ORS 520.017
Fees

  • rules
  • disposition of fees

(1)

The following fees are established under this chapter:

(a)

The application fee for a permit to drill a well is $2,000.

(b)

The fee to modify a well permit, information hole permit or seismic program permit is $2,000.

(c)

The annual renewal fee for a well permit, information hole permit or seismic program permit is $1,160.

(d)

The application fee for a permit to drill an information hole may not exceed $2,000 per five information holes drilled in a contiguous 640-acre area. The State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries shall base the fee on the estimated cost of review and approval and the number and location of information holes to be drilled.

(e)

The fee for approval of a seismic program may not exceed $2,000. The department shall base the fee on the estimated cost of review and approval.

(f)

A permittee that requests to transfer a well permit, information hole permit or seismic program permit must pay a nonrefundable fee of $2,000 at the time of the request.

(2)

The governing board of the department by rule may specify a schedule of fees for costs incurred by the department for activities related to field designation for purposes of this section.

(3)

All moneys received by the department under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund to the credit of the Geology and Mineral Industries Account established in ORS 516.070 (Geology and Mineral Industries Account). [2007 c.672 §3; 2020 s.s.2 c.4 §6]

Source: Section 520.017 — Fees; rules; disposition of fees, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors520.­html.

520.005
Definitions
520.017
Fees
520.025
Permit for drilling well or using well
520.027
Information holes
520.035
Waste of oil or gas prohibited
520.045
Determination of waste of oil or gas
520.055
General jurisdiction and authority of board
520.095
Rules and orders
520.097
Abandonment or completion of well
520.125
Authority of board to summon witnesses and require production of evidence
520.145
Judicial review of board or department actions
520.155
Records, accounts, reports and writings not to be falsified, altered, destroyed or removed from state
520.165
Aiding or abetting in violation of chapter prohibited
520.175
Injunctions to restrain violation or threatened violation of chapter
520.210
Establishment of spacing units for pool or field
520.220
Integrating interests or tracts within spacing unit
520.230
Approved agreement for cooperative or unit development of pool not to be construed as violating certain regulatory laws
520.240
Voluntary unitization of operations by lessees of tidal or submersible lands
520.260
Hearing to determine need for unitization of operations
520.270
Plan for unit operations
520.280
Allocation of production under plan
520.290
When unitization order to become effective
520.300
Amending unitization order
520.310
Unitization of area including area previously unitized
520.320
Unitization order does not terminate prior agreements or affect oil and gas rights
520.330
Effect of operations in unit area
520.340
Legislative findings
520.350
Property rights in underground reservoirs for natural gas storage
520.991
Penalties
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