353.660 Report required after termination of operations -- Contents --

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Confidentiality of information.

(1)Any person to whom a permit is issued pursuant to KRS 353.500 to 353.720 shall

file, within ninety

(90)days after termination of operations conducted under the

permit, with the department for transmittal to the Kentucky Geological Survey on

forms to be furnished by the department the following information relating to the

well:

(a)A copy of the driller's log certified to be true and accurate;

(b)The depth and thickness of all water zones encountered and logged;

(c)The depth of all showings of oil or gas;

(d)The depth and thickness of all coal seams encountered; and

(e)A true copy of all electrical surveys and similar logs and surveys taken. If the

person to whom the permit is issued obtains a copy of the electrical survey or

similar log or survey in electronic form, the operator shall submit the electrical

survey or similar log in electronic form if requested by the department.

(2)Upon request by the department, any person to whom a permit is issued shall save

for the Kentucky Geological Survey samples of all cuttings from the well drilled or

deepened pursuant to the permit for a period of ninety

(90)days after completion

thereof.

(3)Upon request by any person furnishing information under this section, the

information shall be kept confidential, for a period of one

(1)year after the

information is furnished by such person.

(a)Upon request by any person applying for a permit for a stratigraphic test well,

the division shall grant a three

(3)year period of confidentiality for all drilling

records required by this section from the date of completion of drilling the

well.

(b)Well records, surveys, and logs conducted on stratigraphic wells which are

subsequently granted an oil or gas production permit shall comply with the

confidentiality requirements in subsection

(3)of this section.