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Minerals, Oil and Gas

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Definitions

Arizona geological survey; state geologist; powers

Objectives of Arizona geological survey

Qualifications of employees; private activities relating to geological services prohibited

Immunity

Duties of Arizona geological survey; mining, mineral and natural resources educational museum

Powers and duties; fund

Publications; deposit

Trade secrets; confidentiality; definition

Mining, mineral and natural resources educational museum advisory council; membership; duties; terms; compensation

Qualifications of state mine inspector; affidavit; continuing education; deputy inspectors; salary; seal; immunity

Deputy inspectors

Education and training fees

Mine inspections required; powers of inspector

Inspection report

Annual report to governor

Restrictions on divulging information by inspectors and employees; dismissal for violation

Inspection of mines; violation; classification

Locating abandoned mines; public education; donor immunity

Abandoned mines safety fund; annual report

Location of mining claim upon discovery of mineral in place

Method of locating a lode claim; monument; location notice; amendments

Completing lode, placer or millsite locations; recording location notice; monumenting; map, plat or sketch requirements; abandonment of claims; recorder duties and fees

Monumenting lode claims

Locating and monumenting placer and millsite claims

Relocation

Affidavit of annual work; affidavit of claim maintenance fee payment; fees

Sufficiency of description of mining claims

Existing claims

Notice to delinquent co-owner to contribute share of annual labor expense or maintenance fees

Acknowledgment of contribution by delinquent co-owner

Definition of mineral

Preferred right to renew mineral lease; evaluation of geologic and economic evidence

Rent; royalty; appeal; interest; penalty; lien

Offering permits and leases at auction; terms of lease; financial security termination

Suspension of royalty rights

Review by commissioner

Existing leases

Inspections, investigations and audits

Application for mineral exploration permit

Terms of mineral exploration permit; definition

Renewal of permit

Mineral lease

Bonds

Assignment

Definition of common variety minerals

Section
27-271.01

Inventory of trust land containing common mineral products, materials and property

Common variety mineral leases; terms and conditions; rules

Performance and reclamation bonds

Trade secrets; confidentiality; definition

Enforcement

Definitions

Operations subject to chapter; enforcement by inspector; violation; classification

Notification to inspector of beginning or suspending operations

Operator responsibility

Employee responsibility

First aid; inspectors as qualified instructors

Notice to operator of dangerous condition; compliance; failure to comply as prima facie evidence of negligence; order to cease operations

Complaint to inspector of dangerous conditions by employee; inspection

Reports of fatal accidents to inspector; investigation

Copy of law available for inspection

Fire prevention and protection

Safety equipment

Machinery

Electrical installations

Unauthorized persons

Intoxicating liquors and drugs

Waste dumps and tailings areas; signs; violation; classification

Abandoned and inactive mines to be secured; inspector authority; violation; classification

Explosives; records; inspection

Explosives; marking; utilization and storage

Explosives; rules and regulations; access to operations

Blasting

Use of tamping bar

Escapement shafts

Mine outlets

Structures over mine outlet

Timbering support

Shelter areas

Ladder-ways

Construction of ladder-ways

Shaft stations

Tracks and roadbeds; maintenance underground

Lights; trolley wires

Hoists; operator; indicator

Inspection and construction of hoists

Safety cage and catches

Cross-heads; buckets

Hoisting tools and materials

Protection from falling materials

Hoist release signal

Signaling apparatus

Signal code

Precautions against flooding

Common system of drainage; contribution of cost

Order for inspection

Danger signals; visitors

Interfering with equipment

Regulation of underground use of internal combustion engines

Maps of underground workings

Maintenance and use of loading equipment

Ventilation; condition of airways; testing

Evacuation; procedure; routes

Stench warning

Radon control

Uranium operations; testing for radon daughters

Cap lamps

Definitions

Dust control

Ingress and egress

Banks

Tracks, roadbeds and roadways

Operation of heavy equipment

Open pits; fencing or blocking

Definitions

Aggregate mining operations; community notice; application

Application fee; aggregate community notice fund

Community notice; public meeting

Approval of community notice or major modification

Claims of deviation from an approved community notice

Inspection and enforcement

Sand and gravel safety rules

Definitions

Administration by inspector; rules and regulations

Procedure

Notice of proposed adoption of rule

Exceptions to rules and regulations

Definitions

Declaration of policy

Waste of oil or gas prohibited; powers of commissioner to prevent waste

Drilling units; rules and regulations; exceptions

Pooling of interests

Regulation of drilling in pools; notice of sale, transfer or purchase

Section
27-507.01

Common purchaser of crude oil and petroleum; duties; ratable taking; discrimination prohibited

Section
27-508.01

Common purchaser of gas; duties; ratable taking; discrimination prohibited

Certificate of compliance

Certificate of clearance

Confiscation proceedings

Sale of illegal oil or gas or illegal products

Permit to drill well

Section
27-513.01

Appointment by drilling permittee of attorney upon whom to serve process

Commission; appointment; terms; compensation

Administration; powers of the commission; fees

Rules

Hearings; reporter; fees

Refusal to obey subpoena

Judicial review; procedures

Duties of attorney general

Records

Deposit of monies; expenses

Enforcement

Injunctions and restraining orders

Appeals

Violation; classification

Integration of interests and spacing units

Order; units and unit areas; plan of unitization

Ratification or approval of plan by lessees and owners

Unlawful operation

Status and powers of unit; liability and expenses; lien

Modification of property rights, leases and contracts; title to property; distribution of proceeds; delivery in kind; effect of operations; matters not affected

Enlargement of area; creation of new units; amendment of plan

Federal taxation

Validation of unit agreements

Definitions

Rules and regulations

Leasing state lands for oil and gas

Designation of known geological structures of producing oil and gas fields

Lease of state lands not located within known geological structure of producing oil and gas field; application; lease extension; provisions of lease; withdrawal of lands from leasing

Section
27-555.01

Extension of lease due to lack of transportation, processing facilities or market

Lease of state lands located within known geological structure of producing oil or gas field; sealed bids; call for bids; publication; lease extension; provisions of lease; acreage limitation

Unit operations; unit agreements

Conservation laws

Development of water for use in operations; taking over well which yields fresh water

Surface use by lessee; liability for damages; bond; appraisal of damages; appeal

Assignment of lease; recording

Surrender

Payment of noncompetitive lease royalties in kind or cash

Receipt and sale of royalty oil

Application to purchase royalty oil

Notice to lessee of election; storage

Sales of royalty oil

Delivery of oil to purchaser

Prohibitions on resale

Bond and penalties; waiver

Inspecting well records; trade secrets; confidentiality; definition

Authorization to enter compact

Extension of expiration date

Official representative

Definitions

Supervision by commission

Information; filing; confidentiality

Drilling bond; amount; responsibility

Commission approval prior to operation; information; hearing

Rules and orders; hearing

Agent for process

Notice of sale or conveyance of well or land

Application to drill

Safety requirements

Drilling record; samples

Monthly report

Unlawful interference; classification

Cooperative development agreements; unitization

Unitization; requirements

Pooling

Relationship of geothermal resources to water laws

Leasing state lands for development of geothermal resources

Designation of known geothermal resource areas

Lease of state lands; application; call for bids; publication; withdrawal of lands from leasing

Provisions of lease

Unit operations; unit agreements

Surface use by lessee; liability for damages; bond; appraisal of damages; appeal

Assignment of lease; recording

Surrender

Enjoining violations

Violation; civil penalty

Definitions

Division of mined land reclamation; coordination of programs and activities

Exemption for state lands; agreements for coordination with other governmental agencies and landowners

Rules; contributions

Certificate of disclosure of violations; remedies; definition

Surface disturbances created by new exploration operation or mining unit

Surface disturbances created by existing exploration operation or mining unit; extension; continuing operations

Creating surface disturbances of five acres or less

Inactive mining units

Remedial response to emergencies and governmental orders

Initiation, extension and completion of reclamation

Substantial changes to approved reclamation plan; fee

Transferring an approved reclamation plan

Notice of plan or substantial change

Public disclosure of information; definition

Variances

Coordination with other governmental agencies

Denials; appeals

Plan submission fee; accounting and appropriation of revenues

Plan review and evaluation by private consultants

Submission and contents of reclamation plan

Notice of complete, incomplete or denied plan

Approval; criteria

Beginning new exploration operations

Annual renewal

Submission and contents of reclamation plan

Notice of complete, incomplete or denied plan

Approval; criteria

Preservation and conservation of soil; exceptions

Features excluded from reclamation plan or allowed to remain following reclamation; public protection measures

Beginning new mining units

Financial assurance requirements; form

Mining unit or existing exploration operation

New exploration operation

Duplication of financial assurance not required

Incremental financial assurance

Release of financial assurance

Rules; release, forfeiture or exercise of financial assurance

Section
27-1021

Inspections

Section
27-1022

Compliance orders

Section
27-1023

Enforcement action on reclamation plan approval

Section
27-1024

Injunctive relief; civil penalties

Section
27-1025

Agency order; appeal

Section
27-1026

Violation; classification

Section
27-1201

Definitions

Section
27-1202

Coordination of programs and activities

Section
27-1203

Exemption for state lands; agreements for coordination with other governmental agencies and landowners

Section
27-1203.01

Exemption for limited, intermittent-use projects

Section
27-1204

Rules; contributions

Section
27-1205

Certificate of disclosure of violations; remedies; definition

Section
27-1221

Surface disturbances created by new exploration operation or aggregate mining unit

Section
27-1222

Surface disturbances created by existing exploration operation or aggregate mining unit; extension; continuing operations

Section
27-1223

Creating surface disturbances of five acres or less

Section
27-1224

Inactive aggregate mining units

Section
27-1225

Remedial response to governmental orders

Section
27-1226

Initiation, extension and completion of reclamation

Section
27-1227

Substantial changes to approved reclamation plan

Section
27-1228

Transferring an approved reclamation plan

Section
27-1229

Notice of plan or substantial change; new exploration operations; new aggregate mining units

Section
27-1230

Notice of plan for existing exploration operations and existing aggregate mining units

Section
27-1231

Public disclosure of information; definition

Section
27-1232

Coordination with other governmental agencies

Section
27-1233

Fees; plan submissions; substantial changes; aggregate mining reclamation fund

Section
27-1234

Plan review and evaluation by private consultants

Section
27-1235

Appeals

Section
27-1236

Licensing time frames

Section
27-1237

Variances

Section
27-1251

Submission and contents of reclamation plan

Section
27-1252

Notice of complete, incomplete or denied plan

Section
27-1253

Approval; criteria

Section
27-1254

Beginning new exploration operations

Section
27-1255

Annual renewal

Section
27-1271

Submission and contents of reclamation plan

Section
27-1272

Notice of complete, incomplete or denied plan

Section
27-1273

Approval; criteria

Section
27-1274

Preservation and conservation of soil; exceptions

Section
27-1275

Features excluded from reclamation plan or allowed to remain following reclamation; public protection measures

Section
27-1276

Beginning new aggregate mining units

Section
27-1277

Annual status report

Section
27-1291

Financial assurance requirements; form

Section
27-1292

Aggregate mining unit or existing exploration operation

Section
27-1293

New exploration operation

Section
27-1294

Duplication of financial assurance not required

Section
27-1295

Incremental financial assurance

Section
27-1296

Release of financial assurance

Section
27-1297

Rules; release, forfeiture or exercise of financial assurance

Section
27-1321

Inspections

Section
27-1322

Compliance orders

Section
27-1323

Enforcement action on reclamation plan approval

Section
27-1324

Injunctive relief; civil penalties

Section
27-1325

Agency order; appeal

Section
27-1326

Violation; classification

Section
27-1327

Procurement; aggregate materials; eligibility