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Responsibility.” (http://www.kcc.state.ks.us/conservation/cons_rr_0205.pdf) Kentucky:
Commonwealth of Kentucky. Oil And Gas Well Operator’s Manual. p. 1.
(http://www.dmm.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/5591BC95-95F3-426F-84CE-6DAB85C19D30/0/main.pdf)
New Mexico: New Mexico Administrative Code. 19.15.3.101 “Plugging Bond.”
(http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/ocd/OCDRules/Oil&Gas/rulebook/rulebook.pdf) Ohio: Ohio
Administrative Code. Chapter 1501:9-1-03. “Surety Bond.”
(http://onlinedocs.andersonpublishing.com) Oklahoma: Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oil
and Gas Division. Instructions for How to Become an Oil and Gas Operator.
(http://www.occ.state.ok.us/Divisions/OG/Og.htm) Pennsylvania: Oil and Gas Act. 223. Chapter
2. Sec. 601.215. “Bonding.”
(http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/oilgas/act223.htm) Wyoming: Wyoming Oil and
Gas Conservation Commission Rules. Chapter 3, Section 4. “Bonding Requirements.”
(http://wogcc.state.wy.us/db\rules\3-4.html)
410
Thomas, K. 2001. Produce or Plug? A Summary of Idle and Orphan Well Statistics and
Regulatory Approaches. Paper presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers/EPA/DOE
Exploration and Production Conference, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 2001. SPE 68695.
411
Darin, T.F. and Stills, T. 2002. Preserving Our Public Lands. (Boulder: Land and Water Fund
of the Rockies).
(http://www.westernresourceadvocates.org/media/pdf/preserv_public_lands_Final.pdf)
412
Bleizeffer, D. Sept. 7, 2001. “Well bonds no enough – State, feds left holding the bag for 120
abandoned wells.” Casper Star Tribune.
413
Thomas, K. 2001. See endnote 410.
414 ibid.
415 Range of values: 60,000 wells x $19,000 per well = $1.14 billion, while 60,000 wells x
$75,000 = $4.5 billion.
416
Benjamin, Shane. March 2, 2005. “Gas found in fire station.” Durango Herald. 1A.
417
Macke, Brian. March 22, 2005. Monthly Staff Report to the Colorado Oil and Gas
Conservation Commissioners. pp. 4,5. (http://www.oil-gas.state.co.us/Staff_Reports/2005/03-22-
05.pdf)
418
Texas Railroad Commission. 2002. “P5/Financial Assurance - Overview of Recent Changes in
Financial Assurance Requirements for Oil and Gas Operators.”
(http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/p5overview.html)
419
Gold, R. March 29, 1999. “Retired wells draining coffers – TRC 'left holding the bag',”
San Antonio Express News.
420 Gold, R. See endnote 418.
421 Michigan: Michigan (http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3311_4111_4231-9171--
,00.html#Part%202.%20Permits%20To%20Drill%20And%20Operate) Pennsylvania:
Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes Annotated. Title 58, Chapter 11. Oil and Gas
Act, Sec. 601.208. “Protection of water supplies.”
(http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/oilgas/Act223CH2.htm#Section_208); and
Department of Environment, Landowner Notification of Well Drilling or Alterations. Form 5500-
FM-OG0052. Rev. 12/2000.
(http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/oilgas/new_forms/OG0052.doc) Colorado:
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Rules and Policies. Exploration and Production
Waste Management. 907d. Drilling Fluids. (http://oil-gas.state.co.us/RR_Asps/900Series.htm);
and Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Typical Questions from the Public about
Oil and Gas Development in Colorado. “Requiring directional drilling or pitless drilling systems.”
(http://oil-gas.state.co.us/General/typquest.html)
422 Dole, Stephen E. 2001. See endnote 329.
423
Setbacks - State of Colorado: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Regulations.
Rule 603. Drilling and well servicing operations and high density area rules. (http://oilgas.state.co.us/)
La Plata County: La Plata County Code. Chapter 90, Article II “Oil and Gas,”
Division 3, Section 90-122 “Land use coordination standards.”
(http://library6.municode.com/gateway.dll/CO/colorado/1815?f=templates&fn=default.htm&npuser
name=13098&nppassword=MCC&npac_credentialspresent=true&vid=default)
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