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Geothermal Rules <br />Effective Date: September 30, 2004 <br />12.9 Injection Records - The owner or operator of any geothermal reinjection well <br />shall maintain permanent records of injection rates, injection volumes, fluid <br />temperatures, injection pressures, and annulus pressures. These records shall be <br />collected at least monthly and shall be submitted to the State Engineer upon request. <br />12.10 Geophysical Log, Survey and Well Test - When required by a geothermal well <br />permit, any geophysical log, down -hole survey, or fluid sample analysis obtained during <br />the construction and flow testing of a geothermal well shall be submitted with the Well <br />Construction and Test Report. <br />12.11 Supplemental Report - The owner or operator shall furnish the State Engineer <br />any information that the State Engineer may request to determine compliance with well <br />construction standards and conditions of the geothermal well permit. <br />12.12 Plugging Report - The owner or operator shall submit a plugging report for each <br />well that is plugged on a form prescribed by the State Engineer. The report shall <br />identify the well which was plugged by location and permit number and provide a <br />detailed description of the manner in which the well was plugged, including quantities <br />and nature of materials used; and the method of placement, depth to, and the depth <br />intervals of plugs installed in the well. If the staff of the State Engineer cannot witness <br />the plugging of a Type B or reinjection well, the owner or operator shall submit a copy of <br />the report or bill from the person installing the plugs, verifying the placement depths, <br />and the types and amounts of materials used. <br />RULE 13 GEOTHERMAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS <br />13.1 Petition for a Geothermal Management District - At the request of any person <br />owning an interest in the land or a geothermal right within the area of a proposed <br />geothermal management district, or on his own initiative, the State Engineer may <br />establish a geothermal management district. The purpose of a district is to prevent the <br />waste of the geothermal resource, maximize the economic recovery of a proven and <br />delineated geothermal resource, and to protect vested or correlative water and <br />geothermal rights. In such district, the State Engineer has the authority to control well <br />spacing, to control the quantity of geothermal fluids extracted, to require the reinjection <br />of the produced fluids, and to adopt plans for the most efficient use of geothermal <br />energy. <br />13.2 Required Information - The petition by a person or notice by the State Engineer <br />for the establishment of a proposed geothermal management district shall include the <br />following: <br />27 <br />