Geothermal regulations in Colorado - Land ownership is the key

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 36 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1233-1237

  Morgan, Paul ^a  

^a Senior Engineering Geologist   (United States)

Author keywords

BLM; Colorado; Federal land; Geothermal leasing; Geothermal regulations; Land ownership; Private land; Regulatory jurisdiction; State land; Water rights

Indexed keywords

BLM; COLORADO; FEDERAL LANDS; GEOTHERMAL LEASING; GEOTHERMAL REGULATIONS; LAND OWNERSHIP; PRIVATE LAND; REGULATORY JURISDICTIONS; STATE LAND; WATER RIGHTS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; LAND USE; MINERALS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WELL DRILLING;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 84876255264     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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7. EPA, 1999, Class V Injection Wells, EPA Fact Sheet, US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water, EPA 816-F-99-016, November 1999, 4 pp., http://water.epa.gov/type/groundwater/uic/class5/upload/2007-12-12-uic-class5- fs-uic-class5-fin-rule.pdf, (last accessed 2012-5-30).
8. Geothermal Rules, 2004, Rules and Regulations for Permitting the Development and Appropriation of geothermal Resources Through the Use of Wells, State of Colorado, Division of Water Resources, Office of the State Engineer, 30 pp., http://water.state.co.us/DWRIPub/Documents/geothermalrules.pdf, (last accessed 2012-4-27).