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15-72-218. Plugging dry or abandoned well by another.
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15-72-218. Plugging dry or abandoned well by another.
Whenever any person is injured or threatened with injury by neglect to comply with the provisions of § 15-72-217, it shall be lawful for that person, after notice to the owner, lessee, or caretaker of the premises upon which the well is located, to:
(1) Enter upon the premises;
(2) Fill and plug the well in the manner provided in § 15-72-217; and
(3) Recover the expense thereof from the person, whose duty it was to fill up or plug the well in like manner. Debts of such amounts are recoverable, and the person shall have a lien upon the fixtures, machinery, and leasehold interest of the owner or operator of the well for all sums expended in filling and plugging the well, and for the costs of the suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee, to be fixed by the court.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-72-218
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15-72-218. Plugging dry or abandoned well by another.
Whenever any person is injured or threatened with injury by neglect to comply with the provisions of § 15-72-217, it shall be lawful for that person, after notice to the owner, lessee, or caretaker of the premises upon which the well is located, to:
(1) Enter upon the premises;
(2) Fill and plug the well in the manner provided in § 15-72-217; and
(3) Recover the expense thereof from the person, whose duty it was to fill up or plug the well in like manner. Debts of such amounts are recoverable, and the person shall have a lien upon the fixtures, machinery, and leasehold interest of the owner or operator of the well for all sums expended in filling and plugging the well, and for the costs of the suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee, to be fixed by the court.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
15-72-217. Plugging dry or abandoned well by lessee or operator.
(a) All lessees or operators drilling or operating for crude oil or natural gas within the State of Arkansas shall immediately, in a practical and workmanlike manner under the supervision of the oil or gas inspector, as provided in this section, plug all dry holes or abandoned oil or gas wells in accordance with Oil and Gas Commission plugging rules.
(b)(1) If after notice and a hearing the commission finds that a well drilled for the exploration, development, storage, or production of oil or gas, or as injection, salt water disposal, salt water source, brine injection or disposal has been abandoned, as defined by the commission, or is leaking salt water, oil, gas, or other deleterious substances into any fresh water formation or onto the surface of the land in the vicinity of the well, or creates an imminent danger to the health or safety of the public, the commission shall issue an order that the well be properly plugged, replugged, or repaired to remedy the situation.
(2)(A) If the well operator fails to obey the order within the time set by the order, the commission may:
(i) Authorize a person to enter upon the land on which the well is located and plug, replug, or repair the well, as may be reasonably required to remedy the condition; or
(ii)(a) Transfer the well, the well-site equipment, or any hydrocarbons from the well that are stored on the well site.
(b) “Well-site equipment” includes without limitation an associated tank battery and production facility equipment.
(B) Any proceeds received from the transfer of a well, well-site equipment, or hydrocarbons from the well under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall be deposited in the Abandoned and Orphaned Well Plugging Fund.
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Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-72-217
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 15-72-217. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.