In lieu of the penalties provided under Sec. 226.42, penalties may be imposed by the Superintendent for violation of certain sections of the regulations of this part as follows:
(a) For failure to obtain permission to start operations required by Sec. 226.16(b), $50 per day until permission is obtained.
(b) For failure to file records required by Sec. 226.32, $50 per day until compliance is met.
(c) For failure to mark wells and tank batteries as required by Sec. 226.34, $50 for each well and tank battery.
(d) For failure to construct and maintain pits as required by Sec. 226.22, $50 for each day after operations are commenced on any well until compliance is met.
(e) For failure to comply with Sec. 226.36 regarding valve or other approved controlling device, $100.
(f) For failure to notify Superintendent before drilling, redrilling, deepening, plugging, or abandoning any well, as required by Sec. Sec. 226.16(c) and 226.25, $200.
(g) For failure to properly care for and dispose of deleterious fluids as provided in Sec. 226.22, $500 per day until compliance is met.
(h) For failure to file plugging reports as required by Sec. 226.29 and for failure to file reports as required by Sec. 226.13, $50 per day for each violation until compliance is met.
(i) For failure to perform or start an operation within 5 days after ordered by the Superintendent in writing under authority provided in this part, if said operation is thereafter performed by or through the Superintendent, the actual cost of performance thereof, plus 25 percent.
(j) Lessee or his/her authorized representative is hereby notified that criminal procedures are provided by 18 U.S.C. 1001 for knowingly filing fraudulent reports and information. [39 FR 22254, June 21, 1974. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982, as amended at 55 FR 33116, Aug. 14, 1990]
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