Oregon Statutes - Chapter 522 - Geothermal Resources

522.005 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Board� means the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries....
522.010 [1971 c.776 §2; 1973 c.388 §1; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.015 Policy.
(1) The Legislative Assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) The people of the State of Oregon have a direct and primary interest in the...
522.019 Injection of geothermal fluids; rules; water pollution control facilities permit.
(1)(a) In order to accomplish the policy of ORS 522.015 all geothermal fluids derived from geothermal resources shall be reinjected into the same reservoir from...
522.020 [1971 c.776 §32; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.025 Application.
(1) The provisions of this chapter relating to the location and drilling of any well for the production of geothermal resources do not apply to...
522.035 Ownership rights.
Ownership rights to geothermal resources shall be in the owner of the surface property underlain by the geothermal resources unless such rights have been otherwise...
522.045 Abandoned well; jurisdiction.
Any well drilled under authority of this chapter from which usable geothermal resources cannot be derived, or the owner or operator has no intention of...
522.050 [1971 c.776 §1; 1975 c.552 §1; renumbered 522.015]
522.055 Permit; application; fees.
(1) No person shall engage in drilling a prospect well without first obtaining a permit issued under the authority of the State Geologist and without...
522.060 [1971 c.776 §34; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.065 Circulation of application to state agencies; suggested conditions to permit; time limit for permit action.
(1) Upon receipt of an application to drill prospect wells, the State Geologist shall circulate copies of the application to the Water Resources Director, the...
522.070 [1971 c.776 §7; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.075 Bond or security; execution; cancellation; waiver.
(1) No permit for prospect wells shall be granted until the applicant has filed with the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries a bond...
522.085 Report certifying completion of abandonment plan.
Upon completion of all drilling and testing undertaken pursuant to an application to drill prospect wells, the applicant shall file with the State Geologist a...
522.110 [1971 c.776 §11; 1973 c.388 §2; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.115 Permit; application; fees.
(1) No person shall engage in the drilling or operating of any geothermal well without first obtaining a permit issued under the authority of the...
522.120 [1971 c.776 §§12,13; 1973 c.388 §3; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.125 Circulation of application to state agencies; suggested conditions to permit.
(1) Upon receipt of an application for a permit to drill or operate a geothermal well, the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries shall...
522.130 [1971 c.776 §14; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.135 Permit; time limit for action; grounds for issuance; conditions; fees; construction of permit.
(1) Within 45 days after receipt of the application, the State Geologist shall by order issue, deny, suspend, modify, revoke or not renew a permit...
522.140 [1971 c.776 §6; 1973 c.388 §4; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.145 Bond or security; execution; cancellation; waiver; rules.
(1) Except as waived by rule of the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, no permit shall be granted until:...
522.150 [1971 c.776 §8; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.155 Liability for failure to protect ground water; standards for protection of ground and surface water; rules.
(1) In addition to any other liability of the operator of a geothermal well, the operator shall be liable to any person or public agency...
522.160 [1971 c.776 §18; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.165 Location, number or designation change; alteration of casing.
(1) The location, number or designation specified for any geothermal well in a permit issued pursuant to ORS 522.135 shall not be changed without first...
522.170 [1971 c.776 §5; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.175 Abandonment; proceedings against operator for unlawful abandonment; rules.
(1) No person shall abandon a geothermal well without first obtaining approval of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. (2) A geothermal well...
522.180 [1971 c.776 §19; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.185 [1975 c.552 §13; repealed by 1981 c.694 §12]
522.190 [1971 c.776 §20; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.195 Monthly production statement; rules.
Except as excluded by rule adopted by the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, the operator of any completed geothermal...
522.200 [1971 c.776 §28; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.205 Transfer or purchase of well; notice; application; fee; notice by landowner of transfer or purchase; rules.
(1) Except as excluded from the provisions of this section by rule of the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries,...
522.210 [1971 c.776 §31; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.215 Suspension of drilling or operation; application; terms; extension; presumption of abandonment; unlawful abandonment; notice; proceedings against operator.
(1) No operator shall suspend drilling or operation of a geothermal well without obtaining permission from the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. (2)...
522.220 [1971 c.776 §21; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.225 Notice of intent to abandon.
(1) Before commencing any operation to abandon a geothermal well, the operator shall give notice to the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries of...
522.230 [1971 c.776 §23; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.235 Conditions precedent to abandonment.
Before the proposed date upon which the work of abandonment will begin, the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries shall furnish the operator with:...
522.240 [1971 c.776 §9; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.245 Department approval of abandonment; report by operator; effect of failure to comply; proceedings against operator.
(1) A representative of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may be present during any abandonment operation. If the representative determines that the...
522.250 [1971 c.776 §10; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.255 Resolution of conflicts between geothermal and water uses.
If interference between an existing geothermal well permitted under this chapter and an existing water appropriation permitted under ORS chapter 537 is found by either...
522.260 [1971 c.776 §30; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.275 Administration by State Geologist.
Subject to policy direction by the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, the State Geologist shall administer this chapter, the...
522.305 Rules.
In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may make reasonable rules...
522.310 [1971 c.776 §24; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.315 Final order of department; delivery to operator.
Whenever the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries gives any written direction concerning any geothermal well and the operator requests in writing that a...
522.320 [1971 c.776 §§25,26; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.325 Compliance with final order; appeal.
(1) The operator of any geothermal well shall within 15 days from the date of the service of any order, either comply with the order...
522.330 [1971 c.776 §27; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.355 Records of well; contents; drill cutting and core samples.
(1) The operator of any geothermal well shall keep, or cause to be kept, a careful and accurate log, core record and history of the...
522.365 Filing record with department; exemption from disclosure.
(1) Each operator of any geothermal well or the designated agent of the operator shall file with the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries...
522.405 Unitization; development of unit agreement; rules.
(1) When two or more separately owned tracts of land are within an area under which a reservoir is located or reasonably believed to be...
522.410 [1971 c.776 §3; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.415 Unit operation plan.
A voluntary or board-sponsored unit agreement developed in response to a rule adopted or an order issued under ORS 522.405 shall provide a unit operation...
522.420 [1971 c.776 §35; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.425 Provisions in rule or order requiring unit operation.
Any rule or order of the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries providing for the unit operation of a geothermal...
522.430 [1971 c.776 §36; repealed by 1973 c.388 §8]
522.435 Rule, order to supersede previous board action.
Any rule adopted or order entered under ORS 522.405 shall supersede any right or privilege previously granted by the governing board of the State Department...
522.440 [1971 c.776 §38; repealed by 1973 c.388 §8]
522.445 Condition to effectiveness of unitization plan and unit agreement.
(1) No rule or order of the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries which creates a unit and prescribes a...
522.450 [1971 c.776 §37; repealed by 1973 c.388 §8]
522.455 Rehearing on rule or order; judicial review.
(1) Any person or state or local governing body, special district or agency with an interest in geothermal resources within an area to be designated...
522.460 [1971 c.776 §4; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.465 Appointment of unit operator.
As part of a proposed rule or order designating a unit area and approving a unitization plan or as part of a unit agreement, the...
522.470 [1971 c.776 §22; 1973 c.388 §5; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.475 Board review of disputes over unit operation; appeal.
(1) Any disagreement with respect to the unit operation between persons or between persons and state or local governing bodies, special districts or agencies owning...
522.480 [1971 c.776 §33; 1973 c.388 §6; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.485 Amendment of unitization plan.
Subject to the same conditions and limitations provided with respect to the creation of a unit, the following may occur: (1) A unit area may...
522.495 Presumptions regarding conduct of operation.
Any operation on any portion of the unit area, including, but not limited to, the drilling or operation of a well, is considered for all...
522.505 Unauthorized operation in unit area prohibited; exemption.
(1) The operation of a geothermal well in a unit area by anyone other than by a person or state or local governing body, special...
522.510 [1971 c.776 §15; 1973 c.794 §24; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.515 When agreement or plan held not to violate state securities or trade law.
(1) A unit agreement or unitization plan under a board rule adopted or order issued pursuant to ORS 522.405 shall not be held or construed...
522.520 [1971 c.776 §17; 1973 c.794 §25; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.525 Land subject to board authority; federal lands.
Board authority applies to all private, municipal, state and federal land in the state which is subject to the state�s regulatory authority. When land subject...
522.530 [1971 c.776 §16; repealed by 1973 c.794 §34]
522.535 Fees; rules.
(1) The governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries shall establish reasonable fees by rule pursuant to ORS chapter 183 for...
522.540 [1971 c.776 §29; repealed by 1973 c.794 §34]
522.545 Rulemaking authority.
The governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may make, in compliance with ORS chapter 183, rules and orders for the...
522.810 Suits to enjoin violations.
Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this chapter or any rule or order of the governing...
522.815 Rules by board; scope; adoption; notice.
(1) In accordance with the rulemaking provisions of ORS chapter 183, the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may adopt...
522.910 Aiding in violations prohibited.
No person shall knowingly aid or abet any other person in the violation of any provision of this chapter or of any rule or order...
522.915 False entries, omissions, destruction or removal of records or reports.
No person shall: (1) Make or cause to be made any false entry or statement in a report, record, log, account or other writing required...
522.920 [1971 c.776 §39; repealed by 1975 c.552 §55]
522.990 Penalties.
Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any provision of this chapter or of any rule or order of the governing board of the State Department...

Last modified: August 7, 2008