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... 13 CHAPTER TWO OVERSIGHT OF OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT AT AIRPORTS Many different agencies and jurisdictions participate in the oversight of oil and gas development at airports. This chapter provides an introduction to the regulatory framework that an airport encounters when it plans and develops a mineral estate from well sites located either on or off airport property.
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... 14 mineral extraction from well sites or infrastructure located off airport land does not, in most cases, require advance FAA approval, because such development generally does not constitute use of obligated (surface) airport property.
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... 15 (RRC) ; Texas Admin.
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... 16 operations, or current or future airport development. The aircraft operations area, runways, taxiway safety areas, object-free areas, runway protection zone, and obstacle-free zones defined in AC 150/5300-13 are off limits to oil and gas development.
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... 17 the applicable reclamation requirements. (Well site closure and reclamation activities are also addressed in any environmental or NEPA documentation completed during the oil and gas development planning process.)
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... 18 Grant Assurance No. 24 – Fee and Rental Structure The sponsor must obtain fair market value for all oil and gas development and surface land use and must obtain any available bonuses, royalties, and production delay payments and rents.
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... 19 developer must submit for FAA approval notifications of construction activities (FAA Form 7460-1; 14 CFR Part 77, Safe, Efficient Use and Preservation of Navigable Airspace)
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... 20 … Ascertain that the proposed oil and gas development is on airport property and shown on an approved ALP or, if not, obtain FAA approval for proposed changes to a previously approved ALP and obtain an environmental (NEPA) review.
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... 21 If the sponsor fails to take voluntary corrective action, the FAA may choose to initiate formal administrative action under 14 CFR Part 16 to impose corrective action and other remedies. If, after a Part 16 proceeding, a sponsor is found in formal noncompliance, the FAA may issue an order terminating eligibility for grants pursuant to 49 USC Sections 47106(d)

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