2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 353 - MINERAL CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
353.200 Department for Natural Resources to enforce oil and gas law -- Hearings.

Download as PDF 353.200 Department for Natural Resources to enforce oil and gas law -Hearings. (1) (2) The department shall exercise supervision over the drilling, casing, plugging, and filling of all wells. The department shall exercise supervision over all mining operations in close proximity to any well. The department shall have access to the records and properties of coal and oil and gas operators when necessary. The department may receive, or may file on its own motion, formal complaints that drilling or mining operations are being conducted contrary to the provisions of KRS 353.010, 353.050 to 353.130, 352.510, or 353.592, or to the order of the department, and shall hold administrative hearings on the complaints, in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. Following a hearing, the department shall issue a final order necessary to secure the proper administration of KRS 353.010, 353.050 to 353.130, 352.510, or 353.592. Effective:July 15, 1996 History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 339, effective July 15, 1996. -Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 348, sec. 8, effective July 14, 1992 -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3766b-15.