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cancelledcanceled and for which (1)when issued in accordance with section 37-92-
<br /> 602, C.R.S. (exempt wells)the completion of well construction is accomplished on-or
<br /> beforeprior to the permit expiration date; or, (2) for all other wells (non-exempt wells),
<br /> the completion of well construction or pump installation is accomplished on or before the
<br /> permit expiration date. The State Engineer has the exclusive administrative authority to
<br /> determine whether or not a well permit is valid.
<br /> 5.2.56
<br /> 5.2.58 "Water well supply system" includes all components of a groundwater well, pump, drop
<br /> pipe, pitless adapters or units, other pumping equipment, storage tanks or cisterns, and
<br /> piping and connections between the well and its point of discharge from the pressure
<br /> tank, if such a tank is installed.
<br /> 5.2.59 5.2.57 "Watertight" means a condition that does not allow the entrance, passage,
<br /> or flow of water under normal operating conditions.
<br /> 5.2.58
<br /> 5.2.60 "Well" as used in these Rules, "means any test hole or other excavation that is drilled,
<br /> cored, bored, washed, fractured, driven, dug,jetted, or otherwise constructed for the
<br /> purpose of location, monitoring, dewatering, observation, diversion, artificial recharge,
<br /> or acquisition of ground watergroundwater for beneficial use or for conducting
<br /> pumping equipment or aquifer tests." § 37-91-102(16)(a), C.R.S.
<br /> 5.2.60.1 5.2.58.1 "Well", as used in these Rules, does not include "an
<br /> excavation made for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for minerals or
<br /> those wells subject to the jurisdiction of the oil and gas conservation
<br /> commission, as provided in article 60 of title 34, C.R.S., or those wells subject to
<br /> the jurisdiction of the office of mined land reclamation, as provided in article 33
<br /> of title 34, C.R.S." § 37-91-_102(16)(b)(I), C.R.S.
<br /> 5.2.58.2
<br /> 5.2.60.2 "Well", as used in these Rules, "does not include a naturally flowing
<br /> spring or springs where the natural spring discharge is captured or concentrated
<br /> by installation of a near-surface structure or device less than ten feet in depth
<br /> located at or within fifty feet of the spring or springs' natural discharge point and
<br /> the water is conveyed directly by gravity flow or into a separate sump or
<br /> storage, if the owner obtains a water right for such structure or device as a
<br /> spring pursuant to article 92 of this title." § 37-91-102(16)(b)(II), C.R.S.
<br /> 5.2.59
<br /> 5.2.60.3 "Well", as used in these Rules, does not include wells constructed
<br /> specifically for cathodic protection, a technique to prevent corrosion of a metal
<br /> surface by making that surface the cathode of an electrochemical cell, as
<br /> provided in Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Oil and Public
<br /> Safety, Underground Storage Tanks and Aboveground Storage Tanks (7 CCR
<br /> 1101-14).
<br /> 5.2.60.4 "Well" as used in these Rules, does not include an injection well or
<br /> wells used to emplace a carbon dioxide stream beneath the lowermost
<br /> formation containing an underground source of drinking water(USDVV); or wells
<br /> used for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide that have been granted a
<br /> waiver of the injection depth requirements pursuant to requirements at§ 146.95;
<br /> or,wells used for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide that have received
<br /> an expansion to the areal extent of an existing Class II enhanced oil recovery or
<br /> enhanced qas recovery aquifer exemption pursuant to §§ 146.4 and 144.7(d) of
<br /> this chapter. It includes the subsurface three-dimensional extent of the carbon
<br /> dioxide plume, associated area of elevated pressure, and displaced fluids, as
<br /> well as the surface area above that delineated region (40 CFR 146 Subpart H -
<br /> Criteria and Standards Applicable to Class VI Wells (2010)).
<br /> 5.2.60.5 "Well" as used in these Rules does not include wells associated with
<br /> Deep Geothermal Operations. Deep geothermal operations means any
<br /> exploration for or production of allocated geothermal resources or geothermal
<br /> resources that are deeper than two thousand five hundred feet below the
<br /> surface. Deep geothermal operations do not include any exploration or
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