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Title 15, Title 15. Conservation of Natural Resources

31 chapters · 1,004 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 151,004 Ch 1533, Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing127 Ch 1547, Chapter 1547 | Watercraft And Waterways85 Ch 1567, Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safet…77 Ch 1509, Chapter 1509 | Division Of Oil And G…72 Ch 1513, Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining51 Ch 1563, Chapter 1563 | Mine Construction, Ma…45 Ch 1531, Chapter 1531 | Division Of Wildlife43 Ch 1561, Chapter 1561 | Division Of Mineral R…41 Ch 1521, Chapter 1521 | Division Of Water Res…40 Ch 1545, Chapter 1545 | Park Districts40 Ch 1503, Chapter 1503 | Division Of Forestry37 Ch 1514, Chapter 1514 | Other Surface Mining35 Ch 1506, Chapter 1506 | Coastal Management34 Ch 1546, Chapter 1546 | Division Of Parks And…34

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.01 Division of oil and gas resources management - oil and gas definitions
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As used in this chapter: (A) "Well" means any borehole, whether drilled or bored, within the state for production, extraction, or injection of any gas or liquid mineral, excluding potable water to be used as such, but including natural or artificial brines and oil field waters. "…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.02 Division of oil and gas resources management; chief; oil and gas well fund
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There is hereby created in the department of natural resources the division of oil and gas resources management, which shall be administered by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. The division has sole and exclusive authority to regulate the permitting,…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.021 Surface locations of new wells
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On and after June 30, 2010, all of the following apply: (A) The surface location of a new well or a tank battery of a well shall not be within one hundred fifty feet of an occupied dwelling that is located in an urbanized area unless the owner of the land on which the occupied dw…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.022 Location of wells using directional drilling
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Except as provided in section 1509.021 of the Revised Code, the surface location of a new well that will be drilled using directional drilling may be located on a parcel of land that is not in the drilling unit of the well.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.03 Administrative rules

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(A) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall adopt, rescind, and amend, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, rules for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this chapter. The rules shall include an identification of the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.031 Electronic submission of oil and gas documents

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(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and other than a statement of production, the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management may require the electronic submission of any application, report, test result, fee, or document that is required …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.04 Enforcement - injunction against violation

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(A) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, or the chief's authorized representatives, shall enforce this chapter and the rules, terms and conditions of permits and registration certificates, and orders adopted or issued pursuant thereto, except that any pe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.041 Database listing final nonappealable orders issued for violations to be accessible to public

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The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall maintain a database on the division of oil and gas resources management's web site that is accessible to the public. The database shall list each final nonappealable order issued for a material and substantial vi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.05 Permit required to drill, reopen, convert or plug back well

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No person shall drill a new well, drill an existing well any deeper, reopen a well, convert a well to any use other than its original purpose, or plug back a well to a source of supply different from the existing pool, without having a permit to do so issued by the chief of the d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.051 Stratigraphic wells

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this chapter and rules adopted under it apply to a stratigraphic well regardless of whether a section in this chapter or in such rules refers to a well for oil and gas production or to an owner. (B) Notwithstanding section 1509.06…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.06 Application for permit to drill, reopen, convert, or plug back a well

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(A) An application for a permit to drill a new well, drill an existing well deeper, reopen a well, convert a well to any use other than its original purpose, or plug back a well to a different source of supply, including associated production operations, shall be filed with the c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.061 Request to revise existing tract upon which exists producing or idle well

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An owner of a well who has been issued a permit under section 1509.06 of the Revised Code may submit to the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, on a form prescribed by the chief, a request to revise an existing tract upon which exists a producing or idle we…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.062 Temporary inactive well status

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(A)(1) The owner of a well that has not been completed, a well that has not produced within one year after completion, an existing well that is not a horizontal well and that has no reported production for two consecutive reporting periods as reported in accordance with section 1…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.07 Liability insurance coverage

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(A)(1)(a) Except as provided in division (A)(1)(b) or (A)(2) of this section, an owner of any well, except an exempt Mississippian well or an exempt domestic well, shall obtain liability insurance coverage from a company authorized or approved to do business in this state in an a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.071 Forfeiting bond

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(A) When the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management finds that an owner has failed to comply with a final nonappealable order issued or compliance agreement entered into under section 1509.04, the restoration requirements of section 1509.072, plugging requireme…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.072 Duty to restore disturbed land surface

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No oil or gas well owner or agent of an oil or gas well owner shall fail to restore the land surface within the area disturbed in siting, drilling, completing, and producing the well as required in this section. (A) Within fourteen days after the date upon which the drilling of a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.073 Fluid drilling requirements

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A person that is issued a permit under this chapter to drill a new well or drill an existing well deeper in an urbanized area shall establish fluid drilling conditions prior to penetration of the Onondaga limestone and continue to use fluid drilling until total depth of the well …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.074 Analysis and disposition of material resulting from construction, operation, or plugging of a horizontal well

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(A) With regard to material that results from the construction, operation, or plugging of a horizontal well, all of the following apply: (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the owner shall determine the concentration of radium-226 and of radium-228 in repre…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.08 Determinations if well in coal bearing township

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Upon receipt of an application for a permit required by section 1509.05 of the Revised Code, or upon receipt of an application for a permit to plug and abandon under section 1509.13 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall determine…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.09 Changing location of well after issuance of permit

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A well may be drilled under a permit only at the location designated on the map required in section 1509.06 of the Revised Code. The location of a well may be changed after the issuance of a permit only with the approval of the chief of the division of oil and gas resources manag…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.10 Well log to be filed with division - contents - form

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(A) Any person drilling within the state shall, within sixty days after the completion of drilling operations to the proposed total depth or after a determination that a well is a dry or lost hole, file with the division of oil and gas resources management all wireline electric l…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.11 Statement of production of oil, gas and brine

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(A)(1) The owner of any well, except a horizontal well, that is producing or capable of producing oil or gas shall file with the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, on or before the thirty-first day of March, a statement of production of oil, gas, and brine…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.12 Defective wells and well plugging

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(A)(1) No person shall construct or operate a well, that causes damage to other permeable strata, underground sources of drinking water, or the surface of the land or that threatens the public health and safety or the environment. (2) No owner of a well shall permit a well to lea…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.13 Permit to plug and abandon well - application

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(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section and division (E)(1) of section 1509.071 of the Revised Code, no person shall plug and abandon a well without having a permit to do so issued by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. Th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.14 Report of abandonment of well

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Any person who abandons a well, when written permission has been granted by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management to abandon and plug the well without an inspector being present to supervise the plugging, shall make a written report of the abandonment to t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.15 Rules for methods of plugging

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When any well is to be abandoned, it shall first be plugged in accordance with a method of plugging adopted by rule by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. The abandonment report shall show the manner in which the well was plugged.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.151 Plugging at expense of operator

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If a mine operator is about to encounter or encounters an orphaned well whose existence is detrimental to the mining operation, the mine operator may plug the well at the mine operator's own expense in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. Last updated July 7, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.16 Disclosure forms for oil country tubular goods

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(A) As used in this section, "oil country tubular goods" means circular steel pipes that are seamless or welded and used in drilling for oil or natural gas, including casing, tubing, and drill pipe, whether finished or unfinished, and steel couplings and drill collars used with t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.17 Encasing wells

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(A) A well shall be constructed in a manner that is approved by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management as specified in the permit using materials that comply with industry standards for the type and depth of the well and the anticipated fluid pressures that…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.18 Well drilled within limits of mining operation

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Any person who drills a well within the limits of a mining operation shall give consideration for the safety of the personnel working in the mine, and, if possible, shall locate the well so as to penetrate a pillar. If a well is to be drilled within the limits of a mining operati…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.181 Suspension of drilling or reopening of well in coal bearing townships

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(A) The chief of the division of mineral resources management may order the immediate suspension of the drilling or reopening of a well in a coal bearing township after determining that the drilling or reopening activities present an imminent and substantial threat to public heal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.19 Well stimulation

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An owner who elects to stimulate a well shall stimulate the well in a manner that will not endanger underground sources of drinking water. Not later than twenty-four hours before commencing the stimulation of a well, the owner or the owner's authorized representative shall notify…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.20 Prevention of waste - gas flaring

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All owners, lessees, or their agents, drilling for or producing crude oil or natural gas, shall use every reasonable precaution in accordance with the most approved methods of operation to stop and prevent waste of oil or gas, or both. Any well productive of natural gas in quanti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.21 Permits for secondary or additional recovery operations

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No person shall, without first having obtained a permit from the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, conduct secondary or additional recovery operations, including any underground injection of fluids or carbon dioxide for the secondary or tertiary recovery …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.22 Storage or disposal of brine, crude oil, natural gas, or other fluids

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(A) Except when acting in accordance with section 1509.226 of the Revised Code, no person shall place or cause to be placed in ground water or in or on the land or discharge or cause to be discharged in surface water brine, crude oil, natural gas, or other fluids associated with …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.221 Requiring permit to drill well or inject substance into well for exploration for or extraction of minerals or energy

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(A) No person, without first having obtained a permit from the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, shall drill a well or inject a substance into a well for the exploration for or extraction of minerals or energy, other than oil or natural gas, including, bu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.222 Registration certificate and identification number for transportation of brine

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(A)(1) Except as provided in section 1509.226 of the Revised Code, no person shall transport brine by vehicle in this state unless the business entity that employs the person first registers with and obtains a registration certificate and identification number from the chief of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.223 Agreements for transporting brine - duties of transporters

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(A) No permit holder or owner of a well shall enter into an agreement with or permit any person to transport brine produced from the well who is not registered pursuant to section 1509.222 of the Revised Code or exempt from registration under section 1509.226 of the Revised Code.…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.224 Suspension or revocation for pattern of negligent or willful violations

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(A) In addition to any other remedies provided in this chapter, if the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management has reason to believe that a pattern of the same or similar violations of any requirements of section 1509.22, 1509.222, or 1509.223 of the Revised Cod…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.225 Surety bond

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(A) Before being issued a registration certificate under section 1509.222 of the Revised Code, an applicant shall execute and file with the division of oil and gas resources management a surety bond for fifteen thousand dollars to provide compensation for damage and injury result…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.226 Surface applications of brine by local governments

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(A) If a board of county commissioners, a board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation wishes to permit the surface application of brine to roads, streets, highways, and other similar land surfaces it owns or has the right to control for con…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.227 Permits for operations in existence prior to 1/1/2014

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Notwithstanding division (B)(2)(a) of section 1509.22 of the Revised Code, on and after January 1, 2014, a person that is in operation prior to the date may store, recycle, treat, process, or dispose of in this state brine or other waste substances associated with the exploration…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.23 Health and safety rules for drilling of wells and production of oil and gas

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Rules of the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management may specify practices to be followed in the drilling and treatment of wells, production of oil and gas, and plugging of wells for protection of public health or safety or to prevent damage to natural resources…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.231 Database of information for responding to emergencies

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(A) A person that is regulated under this chapter and rules adopted under it and that is required to submit information under the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1728, 42 U.S.C. 11022, and regulations adopted under it shall submit the infor…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.24 Minimum acreage requirements for drilling units and minimum distances for wells

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(A) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, with the approval of the technical advisory council on oil and gas created in section 1509.38 of the Revised Code, may adopt, amend, or rescind rules relative to minimum acreage requirements for drilling units and…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.25 Special order for drilling unit requirements in particular pool

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The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, upon the chief's own motion or upon application of an owner, may hold a hearing to consider the need or desirability of adopting a special order for drilling unit requirements in a particular pool different from those…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.26 Agreements to pool tracts to form drilling unit

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The owners of adjoining tracts may agree to pool the tracts to form a drilling unit that conforms to the minimum acreage and distance requirements of the division of oil and gas resources management under section 1509.24 or 1509.25 of the Revised Code. The agreement shall be in w…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.27 Mandatory pooling orders

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If a tract or tracts are of insufficient size or shape to meet the requirements for drilling a proposed well thereon as provided in section 1509.24 or 1509.25 of the Revised Code, whichever is applicable, and the owner has been unable to form a drilling unit under agreement as pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.28 Order providing for unit operation of a pool or part thereof

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(A)(1) A person who has obtained the consent of the owners of at least sixty-five per cent of the land area overlying a pool or a part of a pool may submit an application for the operation as a unit of the entire pool or part of the pool to the chief of the division of oil and ga…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.29 Order establishing tract as exception tract

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Upon application by an owner of a tract for which a drilling permit may not be issued, and a showing by the owner that the owner is unable to enter a voluntary pooling agreement and that the owner would be unable to participate under a mandatory pooling order, the chief of the di…