The department has the authority, through rules and regulations, to promulgate combining orders, unitization programs, and well spacing, and establish proportionate costs among owners or operators for the operation of such units as the result of said combining orders, if good and sufficient reason is demonstrated that such measures are necessary to prevent the waste of geothermal resources.
RCW 78.60.160
Combining orders, unitization programs and well spacing—Authority of department.
Known as the Geothermal Resources Act
The act spans §§ 78–78 (30 sections).
1974 ex.s. c 43 s 16
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.