TITLE 62: MINING
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
PART 240 THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT
SECTION 240.815 PERMANENT WELL SITE EQUIPMENT SETBACK


 

Section 240.815  Permanent Well Site Equipment Setback

 

No permanent well site equipment installed on a new well permitted after July 1, 2016, including flares, shall be located less than 200 feet from the nearest occupied dwelling existing at the time the initial permit application for that well is filed with the Department, unless the permittee obtains a written agreement with the surface owner of the land upon which the dwelling is located, specifically allowing for a closer well site equipment location.

 

(Source:  Added at 40 Ill. Reg. 7051, effective April 22, 2016)