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. . ORDINANCE NO. 16SQ Page 8 SECTION 16-22: STORAGE TANKS AND SEPARATORS It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to use, construct, or operate in connection with any producing well within the City limits of La Porte, any crude oil well storage tanks except to the extent of two (2) steel tanks for oil storage, not exceeding five hundred (500) barrels capacity each and so constructed and maintained as to be vapor tight with pressure release valves set below tank design pressure and each surrounded with an earthen fire wall at such distance from the tank as will under any circumstances hold and retain at least one and one-half (1 1/2) times the maximum capacity of such tank. A permittee shall operate a conventional steel separator, and such other steel tanks and appurtenances as are necessary for separating oil and gas with each of such facilities to be so constructed and maintained as to be vapor tight. Each oil gas separator shall be equipped with both a regulation pressure relief safety valve and a bursting head. SECTION 16-23: FENCE Any person who completes any well as a producer shall have the obligation to enclose said well, together with its surface facilities and storage tanks, by a substantial smooth net wire fence sufficiently high and properly built so as to ordinarily keep persons and animals out of the enclosure with all gates thereto to be kept locked when the permittee or his employees are not within the enclosure. It is provided, however, that in noncongested areas the City at its discretion, may waive the requirement of any fence or may designate the type of fence to be erected. SECTION 16-24: VENTING AND FLARING OF GAS No person engaged in drilling or operating any well shall permit gas to escape or be vented into the air unless said gas be flared and burned as permitted by the Railroad Commission of Texas. SECTION 16-25: ABANDONMENT AND PLUGGING Whenever any well is abandoned it shall be the obligation of the permittee and the operator of the well to plug the well in accordance with regulations of the Texas Railroad Commission. No surface or conductor string of casing may be pulled or removed from a well. During initial abandonment operations it will be the obligation of the permittee or the operator of the well to flood the well with mud-laden fluid weighing not less than ten (10) pounds per gallon or sufficient mud weight to yield a hydrostatic pressure five hundred (500) pounds above maximum formation pressure encountered by the wel11 and the well will be kept filled to the top with said mud- laden fluid at all times1 mud-laden fluid of the above specifications will be left in the well bore below and between cement plugs. SECTION 16-26: DISPOSAL OF SALT WATER Permittee shall make adequate provisions for the disposal of all salt water or other impurities which he may bring to the surface, and disposal to be made in such manner as to not contaminate the underground water strata or to injure surface vegetation. The disposal process shall be approved by the City of La Porte, Texas, prior to disposal for the protection of public health, safety and well being. SECTION 16-27: VIOLATION OF LAWS OR REGULATIONS Any violation of the laws of the State of Texas or any rules, regulations, or requirements of any state or federal regulatory body having jurisdiction in reference to drilling, completing, equipping,