Chapter 4 - GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES

Section 3700 - Legislative findings and determination
Section 3701 - Geothermal resources defined
Section 3702 - Geothermal resource area defined
Section 3703 - Well defined
Section 3703.1 - Low-temperature geothermal resources defined
Section 3704 - Department defined
Section 3705 - Division defined
Section 3706 - Director defined
Section 3707 - Supervisor defined
Section 3708 - Person defined
Section 3709 - Operator defined
Section 3710 - Owner defined
Section 3711 - Operator includes owner
Section 3712 - Liberal construction
Section 3714 - Supervision of geothermal resource wells
Section 3714.5 - Designation of geothermal resource areas
Section 3715 - Supervision for purpose of increasing recovery of geothermal resources
Section 3715.5 - Lead agency for geothermal exploratory projects for purposes of Environmental Quality Act
Section 3716 - Collection of information by district deputy; preparation of maps
Section 3717 - Notice of agencies of location and abandonment of wells
Section 3718 - Water Code and Fish and Game Code provisions not superseded
Section 3719 - Publication of reports, maps, statistical data, etc.
Section 3720 - Division of state into districts
Section 3721 - Agent designated by owner or operator to receive orders, notices and processes
Section 3722 - Notice by owner or operator of sale, assignment or transfer of well
Section 3723 - Notice by person acquiring ownership or operation
Section 3723.5 - Indemnity bond filed by person acquiring ownership or operation of well
Section 3724 - Notice of intention to commence drilling; approval of notice
Section 3724.1 - Submission for approval of program to drill shallow wells for temperature-gradient monitoring purposes
Section 3724.2 - Proposal pursuant to section 3724.1 submitted in compliance with section 3724
Section 3724.3 - Approval required to commence drilling of program wells
Section 3724.32 - Grounds for denial of approval of proposed operations
Section 3724.35 - Regulations governing intermediate and deep wells drilled for temperature-gradient monitoring
Section 3724.4 - Confidential information
Section 3724.5 - Annual well fee and penalties for late payment
Section 3724.6 - Payment of permit application fee and annual well fee
Section 3725 - Indemnity bond filed by person drilling, redrilling, deepening, maintaining or abandoning well
Section 3725.5 - Indemnity bond by person drilling, redrilling, deepening, maintaining or abandoning low-temperature well
Section 3726 - Bond to cover all operations in lieu of individual indemnity bond
Section 3728 - Termination and cancellation of bond
Section 3728.5 - Deposit in lieu of bond
Section 3729 - When well properly abandoned
Section 3730 - Duty to keep accurate log, core record and history
Section 3731 - Log requirements
Section 3732 - Core record requirements
Section 3733 - History requirements
Section 3734 - Place of keeping log, inspection
Section 3735 - Filing copies of log, core record and history upon completion or abandonment
Section 3736 - Filing copy of log, history and core record after commencement of work
Section 3737 - When well completed
Section 3739 - Well equipped with casing and safety devices to prevent blowouts, explosions and fires
Section 3740 - Prevention of damage to life, health, property and natural resources
Section 3741 - Tests or remedial work required
Section 3742.2 - Certificate of primary purpose of producing geothermal resources
Section 3743 - Requirements of order issued by supervisor or district deputy
Section 3744 - Commencement of work ordered to completion
Section 3745 - Statement of production and injection
Section 3746 - Protection of water before abandoning well
Section 3747 - Notice of intention to abandon well
Section 3748 - Information furnished before date of commencing work to abandon well
Section 3749 - Failure to timely give owner or operator report deemed approval of proposal to abandon
Section 3750 - Report on work in connection with abandonment after completion of abandonment
Section 3751 - Notice in intention to remove casing; report of approval
Section 3752 - Public records; inspection
Section 3753 - Investigation of complaint alleging condition in violation of chapter
Section 3754 - Violations of chapter, punishment
Section 3754.5 - Civil penalty for violation
Section 3755 - Ordering deserted well abandoned
Section 3756 - Agreement to bring about cooperative development and operation
Section 3757 - Public nuisance
Section 3757.1 - Directional drilling found by supervisor to be necessary
Section 3757.2 - Exemption of low-temperature well
Section 3758 - Outer boundary line when contiguous parcels operated as single geothermal resources
Section 3759 - Alley not public street or road
Section 3760 - Separate nuisance
Section 3761 - Inapplicability of provisions regarding location
Section 3762 - Notice of appeal by operator
Section 3763 - Conduct of hearing
Section 3764 - Hearing procedures
Section 3765 - Decision by director
Section 3766 - Judicial review of director's decision
Section 3767 - Court to hear case on record
Section 3768 - State tax lien against real and personal property of operator
Section 3769 - Powers of supervisor in proceedings instituted by supervisor
Section 3770 - Witness fees and mileage
Section 3771 - Refusal or neglect to comply with order
Section 3772 - Failure to pay charge or penalty
Section 3772.2 - Warrant to collect charges, interest and penalty and to enforce lien; levy and sale
Section 3772.4 - Sheriff's fees and commissions
Section 3772.6 - Release of lien upon payment by owner of proportionate share of charges
Section 3773 - Action to collect delinquency
Section 3774 - Attorney General to prosecute action
Section 3775 - Prima facie evidence
Section 3776 - Payment of penalties and charges or judgment