73-22-10. Judicial review of division actions — Falsification or omission of filings as misdemeanor — Limitation of actions. (1) (a) Any person aggrieved by any order issued under this chapter may obtain judicial review. (b) Venue for judicial review of informal adjudicative proceedings is in the district court of Salt Lake County, or in the […]
73-22-2. Legislative findings. It is declared to be in the public interest to foster, encourage, and promote the discovery, development, production, utilization, and disposal of geothermal resources in the State of Utah in such manner as will prevent waste, protect correlative rights, and safeguard the natural environment and the public welfare; to authorize, encourage, and […]
73-22-4. Ownership of geothermal resource — Lands subject to chapter. (1) Ownership of a geothermal resource derives from an interest in land and not from an appropriative right to geothermal fluids. (2) This chapter shall apply to all lands in the State of Utah, including federal and Indian lands to the extent allowed by law. […]
73-22-5. Jurisdiction of division — Hearings — Subpoena power — Restraining violations — Actions for damages against violators unaffected. (1) The division has jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter and may enact, issue, and enforce necessary rules and orders to carry out […]
73-22-6. Information required concerning resource development — Confidentiality — Regulation of wells — Surety bonds — Inspection. (1) The division shall have authority to require: (a) Identification of the location and ownership of all wells and producing geothermal leases. (b) Filing with the division of a notice of intent to drill, redrill, deepen, permanently alter […]
73-22-7. Cooperative or unit operation of geothermal area — Order — Plan of operation — Approval of owners — Amendment. (1) The agency or any affected person may commence an adjudicative proceeding to consider the need for cooperative or unit operation of a geothermal area. (2) The division shall order the cooperative or unit operation […]
73-22-8. Geothermal fluids as water resource — Application for appropriation required — Priorities. (1) Geothermal fluids are deemed to be a special kind of underground water resource, related to and potentially affecting other water resources of the state. The utilization or distribution for their thermal content and subsurface injection or disposal of same shall constitute […]
73-22-9. Rights to geothermal resources. Rights to geothermal resources and to geothermal fluids to be extracted in the course of production of geothermal resources acquired under Section 73-22-8 shall be based on the principle of correlative rights. Enacted by Chapter 188, 1981 General Session
