Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter522 Oil and Gas |
ABANDONMENT AND PLUGGING |
NAC522.430. Temporary abandonment of well.
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1. Each well in which production casing has been run but which has not been operated for 1 year, and each well in which no production casing has been run and for which drilling operations have ceased for 30 days, must be immediately plugged.
2. The administrator may, for good cause, grant an additional 6 months for the well to be plugged.
[Div. of Mineral Res., § 305, eff. 12-20-79]—(NAC A by Dep’t of Minerals, 7-22-87)