Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The authority of the commission applies to all land in the state lawfully subject to the police power of the state, including private land, municipal land, state land, land of the United States, and land subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and to all land included in a voluntary cooperative or unit plan of development or operation entered into in accordance with Alaska Stat. § 38.05.181. When land that is subject to the commission’s authority is committed to a unit agreement involving land subject to federal jurisdiction, the operation of this chapter or a part of this chapter may be suspended if
(1) the unit operations are regulated by the United States; and(2) the conservation of geothermal resources is accomplished under the unit agreement.(c) This chapter applies
(1) to wells drilled in search of, in support of, or for the recovery or production of geothermal resources;(2) when a person engaged in drilling activity not otherwise subject to the provisions of this chapter encounters geothermal resources, fluid, or water of sufficient heat or pressure to constitute a threat to human life or health unless the drilling operation is subject to oil and gas drilling regulation under Alaska Stat. Chapter 31.05;(3) in areas and under conditions in which the commission determines that drilling may encounter geothermal resources, fluid, or water of sufficient heat or pressure to constitute a threat to human life or health.(d) To the extent the provisions of Alaska Stat. Chapter 31.05 do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of Alaska Stat. Chapter 31.05 are applicable to wells drilled in search of, in support of, or for the recovery or production of geothermal resources.(e) Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the department
(1) over geothermal resources under Alaska Stat. § 38.05.181; or(2) to approve and manage geothermal units or operations that include state land.
