Wood v. Simmers

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 4440

Syllabus

Oil and gas well owner/operator who had been permitted in earlier years to file financial statements in lieu of a surety bond or cash deposit to ensure land restoration requirements, but who then failed to file his annual financial statement despite agency prompting, was properly required under the governing administrative code provision to post the bond or plug or transfer his wells. Assignments of error overruled judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas upholding the order of the Ohio oil and gas commission affirmed.