All well operators shall file with the Fire Department, during the first 30 days of each quarter, for the last preceding calendar quarter, a statement in such form as the Fire Chief may designate, showing:
A. 
The amount of oil and gas produced from each well during the period indicated and the number of days during which fluid was produced from each well.
B. 
The number of wells drilling, reworking, producing, idle, and owned or operated by such person.
C. 
In lieu of the above, the operators may submit to the Fire Chief copies of State of California DOGGR Form 110 report, as submitted to the State DOGGR.
D. 
Owners or operators of all oil and/or natural gas wells, oil or natural gas storage facilities, or oil or natural gas transportation equipment shall be required to meter fluids produced or transported as ordered by the Fire Chief to verify production of wells under the jurisdiction of the City of Huntington Beach.
E. 
The Fire Chief may require any additional actions he or she determines necessary for verification of well production.
(3037-5/90, 4138-10/17)
A. 
Any well which does not produce in any calendar quarter at least 90 barrels of crude oil or other hydrocarbon substances, or at least 100,000 cubic feet of natural gas, shall be declared "nonproducing." If such well fails to produce the required amounts for two successive calendar quarters, it shall be declared idle. The following classifications of wells are EXEMPTED from these minimum production requirements:
1. 
Wells which are part of an identified and legitimate "enhanced recovery project";
2. 
Wells which are part of a City authorized consolidated recovery project;
3. 
Wells utilized for the injection of fluids;
4. 
Wells deemed by the Fire Department and the DOGGR to be necessary to prevent the dangerous repressurization of a mineral field;
5. 
Wells which, to the satisfaction of the Fire Chief, are demonstrated to have a legitimate future use as a part of an enhanced recovery project or consolidation project.
B. 
The Fire Chief may suspend minimum production requirements during periods of extremely low market prices for crude oil or natural gas. Wells will be exempt from production standards for each calendar quarter or portion thereof for the duration of such periods.
C. 
All wells which are exempted from production standards for any reason must be shown to be mechanically sound, patent, and operable.
(3037-5/90, 4138-10/17)
When a well is determined to be an "idle" well, the surface area of the well site shall be cleaned pursuant to the following:
A. 
Notice shall be sent by the Fire Chief, by registered or certified mail, to the owner of the fee simple interest in the land on which such well is situated as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, and to the owner of the mineral rights on which such well is situated as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, and to the operator of such well as indicated on either the records of the State DOGGR, Department of Conservation or the records of the Fire Department. Once the notice is sent, the well or wells specified therein may not be activated unless the requirements of Chapter 15.40 of this Code are adhered to and satisfied.
B. 
The notice shall indicate the name and location of the well in question and a statement by the Fire Chief of the reasons why such well is an idle well, as defined in this title.
(3037-5/90, 4138-10/17)
Within 30 days after notice has been mailed, the parties to whom the notice has been sent shall clean and restore the drill site and surface in conformity with the following requirements:
A. 
The derrick and all appurtenant equipment thereto existing above the surface of the ground level shall be removed from the drill site.
B. 
The drilling and production equipment, tanks, towers and other surface installations shall be removed from the drill site or tank farm site.
C. 
All concrete, pipe (except tubing head), wood and other foreign materials existing above or on the surface of the ground level shall be removed from the drill site or tank farm site.
D. 
All oil, waste oil, refuse or waste material including debris, junk, trash and accumulated piles of miscellaneous material shall be removed from the drill site or tank farm site.
E. 
The rat hole and all holes, depressions, and sumps shall be cleaned out of all foreign material (except well cellar walls) regardless of depth and filled and packed with clean compactable soil.
F. 
All materials removed pursuant to the requirements set forth in this section shall be processed or disposed of in compliance with all City, county, state and federal regulations.
G. 
The wellhead shall be capped with a blind flange and a minimum of two-inch or larger steel bleeder valve shall be installed which can be locked in a closed position.
(3037-5/90)
The operator of any well that has been declared idle shall abandon said well within six months of receiving an order from the Fire Chief to abandon.
(3037-5/90)
A. 
No building or grading permit shall be issued for a parcel upon which there are any active or abandoned oils wells without the approval of the Fire Code Official. To obtain the approved of the Fire Code Official, the property owner or designee, shall demonstrate compliance with the currently approved City Specification No. 422.
B. 
Existing producing wells that will remain in service after the completion of the development or redevelopment of the property are exempt from these requirements, but shall continue to meet Huntington Beach Oil Code, Huntington Beach Fire Code, and all other applicable State and Federal requirements.
(3037-5/90, 4138-10/17, 4266-9/22)
The procedures set forth in the current approved Huntington Beach City Specification No. 422 shall be followed throughout the abandonment process. In addition to these requirements, the responsible party must submit an application to the Fire Department for review and approval for each well which is abandoned. Once all necessary permits and approvals have been obtained, abandonment work may commence on or subsequent to the date so stated.
(3037-5/90, 4138-10/17, 4266-9/22)