{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-353.050","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 353.050","heading":"Plat, showing well, to be filed if well is to extend through coal -bearing","body":"strata -- Copies to certain persons.\n(1) Before a permit may be issued to drill a well on any tract known to be underlaid\nwith coal -bearing strata the well operator shall have a  plat prepared showing the\nexact location of the proposed well utilizing latitudes and longitudes and the Carter\ncoordinate system.\n(2) If the location of any well proposed to be drilled, deepened, or reopened is known to\nbe underlaid by a coal -bearing str atum, which is not in operation, owned by a\nperson other than the oil and gas lessor or lessee then, simultaneously with the filing\nof an application for a permit, the applicant shall send by registered or certified mail\na copy of the required plat to the record coal owner or owners, and record coal\nlessee.\n(3) If the coal-bearing stratum is under operation, a copy of the required plat shall also\nbe sent by the applicant by registered or certified mail to each coal operator\noperating any stratum as designated on the current license issued by the department\nand at the address stated thereon.\n(4) If the address of any record owner is unknown to the applicant and cannot upon\ndiligent inquiry within the county be ascertained, or if there are more than five (5)\nrecord owners then, if the applicant shall file with the department an affidavit that\neither condition exists, the department may prescribe some different method of\nnotifying the record owner in lieu of sending a copy of the plat as required by this\nsection, or may dispense with the requirements of this section.\n(5) The plat shall be filed and become a permanent record, subject to inspection at any\ntime by any interested person. Any agent of the coal operator or any superintendent\nin actual charge of the min e may be considered as a coal operator, and any process\nagent or other agent or person in charge of the coal for him may be considered the\nowner, for the purposes of mailing the required copy of the plat.","path":["KRS Chapter 353"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=33054","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:38Z","sha256":"2d14199d145a89ea27062938fbbdf995e8e33084edd9cdde0aad4576e93ded06","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-353.040","next":"us-ky/krs-353.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}