78.60.210 – Filing of logs and surveys with department upon completion, plugging, abandonment, or suspension of operations.
RCW 78.60.210 Filing of logs and surveys with department upon completion, plugging, abandonment, or suspension of operations. Upon completion or plugging and abandonment of any well or core hole or upon the suspension of operations conducted with respect to any well or core hole for a period of at least six months, one paper and […]
78.60.220 – Statement of geothermal resources produced—Filing.
RCW 78.60.220 Statement of geothermal resources produced—Filing. The owner or operator of any well producing geothermal resources shall file with the department a statement of the geothermal resources produced. Such report shall be submitted on such forms and in such manner as may be prescribed by the department. [ 1974 ex.s. c 43 § 22. […]
78.60.230 – Confidentiality of records—Preservation in an electronic data system.
RCW 78.60.230 Confidentiality of records—Preservation in an electronic data system. (1) The records of any owner or operator, when filed with the department as provided in this chapter, shall be confidential and shall be open to inspection only to personnel of the department for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and […]
78.60.240 – Removal, destruction, alteration, etc., of records prohibited.
RCW 78.60.240 Removal, destruction, alteration, etc., of records prohibited. No person shall, for the purpose of evading the provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order of the department made thereunder, remove from this state, or destroy, mutilate, alter or falsify any such record, account, or writing. [ 1974 ex.s. c 43 § […]
78.60.120 – Notification of abandonment or suspension of operations—Required—Procedure.
RCW 78.60.120 Notification of abandonment or suspension of operations—Required—Procedure. (1) Before any operation to plug and abandon or suspend the operation of any well is commenced, the owner or operator shall submit in writing a notification of abandonment or suspension of operations to the department for approval. No operation to abandon or suspend the operation […]
78.60.130 – Performance bond or other security—Required.
RCW 78.60.130 Performance bond or other security—Required. Every operator who engages in the drilling, redrilling, or deepening of any well or core hole shall file with the department a reasonable bond or bonds with good and sufficient surety, or the equivalent thereof, acceptable to the department, conditioned on compliance with the provisions of this chapter […]
78.60.140 – Termination or cancellation of bond or change in other security, when.
RCW 78.60.140 Termination or cancellation of bond or change in other security, when. The department shall not consent to the termination and cancellation of any bond by the operator, or change as to other security given, until the well or wells for which it has been issued have been properly abandoned or another valid bond […]
78.60.150 – Notification of sale, exchange, etc.
RCW 78.60.150 Notification of sale, exchange, etc. The owner or operator of a well shall notify the department in writing within ten days of any sale, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or transfer of any nature which results in any change or addition in the owner or operator of the well on such forms with such information […]
78.60.160 – Combining orders, unitization programs and well spacing—Authority of department.
RCW 78.60.160 Combining orders, unitization programs and well spacing—Authority of department. The department has the authority, through rules and regulations, to promulgate combining orders, unitization programs, and well spacing, and establish proportionate costs among owners or operators for the operation of such units as the result of said combining orders, if good and sufficient reason […]
78.60.090 – Casing requirements.
RCW 78.60.090 Casing requirements. Any operator engaged in drilling or operating a well for geothermal resources shall equip such well with casing of sufficient strength and with such safety devices as may be necessary, in accordance with methods approved by the department. No person shall remove a casing, or any portion thereof, from any well […]