85-2-510. Production of water from oil and gas wells -- hearings -- jurisdiction of board of oil and gas conservation. Within any designated or modified controlled ground water area or subarea wherein oil and/or gas wells produce either fresh, brackish, or saline water associated with oil and gas, the volume of production of which is dependent entirely on the oil and/or gas withdrawals, such production of water shall be under the prior jurisdiction of the board of oil and gas conservation. Hearings pertaining to the production, use, or disposal of water from those wells shall be held by that board in accordance with the procedures established by that board. The department may petition the board of oil and gas conservation for hearings in regard to those operations, and it shall be notified by the board of oil and gas conservation of those hearings instigated by other parties when those hearings involve operations within a controlled ground water area or subarea.
History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 237, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 170, Ch. 253, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2916(2).
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