Oregon Statutes 522.055 – Permit; application; fees
(1) A person may not engage in drilling a prospect well except in compliance with a permit issued by the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries under this section.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 522.055
- Department: means the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. See Oregon Statutes 522.005
- Drilling: includes drilling, redrilling and deepening of a geothermal well. See Oregon Statutes 522.005
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Prospect well: includes any well drilled as a geophysical test well, seismic shot hole, mineral exploration drilling, core drilling or temperature gradient test well and drilled in prospecting for geothermal resources. See Oregon Statutes 522.005
- State Treasury: includes those financial assets the lawful custody of which are vested in the State Treasurer and the office of the State Treasurer relating to the custody of those financial assets. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(2) An application for a permit to drill prospect wells must include:
(a) A plugging and decommissioning plan;
(b) Such other information as the department by rule may require to assess the impacts of the proposed prospect well; and
(c) A nonrefundable fee as determined by the department based on the estimated cost of review of the proposed prospect wells, not to exceed $2,000 per application or permit modification.
(3) Each application may include up to five prospect wells per project area. The project area must be contiguous and include no more than 640 acres.
(4) A permit to drill remains valid until it is revoked or modified by the department based on new information or changed conditions.
(5) The permittee shall pay the department an annual nonrefundable renewal fee of $2,725 on or before the anniversary of each active permit.
(6) A permittee that requests to transfer a permit issued under this section shall pay a nonrefundable fee of $2,000 at the time of the request.
(7) All moneys received by the department under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund to the credit of the Geology and Mineral Industries Account established by ORS § 516.070. [1975 c.552 § 4a; 1991 c.526 § 2; 2009 c.794 § 6; 2020 s.s.2 c.4 § 8]
[1971 c.776 § 34; repealed by 1975 c.552 § 55]