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NE Well Plugging and Abandonment Trust Fund statute (57-923)

Record

rec-ne-trust-fund-statute

State

NE

Category

requirements · statute_extract

Status

observed

Period

current

Quality

Unreviewed

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

neb-rev-stat-57-923

Fields

enactment

Laws 1999, LB 293, s.1

fee cap usd per well year

200

fund name

Well Plugging and Abandonment Trust Fund

fund use

plug/abandon wells + surface restoration on operator default

inactivity threshold years

2

title

57-923. Well Plugging and Abandonment Trust Fund

Evidence

1. fund name: Well Plugging and Abandonment Trust Fund is created
   http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?print=true&statute=57-923 · page heading + section 57-923 sentence 1 · source ne-statute-57-923-src · visit vi-ne-05
2. inactive well fee cap: fee shall not exceed $200 per well per year; only after 2+ years inactive
   http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?print=true&statute=57-923 · section 57-923 sentences 2-3 · source ne-statute-57-923-src · visit vi-ne-05
3. fund use: plugging/abandoning oil or gas wells + surface restoration if bonded operator defaults
   http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?print=true&statute=57-923 · section 57-923 sentence 5 · source ne-statute-57-923-src · visit vi-ne-05
4. enactment: Laws 1999, LB 293, section 1
   http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?print=true&statute=57-923 · Source line · source ne-statute-57-923-src · visit vi-ne-05

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-04 by agent p09-NE. Still missing: current fee schedule, fund balance, annual collections, implementing rule citation.