2016 Idaho Statutes
Title 47 - MINES AND MINING
Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS WELLS -- GEOLOGIC INFORMATION, AND PREVENTION OF WASTE
Section 47-320 - PERMIT TO DRILL OR TREAT A WELL -- FEES.

47-320. Permit to drill or treat a well -- fees. (1) It shall be unlawful to commence operations for the drilling or treating of a well for oil or gas without first giving notice to the commission of intention to drill or treat and without first obtaining a permit from the commission under such rules and regulations as may be reasonably prescribed by the commission and by paying to the commission a filing and service fee as provided by this section.

(a) Any request for a permit or authorization as set forth in subsection (3)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (m), (n) or (o) of this section shall be made by application to the department of lands, and processed as provided in this section.

(b) The department shall notify the applicant within five (5) business days of receipt of an application if the application is administratively incomplete, and in such notice shall identify missing items to be supplied in order to make the application complete.

(c) The department shall notify the director of the department of water resources regarding permits to drill or treat a well. The director of water resources shall have ten (10) business days from the date of receipt of such notification from the department of lands to recommend conditions he believes necessary to protect fresh water supplies.

(d) Applications submitted under this section shall be posted on the department of lands's website for ten (10) calendar days for a written comment period.

(e) The department of lands shall approve or deny the application to drill or treat a well within fifteen (15) business days of receipt of a complete application.

(f) The department's decision made under this section may be appealed to the commission by the applicant pursuant to the procedure in section 47-324(d), (e), (f) and (g), Idaho Code.

(2) Upon issuance of any permit, a copy thereof, including any limitations, conditions, controls, rules or regulations attached thereto for the protection of fresh water supplies as required in section 47-319, Idaho Code, shall be forwarded to the director of the department of water resources.

(3) The department shall collect the following fees, which shall be remitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the oil and gas conservation fund and shall be used exclusively to pay the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the administration and enforcement of this chapter:

History:

[47-320, added 1963, ch. 148, sec. 6, p. 433; am. 1973, ch. 255, sec. 1, p. 506; am. 1974, ch. 17, sec. 31, p. 308; am. 2012, ch. 71, sec. 1, p. 207; am. 2015, ch. 65, sec. 1, p. 174; am. 2016, ch. 48, sec. 3, p. 132.]