# KRS § 353.060: 353.060 Petition to object to location of well -- Notice -- Hearing -- Drilling permit > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.060 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 353.060 - **Heading:** 353.060 Petition to object to location of well -- Notice -- Hearing -- Drilling permit - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 353 / Section 353.060 ## Text 353.060 Petition to object to location of well -- Notice -- Hearing -- Drilling permit. (1) If the drilling of a well on any tract underlaid with coal-bearing strata will endanger the present or future use or operation of a workable coal bed, the owner or coal operator affected may, within fifteen (15) days from the receipt of the plat by him and by the department, file with the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Office of Administrative Hearings a petition in accordance with KRS 353.700 and any administrative regulations promulgated thereunder, listing the specific objections in writing to the proposed location. The Energy and Environment Cabinet's Office of Administrative Hearings shall provide notice of receipt of the petition to the well operator and the department, and shall schedule a hearing, at which the objections shall be considered. (2) (a) At the hearing, the well operator and the coal operator or owner, in person or by a representative, shall consider the objections and either agree upon the location as proposed or change it so as to satisfy all objections and meet the approval of the department. (b) Any new location thus selected and agreed upon shall be indicated on a plat in accordance with KRS 353.050 and thereupon the department shall issue to the well operator a drilling permit approving the location and authorizing the well operator to drill at the location. (c) If the coal operator and well operator, or the owner and well operator, are unable to agree, the hearing officer shall make a recommendation to the secretary, in view of the purposes and intent of this chapter and in compliance therewith, to fix a location on the tract as near the proposed location as possible and upon final order of the secretary, the department shall issue to the well operator a permit to drill at the new location. (3) If no objections are filed within the fifteen (15) day period, the department shall immediately issue to the well operator a drilling permit approving the location and authorizing the well operator to proceed to drill there. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 353.010 353.010 Definitions for chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.010.md) - [KRS § 353.020 353.020 Oil and gas lease or contract, when lessor may avoid](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.020.md) - [KRS § 353.030 353.030 Nonproductive well, when lease or contract satisfied by](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.030.md) - [KRS § 353.040 353.040 When offset wells to be drilled](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.040.md) - [KRS § 353.050 353.050 Plat, showing well, to be filed if well is to extend through coal-bearing strata -- Copies to certain persons](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.050.md) - [KRS § 353.060 353.060 Petition to object to location of well -- Notice -- Hearing -- Drilling permit](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.060.md) - [KRS § 353.070 353.070 Index of plats -- Agreement permitting well operator to select location](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.070.md) - [KRS § 353.080 353.080 Drilling through coal bed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.080.md) - [KRS § 353.090 353.090 Gas found beneath or between coal beds](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.090.md) - [KRS § 353.100 353.100 Casings to remain in place during life of productive well](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.100.md) - [KRS § 353.110 353.110 Abandonment of well drilled through coal strata -- Plugging of well](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.110.md) - [KRS § 353.120 353.120 Method of plugging well drilled through coal-bearing strata](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.120.md) - [KRS § 353.130 353.130 Alternative methods that may be used when strata shot](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.130.md) - [KRS § 353.140 353.140 Gas escape pipe, when to be used](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.140.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.060. 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