Terms Used In Utah Code 73-22-2

• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Geothermal resource: means :

  (i)	the natural heat of the earth at temperatures greater than 120 degrees centigrade; and

  (ii)

  the energy, in whatever form, including pressure, present in, resulting from, created by, or which may be extracted from that natural heat, directly or through a material medium. See Utah Code 73-22-3 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Waste: means any inefficient, excessive, or improper production, use, or dissipation of geothermal resources. See Utah Code 73-22-3      It is declared to be in the public interest to foster, encourage, and promote the discovery, development, production, utilization, and disposal of geothermal resources in the State of Utah in such manner as will prevent waste, protect correlative rights, and safeguard the natural environment and the public welfare; to authorize, encourage, and provide for the development and operation of geothermal resource properties in such manner that the maximum ultimate economic recovery of geothermal resources may be obtained through, among other things, agreements for cooperative development, production, injection, and pressure maintenance operations. Enacted by Chapter 188, 1981 General Session   Previous section Next section    Chapter 22 Contents