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Utah Code § 40-11-4

Board and division permit authority

Amended by Chapter 79, 2024 General Session

To the extent required to authorize and issue permits and to regulate geologic carbon sequestration, the board and the division shall have authority:

(1) over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce this chapter and this chapter's objectives;

(2) to regulate activities relating to a storage facility, including construction, operation, and closure;

(3) to enter, at a reasonable time and manner, a storage facility to:

(a) inspect equipment and surface storage facilities;

(b) observe, monitor, and investigate operations; or

(c) inspect records the board requires the operators maintain at the storage facility;

(4) to require that storage operators provide assurance, including bonds, that money is available to fulfill the storage operator's duties;

(5) to exercise continuing jurisdiction over storage operators and storage facilities, including the authority, after notice and hearing, to amend provisions in a permit and to revoke a permit;

(6) to dissolve or change the boundaries of any unit that is within or near a storage reservoir's boundaries; and

(7) to oversee the expenditure of money from the fund to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.