Nothing in this chapter or in a
permit may be interpreted to:
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prejudice the rights of property owners who own property that hosts a storage facility to the extent that those property rights are not committed to the storage facility; |
Terms Used In Utah Code 40-11-14
- Permit: means a permit issued by the division and approved by the board allowing a person to operate a storage facility. See Utah Code 40-11-1
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Reservoir: means a subsurface sedimentary stratum, formation, aquifer, cavity, or void, whether natural or artificially created, including oil and gas reservoirs, saline formations, and coal seams suitable for or capable of being made suitable for geologic carbon storage. See Utah Code 40-11-1
- Storage facility: means the reservoir, underground equipment, and surface facilities and equipment used or proposed to be used in a geologic carbon storage operation. See Utah Code 40-11-1
| (2) |
prevent a mineral owner or mineral lessee from drilling through or near a storage reservoir to explore or develop mineral resources to the extent that the exploration and development:
| (a) |
preserves the integrity of the storage facility; and |
| (b) |
complies with requirements described in this chapter. |
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Enacted by Chapter 62, 2022 General Session
