55-191. Definitions.
55-191
55-191. Definitions.As used in this act:
(a) "Abandoned well" means any well that the commission has authority toplug, replugor repair under K.S.A. 55-179 and amendments thereto.
(b) "Commission" means the state corporation commission.
(c) "Contamination site" means any of: (1) The 17 sites of pollution fromoil and gas activities, identified as of March 1, 1996, over which jurisdictionwas transferred from the department of health and environment to the commissionby chapter 204 of the 1995 Session Laws of Kansas; or (2) the 92 sites ofpollution from oil and gas activities identified by the commission as of March1, 1996.
(d) "Abandoned well site" means the location of an abandoned well and anypollution from such well.
History: L. 1996, ch. 263, § 1; July 1.