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Geothermal Rules <br />Effective Date: September 30, 2004 <br />ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, or show that the company for which services will be <br />performed is providing such financial responsibility. <br />7.7 An applicant shall only be certified to perform, or to supervise the performance <br />of, procedures for which he has demonstrated sufficient knowledge and ability, to the <br />satisfaction of the State Engineer, for conducting such work. <br />7.7.1 A certified individual must be present at the site during the performance <br />of work under his certification. <br />7.7.2 For reporting purposes, on projects with more than one certified <br />individual, a specific certified individual may be designated to provide the required <br />reports. <br />7.8 Certification shall be activated upon obtaining a geothermal well permit for the <br />construction of loop fields for geoexchange systems. A permit shall be issued for a <br />period of one (1) year and shall not be extended. A certified individual shall comply with <br />all conditions of approval stated on the well permit and all work performed shall be <br />reported under the permit number. <br />7.8.1 A certification shall expire on the expiration date of the geothermal well <br />permit issued to the certified individual. Certification may be reactivated by obtaining a <br />new geothermal well permit from the State Engineer. An individual who has not <br />reactivated his certification for a period of two (2) years or more shall re -apply for <br />certification. <br />7.8.2 Any construction of a loop field for a geoexchange system that is done <br />without a valid geothermal well permit is a violation of these Rules. Such structures <br />shall be subject to an order from the State Engineer to have the loops plugged. <br />8.1 Type A Geothermal Well (defined in Rule 4.2.28) - is generally constructed in <br />one of three configurations. For purposes of these Rules, the three configurations are <br />designated as a Type A -OS well (open system), a Type A-CLH well (horizontal closed - <br />loop system), and a Type A-CLV well (vertical closed -loop system). Definitions for the <br />geothermal well types are provided in Rule 4. <br />8.2 Type A -OS Well Construction - A Type A -OS well is constructed to withdraw a <br />geothermal fluid from a subsurface aquifer or reservoir for extraction and utilization of <br />the thermal attributes of the produced fluid. Therefore, a Type A -OS well is considered <br />to be a "well" as defined in Section 37-91-102(16)(a), C.R.S. (2003), and its construction <br />