Nev. Admin. Code § 522.435 - Notice of intention to abandon

1. Before beginning work for the abandonment of any well, including a well being drilled, an oil or gas well, water well or a dry hole, notice of intention to abandon must be filed with the division and approval for the abandonment must be obtained from the division.

2. The notice must:

(a) Show the reason for abandonment;

(b) Be accompanied by a detailed statement of the proposed work, including a description of the kind, location and size of plugs by depth, plans for mudding, cementing, shooting, testing and removing casing, and any other pertinent information; and

(c) Be filed with the division on Form 4 or, if the well is drilled on leases from the United States Government, filed by submitting to the division two copies of the notice given to the state director of the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior.

3. Oral permission obtained in advance does not relieve the operator of the necessity of filing written notice.

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Nev. Admin. Code § 522.435

Div. of Mineral Res., § 300, eff. 12-20-79-NAC A by Dep't of Minerals, 7-22-87