42-4007. WELL ABANDONMENT OR DISCONTINUANCE OF OPERATION — NOTICE. At least five (5) days before any operation to abandon any well or injection well is commenced, the owner or operator thereof shall submit in writing a notification of intention to abandon to the director for approval, except that it shall be permissible to give oral notice followed within twenty-four (24) hours by written confirmation. Such notification shall clearly state the condition of the well or injection well, and the proposed method of abandonment. No person shall commence any operation to abandon a well or an injection well without approval by the director.
History:
[42-4007, added 1972, ch. 301, sec. 8, p. 749; am. 1974, ch. 20, sec. 55, p. 533.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Chapter 40 - GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES ACT
Section 42-4001 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 42-4002 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 42-4003 - PERMITS — APPLICATION — FEE — EXCEPTIONS.
Section 42-4004 - PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS — INVESTIGATIONS — HEARINGS.
Section 42-4005 - PERMIT — ISSUANCE — SUFFICIENT SECURITY — REVIEW — APPEAL.
Section 42-4006 - PERMIT APPLICATIONS — CONSOLIDATION.
Section 42-4007 - WELL ABANDONMENT OR DISCONTINUANCE OF OPERATION — NOTICE.
Section 42-4008 - WELL ABANDONMENT — ORDER OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL.
Section 42-4009 - WELL ABANDONMENT — REPORT — ACTION BY DIRECTOR.
Section 42-4010 - POWERS AND DUTIES — PENALTIES — ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE.
Section 42-4011 - NAME OF OWNER ON PERMIT — TRANSFERS RESTRICTED — PERMIT AMENDMENT, FEE.
Section 42-4012 - RESIDENT AGENT — ACTIONS — HEARINGS — APPEALS.
Section 42-4013 - COOPERATIVE UNIT AGREEMENTS — VOLUNTARY — INVOLUNTARY.