DOCKETS AND FILE PROCEDURES

DOCKETS AND FILE PROCEDURES. The State Oil and Gas Supervisor (Supervisor) shall maintain a Docket Book and all petitions, and requests for hearings called on the motion of the Board shall be docketed and given a docket number, and a file carrying such number shall be opened by the Supervisor. All petitions for hearing, a copy of the notice of hearing, together with proof(s) of its publication, the originals of all instruments, documents, plats and other data except exhibits pre-filed pursuant to Rule 17, filed with the Board in connection with the hearing or the subject matter thereof, a transcript (if any) of all evidence taken at the hearing and the originals or copies of all correspondence with the Board concerning such hearing on the subject matter thereof shall be marked with the docket number of the hearing and placed and kept in the file carrying such number. The Docket Book and all files pertaining to hearings shall be open to the public at all reasonable times but shall not be removed from the custody of the Board or its employees. Copies of all such instruments, documents, plats, other data, and correspondence shall be furnished to any interested party upon payment of the cost of making such copies. All notices of hearing shall refer to the docket number thereof. Copies of petitions for hearing shall be furnished by the Supervisor to any person upon request and upon payment of the cost of making such copies.