accuracy and
				depiction for plats for wells:
9.2.1. The
				plat shall conform to the standards and depiction's set forth in 38 CSR
				18-9.2.1 through 9.2.8.
9.2.2.
				Topographic Map Location of Coalbed Methane Well - The topographic map location
				of the coalbed methane well for which any permit application is made pursuant
				to W.Va. Code §
										22-21-6
				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.
9.2.3. Wells - All wells, including coalbed
				methane 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 two thousand five hundred (2,500) 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, coalbed methane,
				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 the API permit number (excluding State and
				County) for each well having such a permit number, and in parenthesis, and
				following the API number if such is listed, the kind and status numbers and
				symbols provided for in Exhibit A.
9.2.4. 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:
9.2.4.1. dwellings within two hundred (200)
				feet of the well for which any such permit is being sought;
9.2.4.2. streams.
9.2.5. Names - The plat shall show:
9.2.5.1. the information specified in W.Va.
				Code §
											22-21-6(c)(5);
9.2.5.2. if the application is for a drilling
				unit, the information specified in § 22-21-15(c)(l); Provided, however,
				that upon establishment of any drilling unit by the Board that differs from the
				applicant's original unit as shown in said plat, the applicant shall revise the
				plat so that the information is consistent with the unit established by the
				Board; and
9.2.5.3. any other
				information the Chief may require.