PURPOSE: This rule establishes a fee structure for activities conducted under 10 CSR 50.

1. (1) Beginning January 1, 2017, the following fees shall be assessed and deposited in the Oil and Gas Resources Fund:

   1. (A) A fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) shall be paid upon the submittal of an application for an operator license; except that an applicant for a license who solely operates a non-commercial gas well shall pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50);
   2. (B) A fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) shall be paid by each operator upon submittal of an operator license renewal form; except that an operator who solely operates a non-commercial gas well shall pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50);

   3. (C) A fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be paid upon submittal of an application for a permit to drill, deepen, plug-back, or recomplete as follows:

      1. 1. Any new application for permit to

drill, deepen, plug-back, or recomplete any well;

1. 2. Any application for modification to

the permit to drill, deepen, plug-back, or recomplete; or

1. 3. Blanket requests to drill, deepen,

plug-back, or recomplete wells proposed to depths no greater than one thousand five hundred feet (1500');

1. (D) A fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be paid upon submittal of an application for a permit to inject as follows:

   1. 1. Any new application for a permit to

inject in any well; or

1. 2. Any application for modification to

the initial injection well permit including, but not limited to, an increase in the maximum injection pressure and/or the maximum injection rate;

1. 3. No fee shall be assessed for a notice

of permit modification as specified in 10 CSR 50-2.055(5)(B);

1. (E) A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be paid upon submittal of an application for extension of the shut-in status of a well;
2. (F) A fee of fifty dollars ($50) shall be paid upon submittal of a plugging record for each well plugged;
3. (G) A fee of sixty cents ($0.60) on each barrel of oil sold or marketed each month shall be assessed to each operator. The fee and assessment shall apply only to the first purchase of oil from the operator and shall be collected and submitted by the first purchaser of oil;
4. (H) A fee of seven and one-tenth cents ($0.071) on each one thousand (1,000) cubic feet of gas sold or marketed each month shall be assessed to each operator. The charge and assessment shall apply only to the first purchase of gas from the operator and shall be collected and submitted by the first purchaser of gas;
5. (I) In the event any required form or report is not submitted per Chapter 259, RSMo, or implementing regulations, a late fee of no more than one hundred dollars ($100) per month shall be assessed against the responsible party, and shall be assessed each month until the form or report has been submitted. In no case, however, will a late fee exceed one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) per violation for each well.

1. (2) Fee nonrefundable. Once paid, each fee shall be nonrefundable.

AUTHORITY: sections 259.052 and 259.080, RSMo Supp. 2015.* Original rule filed Sept. 15, 2015, effective March 30, 2016. *Original authority: 259.052, RSMo 2015 and 259.080, RSMo 1965, amended 1972, 2015.