Administrative Rules for
Part 615 - Michigan's Oil and Gas Regulations
Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, as amended

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R 324.503 Well completion operations.

          Rule 503.

          (1)      A permittee of a well shall use proper well control measures to avoid an uncontrolled flowing of the well.  All fluids, including acid, load water, chemicals, and associated hydrocarbons, shall be produced or swabbed back to approved containers.  A permittee of a well shall not use earthen pits or reservoirs to contain fluids produced from the well. 

          (2)      A permittee shall notify the supervisor or authorized representative of the supervisor when a well completion operation starts.

History: 1996 MR 9, Eff. Sept. 20, 1996.

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