Section 240.1910  Contents of Application for Permit to Drill or Convert to a Service Well

The application for a  permit shall include:

a)         The name of the well;

b)         The surveyed well location, the GPS latitude and longitude location of an actual field measurement (all GPS locations shall be recorded as degrees and decimal degrees recorded to 6 decimal places in the North American Datum 1983 projection and shall be accurate to within 3 feet), and ground elevation of the well.  All well locations shall be surveyed by a registered Illinois Land Surveyor or an Illinois Registered Professional Engineer.  A survey or GPS location is not required for a converted or deepened well or a drilled out plugged hole if the original well location was surveyed;

c)         A brief statement of the purpose of the well and a schematic showing the proposed construction of the well;

d)         Certification, under penalty of perjury, that the applicant has the right, pursuant to valid and subsisting oil and gas leases, documents or memoranda of public record, and/or any statute or regulation, to drill for and operate a well on the lands and formations required for the proposed well, as set forth in Subpart D;

e)         A statement as to whether the proposed well location is within the limits of any incorporated city, town, or village (and a certified copy of the official consent of the municipal authorities if the well is within the corporate limits);

f)         The name and address of the drilling contractor and the type of drilling tools or equipment to be used;

g)         A statement whether the well is located over an active mine, temporarily abandoned mine or within the undeveloped limits of a mine and whether the coal rights are owned by someone other than the lessor under the oil and gas lease;

h)         A statement whether the well or drill hole is located within the limits of a gas storage field in accordance with Subpart R;

i)          The proposed depth of the well and the name of the lowest geologic formation to be penetrated.

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 5811, effective March 14, 2018)