{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-353.120","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 353.120","heading":"Method of plugging well drilled through coal-bearing strata.","body":"When any well drilled through a workable coal bed is abandoned, it shall at that time be\nplugged to a point forty (40) feet below the lowest workable coal bed, in the following\nmanner: The hole shall be filled with mud, clay or other nonporous material fro m the\nbottom to a point twenty (20) feet above the top of the lowest oil, gas or water -bearing\nstrata, or a permanent bridge shall be anchored thirty (30) feet below its lowest oil, gas or\nwater-bearing strata, and from this bridge it shall be filled with mud, clay or other\nnonporous material to a point twenty (20) feet above the strata, at which point there shall\nbe placed a plug of cement or other suitable material that will completely seal the hole.\nBetween this sealing plug and a point twenty (20) feet above the next higher oil, gas or\nwater-bearing strata, the hole shall be treated in a like manner and at that point there shall\nbe placed another suitable plug, that will completely seal the hole. In a like manner the\nhole shall be filled and plugged, or bridged, filled and plugged, with reference to each of\nits oil, gas or water -bearing strata. Whenever such strata are not widely separated and are\nfree from water, they may be grouped and treated as a single productive stratum. After\nplugging all strata, a  final plug shall be anchored approximately ten (10) feet below the\nbottom of the largest casing in the well and from that point to the surface the well shall be\nfilled with mud, clay or other nonporous material.","path":["KRS Chapter 353"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=33061","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:38Z","sha256":"9fcb599af1ab86c908c8587357279de7c4dca1fe19fd5119773a5295f69f9063","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-353.110","next":"us-ky/krs-353.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}