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- RCW 78.52.035 · Attorney for department.
- RCW 78.52.037 · State oil and gas supervisor—Deputy supervisors—Employment of personnel.
- RCW 78.52.040 · Duty and powers of department—In general.
- RCW 78.52.050 · Rules, regulations, and orders—Time and place of hearing—Notices.
- RCW 78.52.070 · Hearing upon petition—Time for action.
- RCW 78.52.100 · Records—Copies as evidence—Copies to be furnished.
- RCW 78.52.120 · Drilling permit required—Notice.
- RCW 78.52.125 · Environmental impact statement required when drilling affects surface waters of the state—Drilling may be denied, when.
- RCW 78.52.130 · Waste prohibited.
- RCW 78.52.140 · Carbon black and carbon products—Permit required.
- RCW 78.52.150 · Investigations authorized.
- RCW 78.52.155 · Investigations—Powers and duties.
- RCW 78.52.200 · Development units authorized for known pools.
- RCW 78.52.205 · Development units to be prescribed for pool after discovery—Temporary development units.
- RCW 78.52.210 · Development units—Size and shape.
- RCW 78.52.220 · Development units—Location of well.
- RCW 78.52.230 · Development units—Order must cover entire pool—Modifications.
- RCW 78.52.240 · Development units—Pooling of interests.
- RCW 78.52.245 · Pooling order—Allocation of production.
- RCW 78.52.250 · Pooled interests in well in development unit—Allocation of costs—Rights of owners.
- RCW 78.52.253 · Pooling agreement, offer to pool, pooling order—Fairness to nonconsenting, unleased owners.
- RCW 78.52.255 · Operations on development unit deemed operations on each tract—Production allocated to tract deemed produced from each tract—Shut-in well considered on each tract—Lease on part of tract excluded from unit.
- RCW 78.52.257 · Dissolution of pooling order—Interests covered by terminated lease—Modification or termination of pooling order—Extension of dissolution of pooling order.
- RCW 78.52.260 · "Wildcat" or "exploratory" well data confidential.
- RCW 78.52.270 · Limitation of production to "oil allowable"—Proration.
- RCW 78.52.280 · Determining market demand—No undue discrimination in proration of "allowable."
- RCW 78.52.290 · Limitation of production to "gas allowable"—Proration.
- RCW 78.52.300 · Limitation of gas production from one pool.
- RCW 78.52.310 · Proration of allowable production in pool—Publication of orders—Emergency orders.
- RCW 78.52.320 · Compliance with limitation or proration required.
- RCW 78.52.330 · Unit operation of separately owned tracts.
- RCW 78.52.335 · Unit operation of pools.
- RCW 78.52.345 · Ratable purchase of oil from owners or operators of pool required.
- RCW 78.52.355 · Ratable purchase of gas from owners or operators of pool required.
- RCW 78.52.365 · Enforcement of RCW 78.52.345 and 78.52.355.
- RCW 78.52.450 · Participation of public lands in unit plan.
- RCW 78.52.460 · Unit plan not deemed monopolistic.
- RCW 78.52.463 · Suspension of operations for violation—Notice—Order—Hearing—Stay of order.
- RCW 78.52.467 · Illegal oil, gas, or product—Sale, purchase, etc., prohibited—Seizure and sale—Deposit of proceeds.
- RCW 78.52.470 · Objections to order—Hearing required—Modification of order.
- RCW 78.52.480 · Appeal from order or decision—Rights of department.
- RCW 78.52.490 · Appeal—How taken.
- RCW 78.52.530 · Violations—Injunctions.
- RCW 78.52.540 · Violations—Injunctions by private party.
- RCW 78.52.550 · Violations—Penalty.
- RCW 78.52.560 · Hydraulic fracturing—Prohibited for the exploration and production of oil and natural gas.
- RCW 78.52.900 · Short title.
- RCW 78.52.910 · Construction—1951 c 146.
- RCW 78.52.920 · Severability—1951 c 146.
- RCW 78.56.010 · Intent.
- RCW 78.56.020 · Definitions.
- RCW 78.56.030 · Operations subject to this chapter and other requirements.
- RCW 78.56.040 · Disclosures required with state environmental policy act checklist—Public inspection of information.
- RCW 78.56.050 · Environmental impact statement required—Mitigation measures to be part of permit requirements—Department of ecology to cooperate with affected local governments.
- RCW 78.56.060 · Metals mining coordinator to be appointed—Duties.
- RCW 78.56.070 · Quarterly inspections by responsible state agencies required—Cross-training and coordination of inspections encouraged.
- RCW 78.56.080 · Estimate of costs by department of ecology and department of natural resources—Fee on operations to be established by department of ecology.
- RCW 78.56.090 · Initial waste discharge permits for tailings facilities—Siting criteria—Primary screening process—Technical site investigation—Site selection report.
- RCW 78.56.100 · Waste discharge permits for metals mining and milling operations tailing facilities—Pollution control standards—Waste rock management plan—Citizen observation and verification of water samples—Voluntary reduction plan—Application of this section.
- RCW 78.56.110 · Performance security required—Conditions—Department of ecology authority to adopt requirements—Liability under performance security.
- RCW 78.56.120 · Remediation or mitigation by department of ecology—Order to submit performance security.
- RCW 78.56.130 · Legislative finding—Impact analysis required for large-scale operations—Impact fees by county legislative authority—Application of this section—Application of chapter 82.02 RCW.
- RCW 78.56.140 · Citizen action suits.
- RCW 78.56.150 · Application of requirements to milling facilities not adjacent to mining operation.
- RCW 78.56.160 · Moratorium on use of heap leach extraction process—Joint review by department of ecology and department of natural resources—Permanent prohibition of in situ extraction.
- RCW 78.56.901 · Effective date—1994 c 232 ss 1-5, 9-17, and 23-29.
- RCW 78.56.902 · Effective date—1994 c 232 ss 6-8 and 18-22.
- RCW 78.60.010 · Legislative declaration.
- RCW 78.60.020 · Short title.
- RCW 78.60.030 · Definitions.
- RCW 78.60.040 · Geothermal resources deemed sui generis.
- RCW 78.60.050 · Administration of chapter.
- RCW 78.60.060 · Scope of chapter.
- RCW 78.60.070 · Drilling permits—Applications—Hearing—Fees.
- RCW 78.60.080 · Drilling permits—Criteria for granting.
- RCW 78.60.090 · Casing requirements.
- RCW 78.60.100 · Plugging and abandonment of wells or core holes—Transfer of jurisdiction to department of ecology.
- RCW 78.60.110 · Suspension of drilling, shut-in or removal of equipment for authorized period—Unlawful abandonment.
- RCW 78.60.120 · Notification of abandonment or suspension of operations—Required—Procedure.
- RCW 78.60.130 · Performance bond or other security—Required.
- RCW 78.60.140 · Termination or cancellation of bond or change in other security, when.
- RCW 78.60.150 · Notification of sale, exchange, etc.
- RCW 78.60.160 · Combining orders, unitization programs and well spacing—Authority of department.
- RCW 78.60.170 · Designation of resident agent for service of process.
- RCW 78.60.180 · General authority of department.
- RCW 78.60.190 · Employment of personnel.
- RCW 78.60.200 · Drilling records, etc., to be maintained—Inspection—Filing.
- RCW 78.60.210 · Filing of logs and surveys with department upon completion, plugging, abandonment, or suspension of operations.
- RCW 78.60.220 · Statement of geothermal resources produced—Filing.
- RCW 78.60.230 · Confidentiality of records—Preservation in an electronic data system.
- RCW 78.60.240 · Removal, destruction, alteration, etc., of records prohibited.
- RCW 78.60.250 · Violations—Modification of permit, when necessary—Departmental order—Issuance—Appeal.
- RCW 78.60.260 · Liability in damages for violations—Procedure.
- RCW 78.60.270 · Injunctions—Restraining orders.
- RCW 78.60.280 · Judicial review.
- RCW 78.60.290 · Violations—Penalty.
- RCW 78.60.300 · Aiding or abetting violations.
- RCW 79.02.010 · Definitions.
- RCW 79.02.020 · Witnesses—Compelling attendance.
- RCW 79.02.030 · Court review of actions.