The Department, the Board, and the State Department of Health shall jointly develop and revise as necessary a policy on reinjection of spent geothermal fluids. Such policy shall refer to the reinjection into the ground of waters extracted from the earth in the process of geothermal development, production, or utilization.
1981, c. 506, § 45.1-179.8; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 45.2 - Mines, Minerals, and Energy
Chapter 20 - Geothermal Energy
§ 45.2-2003. Findings; clarification of nature of the resource
§ 45.2-2004. Powers and duties of the Department
§ 45.2-2005. Reinjection policy
§ 45.2-2006. Cancellation or suspension of permit