74:12:09:01.  Applicability of procedure. The secretary shall publish a notice of recommendation before issuing, denying, suspending, revoking, transferring, or renewing any permit application or petition filed for the following:

          (1)  Request to drill an oil well on a tract containing less than 35 acres, pursuant to § 74:12:02:04;

          (2)  Request to drill a gas well on a tract containing less than 576 acres, pursuant to § 74:12:02:05;

          (3)  Request to drill at an exception location to statewide or field spacing, pursuant to § 74:12:02:08;

          (4)  Request to drill a directional well or a horizontal well in an area not already spaced by the Board of Minerals and Environment for directional or horizontal wells, pursuant to § 74:12:02:02;

          (5)  Request for an exception to the gas-oil ratio, pursuant to § 74:12:04:01;

          (6)  Request to commingle oil from separate pools underground, pursuant to § 74:12:04:03;

          (7)  Permit to inject, pursuant to § 74:12:07:01;

          (8)  Request for major modifications of permits to inject, pursuant to § 74:12:07:08;

          (9)  Request to increase injection pressure, pursuant to § 74:12:07:21;

          (10)  Request to increase injection volumes, pursuant to § 74:12:07:22;

          (11)  Exemption of a portion of an aquifer, pursuant to § 74:12:07:24; and

          (12)  Request to complete well in more than one pool, pursuant to § 74:12:04:04.

          The secretary may require the applicant to submit geologic, geophysical, topographic, lease, ownership, engineering, or production information in support of any petition or application submitted under this section.

          Source: 38 SDR 117, effective January 12, 2012.

          General Authority: SDCL 45-9-11, 45-9-13, 45-9-73.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 45-9-73.