Ohio Administrative Code

19.03 PDF: (A) Each input well permitted after June 1, 1982 shall be constructed in the following manner:(1) Surface casing shall be free of apparent defects and set at least fifty feet below the deepest underground source of water containing less than ten thousand mg/L total dis…

19.03 PDF: The following provisions shall apply to the operation of all enhanced recovery projects:(A) A well completion record in accordance with section 1509.10 of the Revised Code and Chapter 1501:9-5 of the Administrative Code, shall be filed with the division within thirty d…

19.03 PDF: The purpose of Chapter 1501:9-5 of the Administrative Code is to prescribe minimum construction and operation requirements for enhanced recovery projects so as to protect surface and subsurface soils and waters of the state. Thus, the authorization or failure to author…

19.03 PDF: (A) "Aquifer" means a geological formation, group of formations, or part of a formation that is capable of yielding a significant amount of water to a well or spring.(B) "Chief" means chief, division of oil and gas.(C) "Confining zone" means a geological formation, gro…

19.03 PDF: Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative Code applies to all owners and operators of proposed and existing solution mining projects. Last updated March 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM Authorized By: – Amplifies: – Five Year Review Date:

19.03 PDF: Any solution mining project, except as authorized by a permit or rule, is prohibited after the effective date. Construction of any well required to have a permit under Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative Code is prohibited until a permit has been issued. Last update…

19.03 PDF: (A) No person shall cause or allow injection of fluid containing any contaminant into an underground source of drinking water. No authorization by permit or rule shall allow the movement of fluid containing any contaminant into an underground source of drinking water. …

19.03 PDF: (A) Existing solution mining projects are authorized by rule until November 27, 1985 if the following requirements are met.(1) Any operator of such a project must apply for a permit before November 27, 1984.(2) Authorization by rule shall expire:(a) Upon the date of is…

19.03 PDF: (A) The chief may identify and shall protect, as an underground source of drinking water, all aquifers or parts of aquifers that meet the definition of an "underground source of drinking water." Even if an aquifer has not been specifically identified by the chief, it i…

19.03 PDF: (A) Permit required. Unless an appropriate application has been received by the chief and a permit issued by the division, no person shall drill, reopen, deepen, plug, rework, or use a well for the solution mining of minerals unless the well is authorized by rule in ac…

19.03 PDF: (A) The following construction, testing, and monitoring requirements shall apply to any well permitted and drilled after the effective date:(1) Surface casing shall be free of apparent defects, set at least fifty feet below the deepest underground source of drinking wa…

19.03 PDF: (A) The following provisions shall apply to the operation of all solution mining projects and shall be considered as permit conditions.(1) A solution mining project may not commence injection until construction is complete, and(a) The permittee has submitted notice of …

19.03 PDF: (A) A solution mining well has mechanical integrity if:(1) There is no significant leak in the casing, tubing, or packer; and(2) There is no significant fluid movement into an underground source of drinking water through vertical channels adjacent to the well-bore.(B) …

19.03 PDF: (A) Any solution mining project permit shall require that, prior to the plugging and abandonment of said well or wells, the permittee shall obtain a permit to plug and abandon in accordance with sections 1509.13 and 1509.15 of the Revised Code. A permit to plug and aba…

19.03 PDF: No well for the solution mining of minerals shall be constructed nearer than one hundred feet to any occupied dwelling, nearer than fifty feet to the outside right-of-way of any public road, nearer than fifty feet to a railroad track, nor nearer than one hundred feet t…

19.03 PDF: (A) The purpose of Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative Code is to prescribe minimum construction and operation requirements for solution mining projects so as to protect the surface and subsurface soils and waters of the state. Thus, the authorization or failure to …

19.03 PDF: As used in Chapter 1501:9-8 of the Administrative Code:(A) "Blowout" means an unplanned and uncontrolled flow of fluids or gases from a well when that well cannot be controlled by previously installed barriers or devices.(B) "Environment" means navigable waters and any…

19.03 PDF: (A) By means of a toll-free telephone number designated by the chief and posted on the division's website or by electronic means designated by the chief and posted on the division's website, a reporting person will notify the division within thirty minutes after becomi…

19.03 PDF: All owners, contractors and persons or organizations in control of wells being drilled, reworked, reconditioned, deepened, plugged back, produced, shut-in, or plugged prior to abandonment will use all reasonable means to safeguard against hazards to life, limb and prop…

19.03 PDF: (A) No fires are permitted within fifty feet of a drilling well when oil and/or gas are exposed to the atmosphere at the well, unless the oil or gas is properly vented or controlled.(B) A chemical fire extinguisher in good working condition has to be on location of a d…

19.03 PDF: (A) No fires are permitted within fifty feet of a well which is being worked over, reconditioned, plugged back, completed or plugged if oil and/or gas are exposed to the atmosphere at the well.(B) A rig used in workover, reconditioning, plugging back, completion or plu…

19.03 PDF: Rule 1501:9-9-05 of the Administrative Code with the exception of paragraphs (A)(10) and (D) of rule 1501:9-9-05 of the Administrative Code applies to all wells completed after the effective date of this chapter. Paragraph (E) of rule 1501:9-9-05 of the Administrative …

19.03 PDF: 1501:9-9 with the exception of 1501:9-9-05(A)(10) and (D) does not apply to any operations extant prior to the effective date of 1501:9-9. However, the Chief and inspectors have the authority to issue orders to correct operating practices on wells extant prior to the e…

19.03 PDF: The oil and gas commission, state of Ohio, shall maintain its official office at "Oil and Gas Commission, 2045 Morse Road, Columbus, Ohio 43229." The official number for facsimile filing of documents with the commission is 614-262-1306. The official telephone number fo…

19.03 PDF: (A) "Adjudication hearing" means a trial-type proceeding at which the parties may introduce evidence relevant to the resolution of disputed issues.(B) "Appellant" means a person, claiming to be adversely affected by an order of the chief of the division of oil and gas …

19.03 PDF: (A) Three members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. No action taken by the commission shall be valid unless it has the concurrence of at least a majority of the members voting upon that action. An abstention shall be considered a vote. A recused member shall…

19.03 PDF: (A) Appearances before the commission shall be by parties as defined in rule 1509-1-02 of the Administrative Code.(B) Appearances before the commission shall be in person or by an attorney admitted to practice before the supreme court of Ohio. Corporations, limited lia…

19.03 PDF: No party to an action before the commission, or their counsel, associates, compatriots or any other person acting on behalf of a party, shall seek or make an ex parte contact or communication, either directly or indirectly, with any member of the commission concerning …

19.03 PDF: (A) The commission will meet from time to time as it deems necessary, at a time set by the commission, at either its official office or at other locations selected by the commission.(B) The time and location for an adjudicatory hearing shall be set forth within a notic…

19.03 PDF: Minutes of all meetings of the commission will be promptly recorded and shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours at the commission's office upon prior request. Last updated May 10, 2023 at 1:15 PM Authorized By: 1509.35 Amplifies: 1509.35 Five Y…

19.03 PDF: (A) The records and files of the commission shall be maintained at the commission's office and shall be available for inspection and examination during regular business hours upon prior request. Papers and files of the commission, or parts thereof, shall not be removed…

19.03 PDF: (A) A notice of appeal permitted to be filed with the commission under section 1509.36 of the Revised Code or under section 1509.37 of the Revised Code, shall be filed at the official office of the commission; and the filing thereof shall mean the actual delivery to th…

19.03 PDF: (A) Upon motion and for good cause shown, the commission may increase or decrease the time prescribed by any rule of this chapter of the Administrative Code, or by its orders, for doing any act, or may permit an act to be done after the expiration of such time. However…

19.03 PDF: (A) All appeals from orders of the chief of the division to the commission shall be made by filing written notice to such effect with the commission within thirty days after the date upon which the order recipient received notice of the making of the order complained o…

19.03 PDF: The filing of an appeal with the commission does not automatically suspend or stay execution of the order appealed from. An appellant may apply to the commission to suspend or stay the execution of an order appealed from. Such request must be submitted in writing to th…

19.03 PDF: (A) An interested person in an appeal before the commission is a person having a pecuniary or proprietary interest directly affected by an appeal before the commission, as defined in rule 1509-1-02 of the Administrative Code.(B) In the event that a question arises conc…

19.03 PDF: (A) Any person may petition for leave to intervene in an appeal before the commission, which appeal has been initiated by another party. A petition for leave to intervene must be filed no later than seven days prior to the scheduled evidentiary hearing in the matter, u…

19.03 PDF: (A) When an appeal has been placed upon the calendar for hearing, the commission will, not less than ten days in advance of the hearing, notify the parties to an appeal of the place where, and the date and time when, the appeal will be called for hearing.(B) Notice of …

19.03 PDF: Continuances may be ordered by the commission on its own motion, or may be granted by the commission in its discretion, upon application of any party, filed in writing and showing good and sufficient cause therefor. If such application is made, it must be made not less…

19.03 PDF: Parties to a proceeding before the commission may obtain discovery in preparing their case. Discovery shall be conducted in accordance with the procedural provisions of the "Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure." Depositions may be taken and may be used by any party in the sa…

19.03 PDF: If a party to a proceeding pending before the commission desires to secure the attendance of a witness to testify in said party's behalf, said party shall, at least twelve days prior to the date of hearing thereon, unless such time is lessened by the commission, file w…

19.03 PDF: (A) Except for oral motions made upon the record at hearing, a motion shall be in writing and shall state with particularity the grounds upon which it is based.(B) Unless otherwise directed by the commission, a party must file written motions at least ten days in advan…

19.03 PDF: (A) The commission shall conduct hearings and other proceedings in such a manner as to render a fair and complete decision on all issues which are presented, and shall take any steps consistent with the impartial discharge of its duties which appear reasonable and nece…

19.03 PDF: The parties may, by stipulation in writing, filed with the commission or presented at a hearing, agree on any or all facts involved in a proceeding before the commission; provided, however, that the commission may thereafter require development of any fact it may deem …

19.03 PDF: (A) In the event of the death of the appellant or other party or for other proper cause, the commission may order the substitution of the proper parties.(B) Failure to comply with the provisions of section 1509.36 of the Revised Code governing the filing of appeals wit…

19.03 PDF: (A) If, upon completion of an evidentiary hearing, the commission finds that the order appealed from was lawful and reasonable, it shall make a written decision affirming the order appealed from. If the commission finds that the order appealed from was unreasonable or …

19.03 PDF: (A) Any party adversely affected by a final order of the commission may file an appeal in accordance with section 1509.37 of the Revised Code.(B) The expense of preparing and transcribing the record of proceedings shall be borne by the party appealing the decision of t…