Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 534B - DISSOLVED MINERAL RESOURCES
PERMITS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR DRILLING
Exploration Boreholes
Section 534B.120 - Limitations on location of borehole; application for exception; monitoring and recording of temperature of mud required

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 534B.120

Current through December 31, 2024

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole may not be drilled:

(a) Within 250 feet of an existing oil, gas or geothermal well for which a permit has been issued by the Division or within 100 feet of an existing well for which a permit has been issued by the Division of Water Resources of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(b) To a depth greater than 1,500 feet, if the dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole is located within a boundary designated by the Division as an "area with limitations" as delineated on the map maintained by the Division and titled, "Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources and Groundwater Basins with High Temperature Gradients," available on the Internet website of the Division.

2. Upon written application, the Administrator may grant an exception to the provisions of subsection 1. When considering whether to grant such an exception, the Administrator may consider, without limitation:

(a) The topographic, hydrologic and geologic characteristics of the area;

(b) The protection of the environment;

(c) Workplace safety; and

(d) Any existing rights.

3. The temperature of the mud that is returned up a dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole must be monitored continuously by the operator during the drilling of the dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole whenever temperatures of the fluids at the surface reach 125 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature of the mud must be recorded by the well driller after each joint of pipe has been drilled.

Added to NAC by Comm'n on Mineral Resources by R109-17AP, eff. 5/16/2018

Section 20 of Assembly Bill No. 52, chapter 507, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 3414 (NRS 534B.120)

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