DWR_3552694

• Rule Name: Geothermal Rules ‎(2CCR-402-10)‎
• Document Type - Rulemaking: Final Actions
• Subject: RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PERMITTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATION OF GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES THROUGH THE USE OF WELLS
• Date Effective: 9/30/2004

Geothermal Rules
Effective Date: September 30, 2004
6.2.5 Permit Conditions - The permit shall set forth such conditions for
construction, equipping and operating a geothermal well as are reasonable to prevent
waste of the resource, contamination of the aquifers, or material injury to any valid, prior
water or geothermal rights.
6.2.6 Recording of an Existing Geothermal Well - A geothermal well existing
prior to July 1, 1983, not of record in the office of the State Engineer, may be recorded
by submitting a Well Construction and Test Report with the appropriate filing fee on a
form prescribed by the State Engineer. A well shall be considered to exist if it was
actually operating and being used or was undergoing significant construction activities
prior to operations on July 1, 1983, and subsequently was put to beneficial use without
delay. All available data for the well, including construction and completion data, shall
be submitted in the report.
6.3 Fees - Applicable filing fees for permits required by these Rules, and to change a
permitted location greater than two hundred (200) feet, to replace a well, and to expand
or change the use of a well are shown on the table below:
Permit Fees
Type of Permit
Construct
and/or
Appropriate
Replace
Expand/Change
Use
Register
Existing Well
Register and
Replace
Existing Well
Permit
Extension
Certified Individual
$480 (yearly)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Type A -OS
$480
$240
$480
$340
$480
$200
Type B
$480
$240
$480
$340
$480
$200
Reinjection
$480
$240
$480
$340
$480
$200
6.4 Well Location - When selecting a site for a geothermal well, the well owner or
operator shall consider the topography, surface drainage, access for maintenance and
repair, and proximity of the well site to sources of contamination, such as leach fields,
sewer lines and land fills. The well owner or operator shall comply with federal, state
and local regulations concerning setbacks from structures and property lines if more
stringent than these Rules.
6.4.1 Any well constructed on the well owner's property and within two hundred
(200) feet of the permitted location shall be deemed to be at the approved location
provided it meets the well spacing requirements of this Rule and permit conditions.
6.4.2 No geothermal well shall be located closer than one hundred (100) feet to
the nearest source or potential source of contamination unless a variance has been
obtained from the State Engineer. For purposes of this Rule, the appropriation and
reinjection of a geothermal fluid into the same reservoir shall not be considered as a
source of contamination.
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