(a) All permit applications made pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act¹ for a gas well covered by this act shall include a certification that the gas well will be located so that it will comply with the minimum distance requirements set forth in section 7,² including any exception granted by the department pursuant to section 7(b), (c) and (d).

(b) All permit applications made pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act for a gas well covered by this act shall be processed by the department in the order in which they are received. No such permit application shall be deemed complete unless all information necessary to process the permit in compliance with this act has been received by the department, including all information necessary to act on any exception requested pursuant to section 7(b), (c) and (d).

(c) In any case where two or more permits have been applied for or issued by the department, pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act, for gas wells covered by this act, and gas wells covered by the permits or applications cannot be drilled without violating the provisions of section 7, the department shall notify each affected permit applicant or permittee.

(e) Within 60 days of completion of drilling operations of a well, the operator shall supply to the coal owner a copy of the portion of any well bore deviation survey obtained in the subject well between the surface and to a point below the deepest known coal seam encountered during the drilling operation.

(f) All permit applications made pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act which will penetrate an operating coal mine shall be accompanied by the written consent of the operator of such coal mine to the proposed location of the well.

(g) Any person applying for a permit under the Oil and Gas Act shall forward, by certified mail, a copy of the plat required under section 201(b) of the Oil and Gas Act³ to the coal owner if coal rights have been severed from the surface where the well is to be drilled or altered, regardless of whether the coal seam is workable.