MCL - Index of 451-1994-III-3-2

NOTE: Dates reflect any modification to item, not necessarily a change in law.
Title Subject
451-1994-III-3-2 SUBCHAPTER 2 REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS WELLS (324.61001...324.62103)
451-1994-III-3-2-610 PART 610 UNIFIED SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE OIL OR GAS OWNERSHIP (324.61001...324.61004)
Section 324.61001 Definitions.
Section 324.61002 Inventory and categorization of land; contract.
Section 324.61003 Divestiture of severed oil and gas rights; reuniting oil and gas rights with surface rights; deed restriction; reversion of subsurface rights.
Section 324.61004 Divestiture of severed oil and gas rights; basis; priority; plan for attaching monetary value; offer to sell or transfer severed rights to surface owner; notice; duration of designated price; petition; disposition of money received.
451-1994-III-3-2-615 PART 615 SUPERVISOR OF WELLS (324.61501...324.61527)
Section 324.61501 Definitions.
Section 324.61502 Construction of part.
Section 324.61503 Supervisor of wells; assistants; commission as appeal board; hearing; compensation and expenses; office.
Section 324.61503a Gas lease; duties of lessee; monthly revenue statements and payments; initiation; deferment.
Section 324.61503b Postproduction costs.
Section 324.61503c Violation of MCL 324.61503a or MCL 324.61503b; penalty; injunction or damages; separate offenses; recovery of postproduction costs and attorney fees; notice.
Section 324.61504 Waste prohibited.
Section 324.61505 Supervisor of wells; jurisdiction; authority; enforcement of part.
Section 324.61505a Drilling permit for well beneath lake bottomlands for exploration or production of oil or gas; condition.
Section 324.61506 Supervisor of wells; powers and duties generally.
Section 324.61506a Notice of violation.
Section 324.61506b Conditions prohibiting issuance of permit or authorization to drill oil or gas well; waiver; exception.
Section 324.61506c Toll-free telephone number; maintenance; use.
Section 324.61507 Prevention of waste; procedure; hearing; rules; orders.
Section 324.61508 Rules of order or procedure in hearings or other proceedings; entering in book; copy of rule or order as evidence; availability of writings to public.
Section 324.61509 Hearings; subpoena; witnesses and production of books; incriminating testimony.
Section 324.61510 Failure to comply with subpoena; refusal to testify; attachment; contempt; fees and mileage of witnesses.
Section 324.61511 False swearing as perjury; penalty.
Section 324.61512 Allocation or distribution of allowable production in well, field, or pool; basis.
Section 324.61513 Proration or distribution of allowable production among wells; basis; drilling unit; unnecessary wells; pooling of properties; location of well; exceptions; minimum allowable production; allowable production pursuant to rules or orders.
Section 324.61513a Pooling of properties not required.
Section 324.61514 Certificates of clearance or tenders; issuance.
Section 324.61515 Handling or disposition of illegal oil or gas; penalty.
Section 324.61516 Rule or order; public hearings required; emergency rules or orders without public hearing; requirements for public hearings held pertaining to pooling of properties.
Section 324.61517 Actions against department or commission; jurisdiction of Ingham county circuit court; injunction or restraining order; actions pertaining to pooling of properties.
Section 324.61518 Enforcement of part and rules; representation by attorney general; complaint; proceedings; powers of supervisor; exception.
Section 324.61519 Failure of owner or operator to obtain permit or to construct, operate, maintain, case, plug, or repair well; notice of determination; liability; claims.
Section 324.61520 Abandoning well without properly plugging; violation of part or rule; penalty; liability of owner; “owner” and “operator” defined.
Section 324.61521 Unlawful acts; penalties.
Section 324.61522 Violations of part, rule, or order; penalties.
Section 324.61523 Confiscation of illegal oil or gas, oil or gas products, conveyances, and containers; notice; seizure; sale; intervention.
Section 324.61524 Fee for monitoring, surveillance, enforcement, and administration of part.
Section 324.61525 Permit to drill well; application; bond; posting; fee; issuance; disposition of fees; availability of information pertaining to applications; information provided to city, village, or township.
Section 324.61525a Annual well regulatory fee; report.
Section 324.61525b Oil and gas regulatory fund; creation; disposition of money or other assets; lapse; expenditures; annual report.
Section 324.61526 Part cumulative; conflicting provisions repealed; exception.
Section 324.61527 Applicability of part.
451-1994-III-3-2-616 PART 616 ORPHAN WELL FUND (324.61601...324.61607)
Section 324.61601 Definitions.
Section 324.61602 Orphan well fund; creation; disposition of assets.
Section 324.61603 Expenditures from fund; consultation with operator.
Section 324.61604 List to be submitted to legislature; annual appropriation from fund for listed projects.
Section 324.61605 Action by attorney general against well owner or operator; recovery of money expended.
Section 324.61606 Sale of equipment.
Section 324.61607 Report to legislature of expenditures.
451-1994-III-3-2-617 PART 617 UNITIZATION (324.61701...324.61738)
Section 324.61701 Definitions.
Section 324.61702 Supervisor of wells; general duties; fees.
Section 324.61703 Petition; filing; contents.
Section 324.61704 Notice to interested persons; contents; notice of protest; order.
Section 324.61705 Order for unit operations; terms and conditions; plan for operations.
Section 324.61706 Effective date of order; finding.
Section 324.61707 Supplemental hearings and orders; ineffective order; time.
Section 324.61708 Amendment of orders; approval; limitations.
Section 324.61709 Signed writings; admissible as evidence.
Section 324.61710 Unit area embracing previously established area.
Section 324.61711 Unit area less than whole pool.
Section 324.61712 Operations upon unit area considered operation on separate tracts.
Section 324.61713 Lease obligations; effect on unit operation.
Section 324.61714 Order for unit operation not to affect title; property; acquisition.
Section 324.61715 Unit; legal powers; operator of unit; powers.
Section 324.61716 Operation of well without authority prohibited.
Section 324.61717 Property rights as amended or modified.
Section 324.61718 Lien for costs; responsibility for costs; subrogation.
Section 324.61719 Lessee's obligation; liability.
Section 324.61720 Allocation of unit production.
Section 324.61721 Division order or contract not affected by unit order.
Section 324.61722 Unit production or proceeds not income of unit; unit as administrative agent only.
Section 324.61723 Agreements in restraint of trade prohibited.
Section 324.61724 Consent to or participation in plan or program of unitization by governmental subdivision or agency.
Section 324.61725 Rules, regulations, or orders; public hearings; notice.
Section 324.61726 Hearings; jurisdictional requirements of notice.
Section 324.61727 Service of notice; filing receipts; filing undelivered notices; filing affidavit of service.
Section 324.61728 Compliance with MCL 24.201 to 24.328; persons authorized to conduct hearings and other actions.
Section 324.61729 Appellant to comply with order, rule, or regulation; bond.
Section 324.61730 Judicial review.
Section 324.61731 Subpoena of witnesses and documentary evidence; incriminating evidence; perjury.
Section 324.61732 Failure or refusal to comply with subpoena; refusal to testify or answer; penalty.
Section 324.61733 Fees and travel expense of witnesses.
Section 324.61734 Witnesses; false swearing or affidavit; penalty.
Section 324.61735 Enforcement of part.
Section 324.61736 Violation of part; penalty.
Section 324.61737 Violation of part; aiding or abetting; penalty.
Section 324.61738 Orders of supervisor; recording; notice.
451-1994-III-3-2-619 PART 619 DRILLING IN THE PIGEON RIVER STATE FOREST (324.61901...324.61904)
Section 324.61901 Legislative findings.
Section 324.61902 Pigeon river country state forest as valuable public resource; production of oil and gas in public interest; amended stipulation and consent order as hydrocarbon development plan.
Section 324.61903 Hydrocarbon activities not in violation of law.
Section 324.61904 Implementation of hydrocarbon development plan.
451-1994-III-3-2-621 PART 621 INTERSTATE OIL AND GAS COMPACT (324.62101...324.62103)
Section 324.62101 Interstate compact for conservation of oil and gas; extension agreements; withdrawal.
Section 324.62102 Interstate oil and gas compact; agreement.
Section 324.62103 Interstate oil and gas compact commission; governor as representative of state; powers and duties; assistant representatives.