82-11-174. Offset permitting -- geographic requirements, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 82. MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS

CHAPTER 11. OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION

Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation

Offset Permitting -- Geographic Requirements

82-11-174. Offset permitting -- geographic requirements. The board is authorized and directed to issue, upon application and subject to the regulatory requirements of the program and 82-11-175, permits for coal bed methane production wells that will offset permitting by federal agencies, tribal agencies, or agencies of other states of coal bed methane wells that are located within 1 mile of the perimeter of lands that are under the jurisdiction of the board.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 578, L. 2001.