Code of Colorado Regulations
400 - Department of Natural Resources
404 - Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
2 CCR 404-1 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Section 1320 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR DEEP GEOTHERMAL OPERATIONS
Universal Citation: 2 CO Code Regs 404-1 ยง 1320
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
a. Applicability of 500-Series Rules of Practice and Procedure. Deep Geothermal Operators are subject to the Rules of Practice of Procedure found at Rules 501 - 505 and Rules 507 - 530.
b. Specific Applicability of Rule 503.g.(10). If the Director determines that there are unique circumstances that warrant the permit application for Deep Geothermal Operations or Geothermal Resource Units going before the Commission for a special hearing, the Director may initiate such a hearing pursuant to Rule 503.g.(10).
c. Specific Applicability of Rule 211 and Rule 503.g.(12).B.
(1)
Relevant Local Government or
Surface Owner Applications to Require Plugging and Abandonment of a Deep
Geothermal Well or Closure of Deep Geothermal Location. For applications
by Relevant Local Governments or Surface Owners to require Plugging and
Abandonment a Deep Geothermal Well(s) or closure of a Deep Geothermal
Location(s) pursuant to Rules 211 and 503.g.(12).B., the Relevant Local
Government or Surface Owner applicant will comply with Rules 503.g.(12).B.i.
and iii.
A. In addition to the requirements
of Rule 503.g.(12).B.i. and iii., the Relevant Local Government or Surface
Owner applicant will also certify that the Deep Geothermal Well has been an
Inactive Well each year of the previous three years.
(2)
Time Limit on Used or Useful for
Conversion of an Oil and Gas Well to a Deep Geothermal Well. For
applications filed within two years of the effective date of this 1300 Series
by Relevant Local Governments or Surface Owners to require Plugging and
Abandonment of an Oil and Gas Well(s) or closure of an Oil and Gas Location(s)
pursuant to Rules 211 and 503.g.(12).B. where the Operator asserts that the Oil
and Gas Well(s) and/or Oil and Gas Location(s) are Used or Useful because the
Operator intends to convert the Oil and Gas Well(s) to a Deep Geothermal
Well(s), there is a rebuttable presumption that the wells will be utilized for
Deep Geothermal Operations. For such applications pursuant to Rules 211 and
503.g.(12).B. filed more than two years from the effective date of this 1300
Series Rules, if the Operator has not filed an application to convert the Oil
and Gas Well(s) to a Deep Geothermal Well(s), pursuant to Rule 1311, there is a
rebuttable presumption that the Oil and Gas Well(s) is not Used or Useful for
Deep Geothermal Operations.
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