Indiana § 14-37-10-5 Appropriations; emergency expenditures

Indiana Statutes

§ 14-37-10-5 — Appropriations; emergency expenditures

Indiana·Art. 37 OIL AND GAS·Ch. 10 Oil and Gas Environmental Fund

(a)Money paid into the fund shall be appropriated for the following purposes:

(1)To supplement the cost required to abandon a well that has had a permit revoked under IC 14-37-13-1.

(2)To cover the costs of remedial plugging and repairing of wells under IC 14-37-8, including the expenses of remedial action under IC 14-37-8-15.

(3)To cover the cost to:

(A)mitigate environmental damage; or

(B)protect public safety against harm; caused by a well regulated under this article.

(4)Pipeline safety.

(b)The director may make expenditures from the fund for emergency purposes under section 6 of this chapter without the prior approval of the budget agency or the governor. An expenditure under this subsection may not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

(c)The director may establish a prog

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(a) Money paid into the fund shall be
appropriated for the following purposes:
(1) To supplement the cost required to abandon a well that has
had a permit revoked under IC 14-37-13-1.
(2) To cover the costs of remedial plugging and repairing of wells
under IC 14-37-8, including the expenses of remedial action
under IC 14-37-8-15.
(3) To cover the cost to:
(A) mitigate environmental damage; or
(B) protect public safety against harm;
caused by a well regulated under this article.
(4) Pipeline safety.
(b) The director may make expenditures from the fund for
emergency purposes under section 6 of this chapter without the prior
approval of the budget agency or the governor. An expenditure under
this subsection may not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(c) The director may establish a program to reimburse an applicant
for the reasonable expenses of remedial action incurred under IC 14-37-8-15. The director may make expenditures from the fund for this
purpose and may establish any necessary guidelines and procedures to
administer the program.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-8-12-4.]