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ND SB2206

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2013

Primary Sponsor

Bill Bowman

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Origin

Senate

63rd Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Changes notice requirement for oil and gas well drilling from one-quarter mile to one thousand three hundred twenty feet (402.34 meters) from permanently occupied dwellings.

  • Increases minimum setback for multi-pad oil and gas wells from five hundred feet to one thousand feet (304.8 meters) from occupied dwellings.

  • Increases minimum setback for single-pad oil and gas wells from five hundred feet to seven hundred fifty feet (228.6 meters) from occupied dwellings.

  • Allows the Industrial Commission to waive setback requirements if the well location is reasonably necessary to prevent waste or protect correlative rights.

  • Permits the Industrial Commission to impose conditions on permits issued within five hundred feet of the established setback distances to minimize impact to dwelling owners.

Legislative Description

Setbacks for oil and gas wells.

Last Action

Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 17 nays 30

2/5/2013

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources1/17/2013

Full Bill Text

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