LAC 43:XIX.703. Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 and Thereafter

A. Application Fees Application Fees | Amount Application for Alternate Unit Well | $504 Application for Automatic Custody Transfer | $252 Application for Commercial Class I Injection Well | $1,264 Application for Commercial Class I Injection Well(Additional Wells) | $631 Application for Commercial Class II Injection Well | $631 Application for Commercial Class II Injection Well(Additional Wells) | $314 Application for Commercial Facility Exclusive of an Associated Well | $3,000 Application for Commingle | $252 Application for Critical Date Order | $504 Application for Downhole Combinations | $504 Application for Emergency Clearance Form R-4 | $65 Application for Exception to 29-B | $504 Application for Exception to 29-E | $504 Application for Multiple Completion | $126 Application for Noncommercial Injection Well | $252 Application for Permit to Drill - Minerals: 0' - 3,000' (1 year) | $252 Application for Permit to Drill – Minerals: 0’ – 3,000’(6 months) | $126 Application for Permit to Drill - Minerals: 10,001' + (1 year) | $2,528 Drill Minerals Deeper (> 3,000’) (6 months) | $504 Drill Minerals Deeper (> 10,000’) (6 months) | $632 Application for Permit to Drill – Minerals: 10,001’ + (6 months) | $1,264 Application for Permit to Drill - Minerals: 3,001' - 10,000' (1 year) | $1,262 Drill Minerals Deeper (> 3,000’) (1 year) | $1,008 Drill Minerals Deeper (> 10,000’) (1 year) | $1,264 Application for Permit to Drill – Minerals: 3,001’ – 10,000’(6 months) | $631 Application for Pilot Projects | $504 Application for Public Hearings | $755 Application for Reuse Material not Associated with a Commercial Facility | $400 Application for Selective Completion | $504 Application for Severance Tax Relief | $504 Application for Site Clearance | $600 Application for Substitute Unit Well | $252 Application for Surface Mining Development Operations Permit | $94 Application for Surface Mining Exploration Permit | $65 Application for Surface Mining Permit | $2,212 Application for Unit Termination | $252 Application for Waiver of Production Test | $504 Application for Well Product Reclassification | $504 Application for Work Permit - Injection or Other | $125 Application for Work Permit - Minerals | $75 Application to Amend Permit to Drill – Injection or Other | $126 Application to Amend Permit to Drill – Minerals | $126 Application to Amend Permit to Drill – Minerals (LUW, Stripper, Incapable, Other) | $50 Application to Process Form R-4 | $36 Application to Reinstate Suspended Form R-4 | $65 Class II CO2 EOR Project (AOR Review and Updates) | $5,000 Class II Hydrocarbon Storage and E and P Waste Cavern Annual Compliance Review Fee | $2,000 Class III Solution Mining Cavern Annual Compliance Review Fee | $2,000 Class V Permit Waiver/Exemption Request | $250 Community Saltwater Disposal System Initial Notification | $125 E and P Waste Determination | $300 Operator Registration | $105 Request to Transport E and P Waste to Commercial Facilities or Transfer Stations | $150 Requests to Modify Well Permit - change MASIP, work prognosis, etc. | $300 Witnessed Verification of MIT Tests | $250 Work permit to Plug and Abandon a Well utilized for NORM disposal | $500 B. Regulatory Fees. $2,187,500 CAP divided by a number equal to (number of non-exempt class II wells + number of Class III wells + number of storage wells) + (number of Type A facilities X 10 plus number of Permits to Construct Type A facilities X 5) + (number of Type B facilities X 5 plus number of Permits to Construct Type B facilities X 2.5) 1. The resulting value will equal the annual regulatory fee for non-exempt Class II wells, Class III wells, and storage wells. 2. The annual regulatory fee for Type A facilities will be the non-exempt Class II well, Class III well, and storage well regulatory fee times a factor of 10. 3. The annual regulatory fee for Type A facility Permits to Construct will be the non-exempt Class II well, Class III well, and storage well regulatory fee times a factor of 5. 4. The annual regulatory fee for Type B facilities will be the non-exempt Class II well, Class III well, and storage well regulatory fee times a factor of 5. 5. The annual regulatory fee for Type B facility Permits to Construct will be the non-exempt Class II well, Class III well, and storage well regulatory fee times a factor of 2.5. 6. Conservation will perform this calculation annually and will post the individual Regulatory Fee Amount on the DNR Website. C. Class I Well Fees: Operators of permitted Class I wells are required to pay 1. $1,000,000 CAP divided by a number equal to the number of active Class I wells plus the number of Permits to Construct Class I wells X 0.5. 2. Conservation will perform this calculation annually and will post the individual Regulatory Fee Amount on the DNR Website. D. Exceptions 1. Operators of record of each class I injection/disposal well and each type A and B commercial facility and transfer station that is permitted, but has not yet been constructed, are required to pay an annual fee of 50 percent of the applicable fee for each well or facility. 2. Operators of record of each inactive type A and B facility which have voluntarily ceased the receipt and disposal of E and P waste and are actively implementing an Office of Conservation approved closure plan are required to pay an annual regulatory fee of 50 percent of the annual fee for each applicable type A or B facility. 3. Operators of record of each inactive type A or B facility which have voluntarily ceased the receipt and disposal of E and P waste, have completed Office of Conservation approved closure activities and are conducting a post-closure maintenance and monitoring program, are required to pay an annual regulatory fee of 25 percent of the annual fee for each applicable type A or B facility. 4. Operators of record of each inactive transfer station which have voluntarily ceased the receipt and transfer of E and P waste and are actively implementing an Office of Conservation approved closure plan are required to pay an annual regulatory fee of 50 percent of the annual fee for each applicable facility. 5. Operators of record of each inactive transfer station which have voluntarily ceased the receipt and transfer of E and P waste and are actively implementing an Office of Conservation approved closure plan are required to pay an annual regulatory fee of 50 percent of the annual fee for each applicable facility. E. Production Fees. Operators of record of capable oil wells and capable gas wells are required to pay according to the requirements of R.S. 30:21.B(1)(a). Based on the required calculation and cap established in said statute, taking into account the production of capable wells for the given year, including credits given to exempt incapable wells, a tiered schedule stating the exact fees due for the particular year will be published annually on the DNR/Conservation website. F. Pipeline Safety Inspection Fees 1. Owners/operators of jurisdictional gas pipeline facilities are required to pay an annual gas pipeline safety inspection fee of $1 per service line, or a minimum of $400, whichever is greater. 2. Owners/operators of jurisdictional hazardous liquids pipeline facilities are required to pay an annual hazardous liquids pipeline safety inspection fee of $44.80 per mile, or a minimum of $800, whichever is greater. 3. Owners/operators of jurisdictional gas transmission/gathering pipeline facilities are required to pay an annual transmission/gathering pipeline safety inspection fee of $44.80 per mile, or a minimum of $800, whichever is greater. G. Commercial Waste Disposal Fees 1. A monthly fee payable to the Office of Conservation of $0.02 per barrel of exploration and production waste delivered, as reported on a form prescribed by the department to collect commercial facilities monthly report of waste receipts, from the original generator of the waste to the following facilities: Office of Conservation permitted off-site commercial facilities; transfer stations permitted by the Office of Conservation for waste transfer to out-of-state treatment or disposal facilities; and any other legally permitted Louisiana off-site waste storage, treatment of disposal facilities also approved by the Office of Conservation for the receipt of exploration and production waste. For the purposes of this Paragraph, exploration and production waste shall not include produced brine, produced water, or salvageable hydrocarbons bound for permitted salvage oil operators. H. Surface Mining and Reclamation Fees 1. Permittees of surface mines for coal or lignite shall pay a fee of eight cents per ton on all coal and lignite, mined in the state and sold, to the secretary of the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis and shall be paid using forms prescribed by the secretary of the Department of Revenue. 2. Permittees of surface mines for coal or lignite shall pay an annual fee of six dollars for each acre of land included within the approved mine permit area. Such fee shall be based upon the number of acres of land within the approved mine permit area on July 1 of each year and shall be payed into the oil and gas regulatory fund of the Office of Conservation.