(A) The operator shall notify the Inspector of any changes to the following information within one business week after the change occurs:
(1) The name, address, and phone number of the operator;
(2) The name, address, and phone number of the person designated to receive notices from the town; and
(3) The operator’s emergency action response plan (including drive-to maps from public rights-of-way to each drill site).
(B) The operator shall notify the Inspector of any change to the name, address, and 24-hour phone number of the person(s) with supervisory authority over drilling or operations activities within one business day.
(C) The operator shall provide a copy of any incident reports or written complaints submitted to the Railroad Commission within 30 days after the operator has notice of the existence of such reports or complaints.
(D) Beginning on the first anniversary date of each well after it is permitted by the town, the operator shall provide an operational status report for every well permitted to the operator within the town. The report shall include the well name, API Number, lease name, city case number, commission permit number, commission lease ID number and current status whether pending, drilling, completing, producing, plugged or abandoned.
(E) Semi-annually (or more often if recommended by the technical experts employed by the city or by the Inspector), at the expense of the operator, air sampling and testing will be performed at the well site and a report generated for comparison to previous reports. Air sampling reports shall be reviewed by the town and/or a technical expert to determine whether the levels of compounds found in the report pose a health risk. If so, the town may impose measures upon the facility to rectify the situation. This applies to all wells in existence at the time of passage of this chapter as well as all future wells. This requirement shall be for the life of the well and until same is plugged.
(F) If the town responds to a reported emission leak and verifies a leak has or is occurring, the operator shall submit to the town an after-action report outlining, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Location and date of the incident;
(2) Cause of the incident and equipment involved;
(3) Analysis of the quantity of emissions released by compound; and
(4) Repair/remediation efforts taken to minimize the potential of similar incidents.
(G) The operator shall be required to pay an annual administrative fee for each gas well permit. The annual administrative fee shall be set by resolution of the City Council. The fee shall be paid on or before the anniversary date of the issuance of the original gas well permit for that particular well. If the operator fails to pay such fee as required, then the permit and right to operate the well shall only be re-instated upon satisfactory inspection and the payment of an additional $500 administrative fee for each 30-day period in which the permit has been allowed to lapse.
(Ord. 326, passed 7-14-2011) Penalty, see § 154.999