House Bill 582
Concerns the reporting and plugging of idle or abandoned wells
To amend sections 1509.071 and 1509.34 of the Revised Code to allow a landowner to report an idle and orphaned well or abandoned well, to require the Chief of the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management to inspect and classify such a well, and to require the Chief to begin plugging a well classified as distressed-high priority within a specified time period.
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Subjects
Committees
House Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Primary Sponsors
Andy Thompson
Sean O'Brien
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