§ 64-15. Cleanup and maintenance.

(a)

Cleanup after well servicing. After the well has been completed or plugged and abandoned, the operator shall clean the drill site or operation site, complete restoration activities, and repair all damage to public property caused by such operations within sixty (60) days.

(b)

Clean-up after spills, leaks, and malfunctions. After any spill, leak, or malfunction, the operator shall remove or cause to be removed to the satisfaction of the city fire chief and the gas inspector all waste materials from any public or private property affected by such spill, leak, or malfunction. Clean-up operations must begin immediately. If the owner fails to begin site clean-up within twenty-four (24) hours, the city shall have the right to contact the commission in order to facilitate the removal of all waste materials from the property affected by such spill, leak, or malfunction.

(c)

Free from debris. The property on which a well site is located shall at all times be kept free of debris, pools of water or other liquids, contaminated soil, weeds, brush, trash, or other waste material within a radius of one hundred (100) feet around any separators, tanks, and producing wells.

(d)

Painting. All production equipment shall be painted and maintained at all times, including wellheads, pumping units, tanks, and buildings or structures. When requiring painting of such facilities, the gas inspector shall consider the deterioration of the quality of the material of which such facility or structure is constructed, the degree of rust, and its appearance. Paint shall be of a neutral color, compatible with surrounding uses. Neutral colors shall include sand, gray, and unobtrusive shades of green, blue and brown, or other neutral colors approved by the gas inspector.

(e)

Blowouts. In the event of the loss of control of any well, operator shall immediately take all reasonable steps to regain control regardless of any other provision of this article and shall notify the gas inspector as soon as practicable. The gas inspector shall certify in writing, briefly describing the same, to the city manager. If the gas inspector, in his opinion, believes that danger to persons and property exists because of such loss of well control and that the operator is not taking or is unable to take all reasonable and necessary steps to regain control of such well, the gas inspector may then employ any well control expert or experts or other contractors or suppliers of special services, or may incur any other expenses for labor and material which the gas inspector deems necessary to regain control of such well. The city shall then have a valid lien against the interest in the well of all working interest owners to secure payment of any expenditure made by the city pursuant to such action of the gas inspector in gaining control of said well.

(f)

Site condition. Promptly clear drill and operation-sites of all litter, trash, waste, and other substances used, allowed, or occurring in the operations, and after abandonment or completion, grade, level, and restore such property to the same surface conditions as nearly as possible as existed before operations.

(Ord. No. 8580, § 1, 12-1-05; Ord. No. 8591, § 1, 1-12-06)