45-9-14. Prevention of oil or gas escape, intrusion of water, pollution of fresh-water supplies, and blowouts, cavings, seepages, and fires.

Without limiting its general authority, the Board of Minerals and Environment may require, or may delegate to the secretary of agriculture and natural resources, specific authority to require the drilling, casing, operation, and plugging of wells in such manner as to prevent:

(1)    Reasonably preventable escape of oil or gas out of one pool into another;

(2)    The detrimental intrusion of water into an oil or gas pool that is avoidable by efficient operations;

(3)    The pollution of fresh-water supplies by oil, gas, or salt water; and

(4)    Blow-outs, cavings, seepages, and fires.

Source: SL 1925, ch 250, § 2; SDC 1939, § 42.0603; SL 1943, ch 153, § 6; SDC Supp 1960, § 42.0706 (3); SDC Supp 1960, § 42.0706 (4) (a) (3) as enacted by SL 1961, ch 211, § 1; SL 2011, ch 165, § 230; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.