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.
Idaho Code § 42-4007
Well abandonment or discontinuance of operation — Notice
Known as the Idaho Geothermal Resources Act
The act spans §§ 42–42 (15 sections).
1972, ch. 301, § 8, p. 749; am. 1974, ch. 20, § 55, p. 533.
Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.