RCW 78.60.090
Casing requirements.
Any operator engaged in drilling or operating a well for geothermal resources shall equip such well with casing of sufficient strength and with such safety devices as may be necessary, in accordance with methods approved by the department.
No person shall remove a casing, or any portion thereof, from any well without prior approval of the department.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 43 § 9. Formerly RCW 79.76.090.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 78 - Mines, Minerals, and Petroleum
Chapter 78.60 - Geothermal Resources.
78.60.010 - Legislative declaration.
78.60.040 - Geothermal resources deemed sui generis.
78.60.050 - Administration of chapter.
78.60.070 - Drilling permits—Applications—Hearing—Fees.
78.60.080 - Drilling permits—Criteria for granting.
78.60.090 - Casing requirements.
78.60.120 - Notification of abandonment or suspension of operations—Required—Procedure.
78.60.130 - Performance bond or other security—Required.
78.60.140 - Termination or cancellation of bond or change in other security, when.
78.60.150 - Notification of sale, exchange, etc.
78.60.160 - Combining orders, unitization programs and well spacing—Authority of department.
78.60.170 - Designation of resident agent for service of process.
78.60.180 - General authority of department.
78.60.190 - Employment of personnel.
78.60.200 - Drilling records, etc., to be maintained—Inspection—Filing.
78.60.220 - Statement of geothermal resources produced—Filing.
78.60.230 - Confidentiality of records—Preservation in an electronic data system.
78.60.240 - Removal, destruction, alteration, etc., of records prohibited.
78.60.250 - Violations—Modification of permit, when necessary—Departmental order—Issuance—Appeal.
78.60.260 - Liability in damages for violations—Procedure.
78.60.270 - Injunctions—Restraining orders.