Utah Code § 40-11-1

Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session

Section 40-11-1 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining.

(2)

(a) "Carbon dioxide" means carbon dioxide (CO2) that has been captured from an emission source or direct air capture, plus incidental associated substances derived from the source materials and the capture process, and any substances added to the carbon dioxide to enable or improve the injection process.

(b) "Carbon dioxide" does not include hazardous waste as that term is defined in Section 19-6-102.

(3) "Class VI injection well" means the same as that term is defined in 40 C.F.R. 146.5(f).

(4) "Division" means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining.

(5) "Fund" means the Carbon Dioxide Storage Fund created under Section 40-11-23.

(6) "Geologic carbon storage" means the permanent or short-term underground storage of carbon dioxide in a storage reservoir.

(7) "Geologic carbon storage activity" means activity associated with the development, production, processing, and storage of carbon dioxide as set forth in Title 40, Chapter 11, Geologic Carbon Storage, and includes:

(a) drilling;

(b) development of storage facilities;

(c) completion, maintenance, reworking, recompletion, disposal, plugging, and abandonment of storage facilities;

(d) construction activities;

(e) recovery techniques;

(f) remediation activities; and

(g) any other activity related to geologic carbon storage that the board identifies.

(8) "Permit" means a permit issued by the division and approved by the board allowing a person to operate a storage facility.

(9) "Reservoir" means a subsurface sedimentary stratum, formation, aquifer, cavity, or void, whether natural or artificially created, including oil and gas reservoirs, saline formations, and coal seams suitable for or capable of being made suitable for geologic carbon storage.

(10)

(a) "Storage facility" means the reservoir, underground equipment, and surface facilities and equipment used or proposed to be used in a geologic carbon storage operation.

(b) "Storage facility" does not include pipelines used to transport carbon dioxide to a storage facility.

(11) "Storage operator" means a person holding or applying for a permit.

Utah Code § 40-11-1

Amended by Chapter 79, 2024 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/1/2024.

Added by Chapter 62, 2022 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 5/4/2022.