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Geothermal Rules <br />Effective Date: September 30, 2004 <br />4.2.28.2 "Type A-CLH Well" means loop fields in a horizontal <br />closed -loop geoexchange system that consists of pipe or tubing installed in horizontal <br />trenches (ground -source) or submerged in a body of water (water -source). <br />4.2.28.3 "Type A-CLV Well" means loop fields in a vertical closed - <br />loop geoexchange system that consists of pipe or tubing installed in drilled boreholes or <br />wells. <br />4.2.29 "Type B Geothermal Well" means any geothermal well that has a total <br />depth greater than two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet or that expects to encounter <br />geothermal fluids having a temperature greater than two hundred and twelve (212) <br />degrees Fahrenheit. <br />4.2.30 "Well Construction Operations" means any act undertaken at the well <br />site for the establishment or modification of a geothermal well, including the installation <br />and cementing of casing and the installation of production and well head equipment. <br />Well construction operations do not include surveying actions and site preparations prior <br />to installing construction equipment. <br />4.2.31 "Well Owner" means any person who holds the title or other property <br />rights in or to a geothermal well. <br />4.3 Other Definitions - All other words used herein shall be given their usual <br />customary and accepted meanings. All words of a technical nature specific to the well <br />drilling industry shall be given the meaning that is generally accepted in that industry. <br />4.4 Gender - Words used in the present tense include other tenses; words used in <br />the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders. <br />RULE 5 GENERAL RULES <br />5.1 Protection of Life, Health, and the Environment - All geothermal exploration, <br />well construction, flow testing, production and reinjection shall be conducted in a <br />manner that will: <br />a. afford reasonable protection for human life and health and for the <br />environment; <br />b. contain underground fluids to the reservoirs in which they occur with the <br />exception of the producing reservoir; and, <br />C. prevent the waste of the geothermal resource. <br />2 <br />