2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 12, Chapters 471 - 535
ORS Chapter 522
522.125 Circulation of application to state agencies; suggested conditions to permit.

(1) Upon receipt of a complete application for a permit to drill or operate a geothermal well, the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries shall circulate copies of the application to the Water Resources Department, the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Department of Environmental Quality, the State Parks and Recreation Department, the Department of Land Conservation and Development, the State Department of Energy, the Department of State Lands and the governing body of the county and the geothermal heating district in which the well will be located. The State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may circulate copies to other public agencies that have an interest in the application.

(2) Any public agency receiving a copy of the application as provided in subsection (1) of this section may suggest conditions under which a permit should be granted. A public agency shall submit any suggested conditions to the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries within 45 days of the public agency s receipt of the copy of the application. The department shall consider any suggested conditions that a public agency submits to the department within the 45-day period. [1975 c.552 6; 1981 c.694 5; 1989 c.904 66; 2009 c.794 12]