NAC522.495. Form 2: Application for permit to drill, deepen or plug back oil and gas wells.

     1. A person who desires to drill, deepen or plug back any oil or gas well must file Form 2, properly completed, with the division. A fee of $50 and a location plat must accompany the application for a permit to drill. No additional fee or location plat is required to deepen or plug back a well which has been drilled.

     2. The location plat required by this section must be of convenient size, and must have the location of the proposed well within a 40-acre legal subdivision by an accurate course and distance tie to an established corner of a section or quarter section. The plat must contain a full description of the corner to which the tie is made, together with all markings thereon. Ties to offset section or quarter corners on township lines must also show the nearest corner of the adjoining township together with the offset distance. Lots within a lotted section must be shown and designated. The plat must indicate the method used in obtaining all bearings and must show the declination used for compass bearings and the source of the bearing if an angle is turned from a line of known bearing. The person who prepares the plat must note on the plat whether solar or polaris observations have been used.

     [Div. of Mineral Res., § 704 subsecs. 1 & 2, eff. 12-20-79]—(NAC A by Dep’t of Minerals, 7-22-87)