La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XIX-529

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XIX-529 - Public Notice Requirements

A. Permit Application Public Hearing Notice

1. Upon acceptance of the application as complete, the Office of Conservation shall publish in the next available issue of the Louisiana Register, a notice of the filing and the location, date and time of the public hearing to be held in the affected parish. Such public hearing shall not be less than 30 days from the date of notice in the Louisiana Register.

2. At least 30 days prior to the scheduled public hearing, the Office of Conservation shall publish a notice of the filing of the application and the location, date and time of the hearing in the official state journal.

3. The applicant shall publish a substantially similar notice in the official journal of the affected parish and in the journal of general circulation in the area where the proposed facility is to be located, if different from the official parish journal, on three separate days at least 15 days prior to the date of the hearing. Such notice shall not be less than 1/4 page in size and printed in boldface type.

B. Applications submitted on Form UIC-2 SWD (or latest revision) for a new commercial saltwater disposal well or Form UIC-32 (or latest revision) to recomplete a Class II commercial disposal well into a new disposal zone shall be advertised once in the legal ad section of the official state journal, in the official parish journal where the facility is located and in the journal of general circulation in the area where the facility is located, if different from the official parish journal. Such notice shall contain language acceptable to the commissioner and shall allow a 15 day comment period. At their own risk, companies may initiate workover activities prior to the end of the comment period. However, the well may not be utilized for injection until the public comment period has ended, the completion report has been submitted and approved and the well has been successfully tested for mechanical integrity.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIX-529

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 27:1908 (November 2001).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq.