Mich. Admin. Code R. 460.855 - Jurisdiction
Rule 5.
(1) The
jurisdiction of this commission, according to Act No. 9 of the Public Acts of
1929, over all gas wells and over the production of gas from such wells shall
begin at the time the production or preparation for production is started and
shall continue and remain with the commission until production is abandoned.
The operations of drilling, deepening, plugging and abandoning, and in fact all
underground work on gas wells, is under the jurisdiction of the supervisors of
wells of the department of conservation. (Refer to the rules of the department
of conservation covering the drilling, deepening and plugging of wells for
natural dry gas.)
(2) Any gas well
shall be considered as producing or preparing for production at such time as an
application for a well connection permit has been filed with the commission,
but in case connection with a line to take gas from any well for any purpose is
made before an application for a well connection permit is filed, the
commission's jurisdiction over such well shall begin when work of installing
connections is started.
(3) During
the period that gas wells are under the supervision of the commission it shall
be the duty of the chief engineer, directly or through his authorized
representatives:
(a) To enforce such rules as
the commission may adopt to carry out the requirements of said act.
(b) To inspect the maintenance and operations
of all gas wells with a view to preventing waste of gas, damage to gas
producing strata or formation, or injury to life or property, and to issue in
accordance with the natural gas acts, necessary instructions to guard against
and prevent such waste, damage or injury.
(c) To determine the percentage of the open
flow capacity of any gas well which may be utilized when in his opinion such
action is necessary to protect the gas producing formation; and to specify the
time and method for determining the open flow capacities of wells.
(d) To regularly gather data and compile
statistics showing production of gas from all wells, fields or pools, and the
value of the gas produced.
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