Utah § 40-11-4 Board and division permit authority.

Utah Statutes

§ 40-11-4 — Board and division permit authority.

Utah § 40-11-4

Title 40Mines and Mining

Ch. 40-11Geologic Carbon Storage

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Utah Code Ann. § 40-11-4 (2026).

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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:

(3)(a) inspect equipment and surface storage facilities;

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

(3)(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

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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:
(3)(a) inspect equipment and surface storage facilities;
(3)(b) observe, monitor, and investigate operations; or
(3)(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.