Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 77 > Chapter 28 - Western Interstate Corrections Compact

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Board: means the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-12-101
• Commission: means the Labor Commission created in Section 34A-1-103. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Division: means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining. See Utah Code 40-12-101
• Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
• Female: means the characteristic of an individual whose biological reproductive system is of the general type that functions in a way that could produce ova. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Male: means the characteristic of an individual whose biological reproductive system is of the general type that functions to fertilize the ova of a female. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Nonconsumptive use of produced water in an oil and gas activity: means the transfer, use, temporary storage before disposal, transport, recycling, treatment, or other disposal of produced water in an oil and gas activity that does not reduce the volume of produced water. See Utah Code 40-12-101
• Oil and gas activity: means the same as that term is defined in Section Utah Code 40-12-101
• Oil or gas producing well: means a well that, at the time produced water is brought to the surface, is a drillhole boring in earth that is intended to bring and does bring hydrocarbons and associated fluids to the surface. See Utah Code 40-12-101
• Operator: means a person authorized by the division to operate a unit for an oil or gas producing well. See Utah Code 40-12-101
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Produced water: means water that is:
       (7)(a)

            (7)(a)(i) extracted below the earth's surface by means of an oil or gas producing well; or

            (7)(a)(ii) separated from hydrocarbons after extraction; and
       (7)(b) required to be disposed of pursuant to board rules for waste management and disposal made pursuant to Subsection 40-6-5(3) and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 40-12-101
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Transfer: means to sell or otherwise convey. See Utah Code 40-12-101
• Transferee: means one of the following who receives a possessory interest in produced water:
       (9)(a) an operator;
       (9)(b) a person who provides recycling or treatment services for produced water; or
       (9)(c) a person who provides disposal services for produced water. See Utah Code 40-12-101
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5