COMAR oil/gas well plugging requirements (Secs A-D)
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p09-MD-rec-01- State
- MD
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- requirements · statute_extract
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- collected
- Period
- current
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MD-COMAR-26.19.01.12
Fields
- citation
- .12 Requirements for Plugging of Oil or Gas Wells.
- notify hours
- The permittee shall notify the Department at least 72 hours before plugging operations.
- plug deadline
- An oil or gas well shall be plugged within 60 days after primary production has stopped for 12 consecutive months.
- plug duty
- Upon the abandonment or ending of operation of any dry hole, gas or oil well, storage well, pressure maintenance well, or stratigraphic well, the permittee shall plug the hole.
Evidence
- plug duty:
Upon the abandonment or ending of operation of any dry hole, gas or oil well, storage well, pressure maintenance well, or stratigraphic well, the permittee shall plug the hole.
https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/26.19.01.12 · Sec A operative sentence; notes Q-plug · sourcep09-MD-src-01· visitp09-MD-visit-01 - notify hours:
The permittee shall notify the Department at least 72 hours before plugging operations.
https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/26.19.01.12 · Sec B; notes Q-notify · sourcep09-MD-src-01· visitp09-MD-visit-01 - plug deadline:
An oil or gas well shall be plugged within 60 days after primary production has stopped for 12 consecutive months.
https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/26.19.01.12 · Sec D; notes Q-60day · sourcep09-MD-src-01· visitp09-MD-visit-01 - citation:
.12 Requirements for Plugging of Oil or Gas Wells.
https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/26.19.01.12 · page H1; notes Q-cite · sourcep09-MD-src-01· visitp09-MD-visit-01
Provenance
Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-MD. Still missing: noncoal area plugging details past truncation, coal area plugging section.