Highlights
of New & Additional Requirements Resulting
from Enactment
1.
Increased permit fees from $650 for all wells to
$10,000 for the first horizontal well and $5,000
for subsequent horizontal wells drilled on a
single well pad;
2.
Increased bond requirement from $5,000 to $50,000
for single well bonds and from $50,000 to $250,000
for blanket bonds;
3. Restricting the
location of horizontal wells to be located as
least 250 from a water well or spring, 625 feet
from an occupied dwelling or large cattle or
poultry barn, and 100 feet from a perennial
stream, lake, pond, reservoir or wetland, and
1,000 feet from a public water supply intake;
4.
New requirement for notice to surface owner to
provide copy of § 22-6A-16 and a proposed surface
use agreement containing an offer of compensation
for damages to the surface;
5. Three days
notice prior to performing seismic activity to
surface owners, coal owners and lessees, gas
storage well owner and Miss Utility of West
Virginia, which notice shall include a reclamation
plan in accordance with the erosion and sediment
control plan;
6. Requiring "reimbursement" of
real property taxes to surface owners of disturbed
land in a one time amount of $2,500;
7.
Obtaining a certification from the DOH that a well
work applicant is in compliance with road use
regulations of the DOH;
8. Increased casing and
cementing minimum standards, plus requirement that
DEP develop regulations concerning
same.
