Kan. Admin. Regs. § 82-3-602 - Closure of pits; disposal of pit contents; closure form; drilling fluid management; surface restoration
(a) Closure of pits.
(1) Unless otherwise specified in writing by
the commission, each operator shall close the following:
(A) Drilling pits or haul-off pits within 365
calendar days after the spud date of a well;
(B) work-over pits within 90 days after
work-over operations have ceased; and
(C) settling pits, burn pits, and emergency
pits within 30 days after cessation or abandonment of the lease.
(2) Any operator may request a pit
permit extension of not more than three months, and the request may be granted
by the director. An extension may be granted due to pit conditions or for other
good cause shown by the operator. Any pit permit extension may be renewed upon
additional request by the operator, but no pit permit extension shall be
extended beyond six months after the original deadline. Failure to close any
pit or to file an extension within the prescribed time limits specified in
paragraphs (1)(A) through (C) of this subsection shall be punishable by a $250
penalty.
(b) Disposal of
pit contents. Before backfilling any pit, each operator shall dispose of the
pit contents according to K.A.R. 82-3-607 and shall submit the required form
pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-608 .
(c)
Closure form. Each operator of a pit shall file a pit closure form prescribed
by the commission within 30 days after the closure of the pit. Failure to file
the pit closure form in accordance with this subsection shall be punishable by
a $100 penalty.
(d) Drilling fluid
management. Each operator of a reserve pit shall report the drilling fluid
management methods utilized for the reserve pit, including the chloride
concentration of the drilling fluids, on the affidavit of completion required
by K.A.R. 82-3-130 .
(1) Except as specified
in paragraph (d)(2), the chloride concentration shall be calculated according
to the following portions of the American petroleum institute's "recommended
practice: standard procedure for field testing water-based drilling fluids,"
second edition, dated September 1997, which are hereby adopted by reference:
(A) Section 10.3 on pages 21-22;
(B) appendix A; and
(C) tables 1 and 5.
(2) An alternate test for measuring the
chloride concentration may be approved by the director if the alternate test is
at least as accurate and precise as the required test.
(e) Surface restoration. Upon abandonment of
any pit, the operator shall grade the surface of the soil as soon as
practicable or as required by the commission. The surface of the soil shall be
returned, as nearly as practicable, to the condition that existed before the
construction of the pit.
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