349.130 Compliance with KRS 353.5901 and 353.595 -- Applicants to submit

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operations and reclamation proposal at time of filing of application.

(1)In all cases in which there has been a complete severance of the ownership of the

coalbed methane from the ownership of the surface to be disturbed, the applicant for

a coalbed methane well permit shall comply with all of the substantive requirements

of KRS 353.5901 and 353.595.

(2)In all cases other than a complete severance of the ownership of coalbed methane

from the ownership of the surface to be disturbed, the applicant for a coalbed

methane well shall submit to the department an operations and reclamation proposal

at the time of filing an application for a permit to drill, deepen, or reopen a coalbed

methane well. The proposal shall be filed on forms provided by the department and

shall include:

(a)A proposal to prevent erosion of and sedimentation from the well site and all

disturbed areas, including roads;

(b)A narrative description of the location of all areas to be disturbed, including

the location of roads, gathering lines, the well site, tanks, and other storage

facilities, and any other information that may be required by the department.

Accompanying this narrative description shall be a plat depicting the location

on the land of all of these disturbances or facilities; and

(c)Any additional information that the department may require.