78.60.080 – Drilling permits—Criteria for granting.
RCW 78.60.080 Drilling permits—Criteria for granting. A permit shall be granted only if the department is satisfied that the area is suitable for the activities applied for; that the applicant will be able to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations enacted hereunder; and that a permit would be in […]
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 […]
78.60.100 – Plugging and abandonment of wells or core holes—Transfer of jurisdiction to department of ecology.
RCW 78.60.100 Plugging and abandonment of wells or core holes—Transfer of jurisdiction to department of ecology. Any well or core hole drilled under authority of this chapter from which: (1) It is not technologically practical to derive the energy to produce electricity commercially, or the owner or operator has no intention of deriving energy to […]
78.60.110 – Suspension of drilling, shut-in or removal of equipment for authorized period—Unlawful abandonment.
RCW 78.60.110 Suspension of drilling, shut-in or removal of equipment for authorized period—Unlawful abandonment. (1) The department may authorize the operator to suspend drilling operations, shut-in a completed well, or remove equipment from a well for the period stated in the department’s written authorization. The period of suspension may be extended by the department upon […]
78.60.020 – Short title.
RCW 78.60.020 Short title. This chapter shall be known as the Geothermal Resources Act. [ 1974 ex.s. c 43 § 2. Formerly RCW 79.76.020.]
78.60.030 – Definitions.
RCW 78.60.030 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “By-product” means any mineral or minerals, not including oil, hydrocarbon gas, or helium, which are found in solution or in association with geothermal steam and that have a value of less than seventy-five percent of the […]
78.60.040 – Geothermal resources deemed sui generis.
RCW 78.60.040 Geothermal resources deemed sui generis. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, geothermal resources are found and hereby determined to be sui generis, being neither a mineral resource nor a water resource and as such are declared to be the private property of the holder of the title to the surface land above the […]
78.60.050 – Administration of chapter.
RCW 78.60.050 Administration of chapter. (1) The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations, and orders relating to the drilling, operation, maintenance, abandonment and restoration of geothermal areas, to prevent damage to and waste from underground geothermal deposits, and to prevent damage to underground and surface waters, land […]
78.60.060 – Scope of chapter.
RCW 78.60.060 Scope of chapter. (1) This chapter is intended to preempt local regulation of the drilling and operation of wells for geothermal resources but shall not be construed to permit the locating of any well or drilling when such well or drilling is prohibited under state or local land use law or regulations promulgated […]
78.56.150 – Application of requirements to milling facilities not adjacent to mining operation.
RCW 78.56.150 Application of requirements to milling facilities not adjacent to mining operation. A milling facility which is not adjacent to or in the vicinity of the metals mining operation producing the ore to be milled and which processes precious or base metal ore by treatment or concentration is subject to the provisions of RCW […]