36 CFR §9.71
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You must provide the information required by this section to the Superintendent of the System unit. You must provide all of the following.
- (a)The names and contact information of:
- (b)Documentation demonstrating that you hold a right, and the extent of such right, to operate within the System unit.
- (c)Maps and plats to scale showing the boundaries of each of the oil or gas rights that are relevant to your proposed operations within the System unit boundary.
- (d)Maps and plats to scale showing all proposed surface uses (well site, access route, flowlines, production facilities) that occur outside the System unit.
- (e)Information regarding downhole operations and conditions, including:
- (1)Description, including depths, thicknesses, and properties of geologic horizons between the target zone and the base of the deepest aquifer;
- (2)Drilling plan, including directional-drilling program, horizontal distance along the wellbore's path from well's surface location to the System unit boundary, depth at which wellbore crosses the boundary, and timeline for operations;
- (3)Casing, cementing, and mud programs;
- (4)Stimulation programs; and
- (5)Well plugging and abandonment program.
- (f)If you propose hydraulic fracturing, then you must also provide the information required by § 9.89.