Section 42-4001 – SHORT TITLE.
42-4001. SHORT TITLE. This act may be known and cited as the Idaho Geothermal Resources Act. History: [42-4001, added 1972, ch. 301, sec. 2, p. 749.]
Section 42-4002 – DEFINITIONS.
42-4002. DEFINITIONS. Whenever used in this act the term: (a) "Department" means the Idaho department of water resources. (b) "Director" means the director of the Idaho department of water resources. (c) "Geothermal resource" means the natural heat energy of the earth, the energy, in whatever form, which may be found in any position and at […]
Section 42-4003 – PERMITS — APPLICATION — FEE — EXCEPTIONS.
42-4003. PERMITS — APPLICATION — FEE — EXCEPTIONS. (1) Any person who, as owner or operator, proposes to construct a well or to alter a well or to construct or to alter an injection well shall first apply to the director for a geothermal resource well permit, except as provided in subsection (2) of this […]
Section 42-4004 – PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS — INVESTIGATIONS — HEARINGS.
42-4004. PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS — INVESTIGATIONS — HEARINGS. (a) Upon receipt of an application made pursuant to section 42-4003, Idaho Code, it shall be the duty of the director to examine such application to ascertain, within thirty (30) days of receipt, if it sets forth all information required by that section and all the information […]
Section 42-4005 – PERMIT — ISSUANCE — SUFFICIENT SECURITY — REVIEW — APPEAL.
42-4005. PERMIT — ISSUANCE — SUFFICIENT SECURITY — REVIEW — APPEAL. (a) If the director finds that the well or the injection well as proposed to be constructed or altered is in the public interest, he shall issue a permit. The director may issue a permit substantially in accordance with the specifications on the application, […]
Section 42-4006 – PERMIT APPLICATIONS — CONSOLIDATION.
42-4006. PERMIT APPLICATIONS — CONSOLIDATION. The water resource board may, by regulation, provide for the consolidation of permit applications where several wells are proposed to be constructed in a geothermal area either for exploration or for development. Such regulations shall be promulgated according to the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code. A consolidated […]
Section 42-4007 – WELL ABANDONMENT OR DISCONTINUANCE OF OPERATION — NOTICE.
42-4007. WELL ABANDONMENT OR DISCONTINUANCE OF OPERATION — NOTICE. At least five (5) days before any operation to abandon any well or injection well is commenced, the owner or operator thereof shall submit in writing a notification of intention to abandon to the director for approval, except that it shall be permissible to give oral […]
Section 42-4008 – WELL ABANDONMENT — ORDER OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL.
42-4008. WELL ABANDONMENT — ORDER OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL. The director may, before the proposed date for commencing any abandonment operation, approve by order in writing, or, if found to be necessary, approve orally to be followed within forty-eight (48) hours by a written approval order, or disapprove by order in writing, any proposed abandonment. […]
Section 42-4009 – WELL ABANDONMENT — REPORT — ACTION BY DIRECTOR.
42-4009. WELL ABANDONMENT — REPORT — ACTION BY DIRECTOR. (a) Within five (5) days after the completion of the abandonment of any well or injection well, the owner or operator of the abandoned well or injection well shall report, in writing to the director on such form as may be prescribed by the director, on […]
Section 42-4010 – POWERS AND DUTIES — PENALTIES — ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE.
42-4010. POWERS AND DUTIES — PENALTIES — ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE. (a) The water resource board may adopt, amend, or rescind reasonable rules, regulations, and construction standards necessary to the administration of this chapter in accordance with chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code. (b) The board may require that owners or operators of wells or injection wells […]
Section 42-4011 – NAME OF OWNER ON PERMIT — TRANSFERS RESTRICTED — PERMIT AMENDMENT, FEE.
42-4011. NAME OF OWNER ON PERMIT — TRANSFERS RESTRICTED — PERMIT AMENDMENT, FEE. (a) No well may be owned or operated by any person whose name does not appear on the permit or permit application therefor, nor may any well be transferred to any new owner or operator unless an application to amend such permit […]
Section 42-4012 – RESIDENT AGENT — ACTIONS — HEARINGS — APPEALS.
42-4012. RESIDENT AGENT — ACTIONS — HEARINGS — APPEALS. (a) Every permit holder, owner, and operator of any well shall designate to the director an agent who resides in this state upon whom may be served all orders, notices, or permits issued by the director. (b) Any person adversely affected by any order, including orders […]
Section 42-4013 – COOPERATIVE UNIT AGREEMENTS — VOLUNTARY — INVOLUNTARY.
42-4013. COOPERATIVE UNIT AGREEMENTS — VOLUNTARY — INVOLUNTARY. (a) Whenever the director finds that it is in the public interest and especially in the interest of the conservation of natural resources and of the protection of the geothermal resources of this state from waste, the lessors, lessees, operators, owners, or other persons holding or controlling […]
Section 42-4014 – LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.
42-4014. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION. This act shall be construed liberally to serve its purposes and policy. History: [42-4014, added 1972, ch. 301, sec. 15, p. 749.]
Section 42-4015 – STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
42-4015. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. Whenever the masculine gender is used in this act it shall read as the masculine, feminine, or neuter genders as may be appropriate; the singular form shall also be read as referring to the plural form wherever it is appropriate to do so. History: [42-4015, added 1972, ch. 301, sec. 16, p. […]