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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 30, § 1115. Notifications regarding applications

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Every applicant for a Class VI permit or Class V permit related to a geologic sequestration project shall comply with the following:

(1) In order for an application for a Class VI permit to be deemed administratively complete, the owner or operator shall make a reasonable search and a good faith effort to provide notice of the submission of the application via United States mail to all of the following located within the surface or subsurface extent of the area of review delineated in the permit application:

(a) The last operator of record for any oil or gas well.

(b) All mineral servitude owners, mineral lessees, and operators acting on behalf of such mineral interest owners.

(c) All surface owners.

(2) In order for an application for a Class V stratigraphic test well permit to be considered complete, the owner or operator shall make a reasonable search and a good faith effort to provide notice of the submission of the application via United States certified mail to all of the following located within five hundred feet of the proposed well:

(a) The last operator of record for any oil or gas well.

(b) All mineral servitude owners, mineral lessees, and operators acting on behalf of such mineral interest owners.

(c) All surface owners.

(3) Notice to all surface owners as required by this Section may be satisfied by notifying all persons shown on the parish assessor's rolls as the current owner of the surface rights for the land included within the applicable area of required notice.

B. The department shall also publish on its website a notice of each application for a Class VI permit or Class V permit related to a geologic sequestration project.

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