Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3

Affected: IC 14-37

Sec. 16. (a) This section establishes requirements for setting a bottom plug in a dry hole or another well in which production casing is not set and cemented.

(b) An owner or operator shall plug any well in which production casing is not set and cemented immediately after drilling ceases.

(c) The well shall be filled with drill cuttings or mud extending from the bottom of the well to at least fifty (50) feet below the deeper of:

1. (1) a commercially minable coal resource identified under 312 IAC 29-17; or
2. (2) the base of the lowermost underground source of drinking water.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 29-33-16; filed Dec 1, 2017, 10:35 a.m.: 20171227-IR- 312160230FRA; readopted filed Jan 17, 2023, 1:53 p.m.: 20230215-IR-312220328RFA)