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PUBLIC LAW 95-621—NOV. 9, 1978 TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued

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TITLE V—ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND REVIEW Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

15 USC 3301.

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501. General rulemaking authority. , ' 502. Administrative procedure. 503. Determinations for qualifying under certain categories of natural gas. 504. Enforcement. 505. Intervention. 506. Judicial review. 507. Congressional review. 508. Technical amendment.

TITLE VI—COORDINATION WITH THE NATURAL GAS ACT; EFFECT ON STATE LAWS Sec. 601. Coordination with the Natural Gas Act. Sec. 602. Effect on State laws. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Act— (1) NATURAL, GAS.—The term " n a t u r a l g a s " means either natural gas unmixed, or any mixture of n a t u r a l and artificial gas. (2) W E L L. — The term "well" means any well for the discovery or production of n a t u r a l gas, crude oil, or both. (3) N E W WELL,.—The term "new well" means any well— (A) the surface drilling of which began on or after February 19, 1977; or (B) the depth of which was increased, by means of drilling on o r after February 19, 1977, to a completion location which is located a t least 1,000 feet below the d e p t h of the deepest completion location of such well attained before February 19, 1977. (4) OLD WELL.—The term "old well" means any well other than a new well. (5) MARKER WELL.—

(A) GENERAL RULE.—The term " m a r k e r well" means any well from which n a t u r a l g a s was produced in commercial quantities a t any time after January 1, 1970, and before April 20, 1977. (B) N E W WELLS.—The term " m a r k e r well" does not include any new well under paragraph (3)(A) b u t includes any new well under paragraph (3)(B) if such well qualifies as a m a r k e r well under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. (6) KESERVOIR.—The term "reservoir" means any producible n a t u r a l accumulation of n a t u r a l gas, crude oil, or both, confined— (A) by impermeable rock or water barriers and characterized by a single n a t u r a l pressure system; or (B) by l i t h o l o ^ c or structural barriers which prevent pressure communication. (7) COMPLETION LOCATION.— (A) GENERAL RULE.—The

term

"completion

location"

means any subsurface location from which n a t u r a l g a s is being or has been produced in commercial quantities. (B) MARKER

WELL.—The

term

"completion

location",

when used with reference to any m a r k e r well, means any subsurface location from which n a t u r a l g a s was produced from such well in commercial quantities after January 1, 1970, and before April 20, 1977..,.. ,

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