Indiana § 14-38-2-7 - Duties of commission

§ 14-38-2-7. Duties of commission

Sec. 7. The commission shall do the following:

(1) Adopt rules and orders necessary to administer this chapter.

(2) Hold hearings at any place in Indiana for the purpose of administering this chapter. A hearing may be conducted by a member of the commission or by the officer, agent, or employee that is designated by the commission. However, a proposed finding is not valid unless the commission approves the finding.

(3) Prescribe and adopt the form of an application for a permit to be filed by an applicant.

(4) Except as provided by subdivision (5), require a person drilling a test hole under this chapter to furnish at a reasonable time and place that the commission specifies the following:

(A) A copy of the driller's log of the test hole.

(B) A copy of a geophysical log taken in the drilling of the test hole.

(C) A copy of the drilling record.

(D) Typical drill cuttings or cores, if taken.

(5) Upon written application certifying that the withholding of the information is necessary for protection of the permittee:

(A) the commission shall excuse the permittee from furnishing the items required by subdivision (4); and

(B) the permittee shall furnish the location of each test hole by county, township, range, and quarter-quarter section, including the proper legal description and the size and depth of the hole.

(6) Require a person filing for a permit to drill a test hole, except for state or federal agencies, to execute and file with the commission:

(A) a bond not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each test hole drilled; or

(B) a blanket bond not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for all test holes drilled by the applicant during the duration of the bond;

to provide for compliance with this chapter and the rules of the commission adopted under this chapter with respect to the plugging of the test holes. The bond must be in the form approved by the commission, and the bond shall be renewed and continued in effect until the conditions have been fully complied with.

(7) Enter upon and inspect, at any reasonable time and by any member of the commission or the commission's agent, any location where test holes are being or have been drilled for fluid disposal, mineral resources investigation, engineering projects, or geologic information for the purpose of ascertaining whether this chapter and the rules and orders of the commission are being or have been complied with, including information on the drilling or completion depth of a test hole.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-5.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.