R 299.2531 Filing of records; determination of fee; payment of fee; non-payment of fee

Rule 2531. (1) The supervisor of mineral wells shall require an owner to file a list, on a form prescribed by the supervisor of mineral wells, of all mineral wells owned by that owner which were useable for their permitted purpose or which were not properly plugged as of January first of the current calendar year. (2) The list required in subrule (1) of this rule shall be filed by January 28 of the current calendar year. (3) The supervisor of mineral wells shall determine the amount of the mineral well regulatory fee owed by an owner and shall notify the owner by March 1 of the current calendar year. The fee charged for a well shall be as prescribed in the act. (4) The mineral well regulatory fee shall be due and payable before May 1 of the current calendar year. (5) For the purposes of this rule a well is considered properly plugged when it has reached final completion. (6) The supervisor of mineral wells shall consider a well abandoned if the fee has not been paid for 2 consecutive calendar years.