{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-349.075","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 349.075","heading":"Spacing requirements for vertical and horizontal coalbed methane wells.","body":"Except as provided in KRS 349.070, or pursuant to voluntary pooling, no permit shall be\nissued for a coalbed methane well unless the proposed location of a vertical well shall be\nat least seven hundred fifty (750) feet horizontally from the nearest mineral  boundary\nupon which the well is to be drilled and the proposed location shall be at least one\nthousand five hundred (1,500) feet horizontally from the nearest coalbed methane well,\nunless the department orders that a different spacing distance shall apply . Spacing\ndistances for coalbed methane horizontal wells shall be separately established by the\ndepartment pursuant to this chapter.","path":["KRS Chapter 349"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=32738","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:34Z","sha256":"8baa18174b55604096db77d29371a024479cf9ec7df8511a4421ff5ee80597cd","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-349.070","next":"us-ky/krs-349.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}