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• • ORDINANCE N0. Page 6 be removed to a distance of at least one hundred feet (100') from the vicinity of the wells, tanks and pump stations. All waste shall be disposed of in such manner as to avoid creating a fire hazard or polluting fresh water streams or underground strata. All waste disposal plans shall be approved by the Director of Community Development. (3) No open flame or arc welding shall be allowed inside the derrick substructure of a well prior to installation of the well head. (4) All temporary oil and gas flow lines laid upon or across a public. road or highway must be buried to a the depth required by permits issued under the Pipel ne Ordinance No. of the City of La Porte, Texas. (5) An electric powered rig shall be utilized when available. SECTION 16-12: PITS Either earthen or steel slush pits shall be permitted in connection with the drilling operation. In the event a steel pit is used, said pit and its contents shall be removed from the premises and the drilling site within sixty (60) days after completion of the well. In the event an earthen slush pit is used, same shall be filled and leveled within sixty (60) days after completion of the well. All drilling mud must be removed from the earthen pit prior to backfilling. SECTION 16-13: CASING All casing, including surface protection and production strings, shall be new seamless steel, or equivalent quality oil well casing. Each joint and length of each particular casing string shall have prior to setting, unconditionally passed a hydraulic test to insure physical integrity at design working pressure SECTION 16-14: SETTING AND CEMENTING CASING No well shall be drilled within the city limits of La Porte without properly setting surface casing to a depth as approved by the Texas Department of Water Resources. The surface casing must be driven or cemented by the pump and plug method. All other casing strings must be cemented by the pump and plug method with sufficient cement to completely fill all of annular space behind the casing string to the surface. No well shall be drilled within the city limits of La Porte without properly setting surface casing a depth sufficient to protect producing fresh water sands. SECTION 16-15: VALVES AND BLOW-OUT PREVENTERS No well shall be drilled within the city limits of La Porte without equipping the intermediate protective casing with at least one (1) master valve and one (1) fluid-operated ram type blow-out preventer with mechanical operating back-up; and without properly equipping the production casing during completion operations and workover operations with at least one (1) master valve and at least one (1) fluid-operated ram type blow-out preventer. Each blow-out preventer shall test five thousand (5,000) pounds and its mechanical operation shall be tested daily, and all control equipment shall be in good working condition and order at all times. SECTION 16-16: DRILLING FLUID No well shall be drilled within the city limits of La Porte without using mud as the drilling fluid after the setting of surface casing as provided in Section 16-14 hereof. The weight of the mud laden