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353.140 Gas escape pipe, when to be used.
When a well has been filled and securely plugged to a point forty (40) feet below the
lowest workable coal bed, and in the judgment of the well operator, the coal operator
and the department a permanent outlet to the surface is required, the outlet shall be
provided in the following manner: A plug of cement or other suitable material shall be
placed in the well at a suitable point, not less than ten (10) feet below the lowest
workable coal bed. In this plug and passing through the center of it shall be securely
fastened an open pipe, not less than two (2) inches in diameter, which shall extend
to the surface. At or above the surface the pipe shall be provided with a device that
will permit the free passage of gas and prevent obstruction. After the plug and pipe
are set, the hole shall be filled with cement to a point ten (10) feet above the lowest
workable coal bed. If there are additional overlying workable coal beds, they shall be
treated similarly, if in the judgment of the well operator, the coal operator and the
department such treatment is necessary. If the parties cannot agree, the decision of
the department shall control.
Effective:October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from
Ky. Stat. sec. 3766b-13.
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