Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 141 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS
Division 75 - GEOTHERMAL LEASE REGULATIONS (Repealed)
Section 141-075-0035 - Environmental Protection

(1) The Division must consider alternative actions that will minimize adverse impacts and both the long and short range implications to man, his physical and social surroundings, and to nature, in order to avoid or minimize to the fullest practicable extent all undesirable consequences for the environment. Environmental impact assessment parallels and is concurrent with the process by which alternative means are developed to meet objectives based on expressed needs.

(2) Therefore, the Division will require an environmental impact assessment which documents the factors considered by the applicant in his formulation of the geothermal project for which a state lease is required. Lease terms subsequently submitted to the applicant will include the specific environmental protections deemed necessary by the Division in concurrence with the state agency holding jurisdiction over surface rights.