§ 16.16.110. Bond requirements.  


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  • A.

    Each operator under a permit issued pursuant to Section 16.16.040 shall furnish the county with an indemnity bond in an amount not less than two hundred thousand dollars, nor more than six hundred thousand dollars for each well drilled or abandoned well re-entered, or a blanket bond not to exceed the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars for any number of wells drilled or re-entered. The operator shall abate any public nuisance and adverse effect on public health, safety or welfare caused by the project, and return the site as nearly as possible to its original state. The bond will indemnify the county for any costs incurred by the county in repairing any drill, test or production facility site, as nearly as possible to its original state, and in abating any public nuisance caused by an operator's exploratory, testing or producing operations.

    B.

    The liability under the bond shall be for such amount as the commission shall determine to be adequate to protect the public health, safety and welfare. In case of transfer, a new bond must be filed or a consent of surety to the change in principal under the existing bond must be furnished. Additional bond coverage may be required whenever deemed necessary by the commission to protect the public health, safety and welfare.

    C.

    For temporary exploratory probes and wells less than five hundred feet deep used only for heating purposes, the bond sum shall be calculated individually with respect to the specifics of each location, but in no case shall be greater than fifty thousand dollars.

(Ord. 499 § 1 (part), 1976: prior code § 10450 (a), (b))