Utah Admin. Code R649-11-1 - General Information on Authority and Procedures
1. Objectives and Enforcement Authority.
Administrative penalties are assessed under Section
40-6-11 of the Utah Oil and Gas
Conservation Act (the "Act") to deter violations and to ensure maximum
compliance with the terms and purposes of the Utah Oil and Gas Conservation Act
on the part of the oil and gas industry. The division shall have any
enforcement rights or procedures allowed under Title 40, Chapter 6, Board and
Division of Oil, Gas and Mining.
2.
How Assessments are Made. The division shall appoint an assessment officer to
review each unabated notice of violation in accordance with the assessment
procedures described in Rule R649-11 to determine whether an administrative
penalty shall be assessed and the amount of the penalty.
3. Compliance Conference. A person may
request a compliance conference with an authorized representative of the
division to review the compliance status of any condition or practice at any
operation.
3.1. A compliance conference may
not change the required abatement period contained in a notice of
violation.
3.2. The division shall
grant any request for a compliance conference received within the abatement
period contained within a notice of violation.
3.3. The division may accept or reject any
good faith request to conduct a compliance conference received after the
abatement period contained within a notice of violation.
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