{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-353.660","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 353.660","heading":"Report required after termination of operations -- Contents --","body":"Confidentiality of information.\n(1) Any person to whom a permit is issued pursuant to KRS 353.500 to 353.720 shall\nfile, within ninety (90) days after termination of operations conducted  under the\npermit, with the department for transmittal to the Kentucky Geological Survey on\nforms to be furnished by the department the following information relating to the\nwell:\n(a) A copy of the driller's log certified to be true and accurate;\n(b) The depth and thickness of all water zones encountered and logged;\n(c) The depth of all showings of oil or gas;\n(d) The depth and thickness of all coal seams encountered; and\n(e) A true copy of all electrical surveys and similar logs and surveys taken. If the\nperson to whom the permit is issued obtains a copy of the electrical survey or\nsimilar log or survey in electronic form, the operator shall submit the electrical\nsurvey or similar log in electronic form if requested by the department.\n(2) Upon request by th e department, any person to whom a permit is issued shall save\nfor the Kentucky Geological Survey samples of all cuttings from the well drilled or\ndeepened pursuant to the permit for a period of ninety (90) days after completion\nthereof.\n(3) Upon request b y any person furnishing information under this section, the\ninformation shall be kept confidential, for a period of one (1) year after the\ninformation is furnished by such person.\n(4) (a) Upon request by any person applying for a permit for a stratigraphic  test well,\nthe division shall grant a three (3) year period of confidentiality for all drilling\nrecords required by this section from the date of completion of drilling the\nwell.\n(b) Well records, surveys, and logs conducted on stratigraphic wells which a re\nsubsequently granted an oil or gas production permit shall comply with the\nconfidentiality requirements in subsection (3) of this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 353"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=45028","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:40Z","sha256":"e6149dddeab7e8467d9f2b09ab206532b8b645c2f906737d9f3234d3cdf051b5","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-353.656","next":"us-ky/krs-353.6601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}