Written approval of the Supervisor is required prior to commencing drilling, reworking, injection, plugging, or abandonment operations. Temporary approval to commence such operations, however, may be granted by the Supervisor or his or her representative when such operations are necessary to avert a threat to life, health, property, or natural resources, or when approved operations are in progress and newly discovered well condition are such that immediate corrective or abandonment operations are desirable. Such temporary approval shall be granted only after the operator has provided the Division with all information pertaining to the condition of the well, including but not limited to, geological, mechanical, and the results of tests and surveys. Notwithstanding any such temporary approval, the operator shall immediately file a written notice of intention to carry out a program temporarily approved.

An operator shall act immediately to correct a condition which creates a clear and present danger to life, health, property, or natural resources and shall immediately notify the Division of the condition and the action taken to correct it.