Section 40-11-4 - Board and division permit authorityTo 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: (a) inspect equipment and surface storage facilities;(b) observe, monitor, and investigate operations; or(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.Amended by Chapter 79, 2024 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/1/2024.Added by Chapter 62, 2022 General Session ,§ 7, eff. 5/4/2022.