North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-07.1 - Deep Geothermal Energy Production › Section 43-02-07.1-14 - Facility permit

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Before any person begins any site preparation for the
				  construction of a deep-well geothermal facility, the person shall file an
				  application for a facility permit on a form approved by the commission with the
				  director, together with a permit fee. The amount of the permit fee to be
				  determined by the state geologist based upon the cost for the commission to
				  review, investigate, and process the application. The department could take up
				  to one hundred eighty days to review the permit application. No drilling
				  activity may commence until such application is approved and a facility permit
				  is issued by the director. The application must be accompanied by the bond
				  pursuant to section 43-02-07.1-12 or the applicant previously must have filed
				  such bond with the commission, otherwise the application is incomplete. An
				  incomplete application received by the commission has no standing and may not
				  be deemed filed until it is complete.
Before any person begins any well-site preparation for the
				  drilling of any well other than surveying and staking, the person shall file an
				  application for a permit to drill on a form approved by the commission with the
				  director, together with a permit fee of one hundred dollars. Verbal approval
				  may be given for site preparation by the director in extenuating circumstances.
				  No drilling activity may commence until such application is approved and a
				  permit to drill is issued by the director. The application must be accompanied
				  by the bond or the applicant previously must have filed such bond with the
				  commission, otherwise the application is incomplete. An incomplete application
				  received by the commission has no standing and may not be deemed filed until it
				  is completed.
A permit is required for each facility. The facility permit
				  application must include:
1. A
				description of the facility to be permitted. The facility area must be outlined
				on the application and the permit must be valid in the area so outlined. The
				application for a facility permit must be accompanied by an accurate plat
				certified by a registered surveyor showing the location of the proposed
				facility and wells with reference to true north and the nearest lines of a
				governmental section, the latitude and longitude of the proposed well locations
				to the nearest tenth of a second, the ground elevation, and the proposed road
				access to the nearest existing public road.
2. A description of the proposed geothermal
				production and injection (disposal) formations that includes the following:
a. Regional and site-specific geology
				pertaining to the geothermal operation.
b. A discussion of the geothermal regime and
				geothermal gradient of the production formation.
c. A discussion of the bounding formations of
				the disposal formation that includes continuity and thickness, lithology,
				integrity, and containment features.
d. Reservoir hydrogeology of the proposed
				production and disposal formations.