Or. Admin. Code § 632-020-0010 - Definitions
The definitions in ORS 522.005 apply to this rule division. In addition, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Abandonment" means the failure to
properly plug and decommission a prospect or geothermal well in accordance with
the rules in this division.
(2)
"Artesian" means the response of water or fluid under natural pressure, whereby
it rises above the level where it was originally encountered.
(3) "Blowout" means an uncontrolled escape of
a solid, liquid, or gas.
(4)
"Contaminate" means any chemical, ion radionuclide, synthetic organic compound,
microorganism, waste or other substance that does not occur naturally in
groundwater or that occurs naturally but at a lower concentration.
(5) "Contamination" means introduction of a
contaminant.
(6) "Fresh Water"
means water that is used, or could be used without extraordinary treatment, for
irrigation or domestic purposes as determined by the department.
(7) "Observation Status" means that the
department has authorized a geothermal well or prospect well to remain
unplugged for a specified and extended period to allow the well to be used to
collect information about subsurface conditions.
(8) "Owner" means the person who has the
right to drill geothermal wells or prospect wells, or to appropriate the
production from a completed geothermal well.
(9) "Permittee" means owner or operator.
(10) "Person" means any
individual, corporation, company, association of individuals, joint venture,
partnership, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, personal
representative, applicant; or a state, federal, or local agency that is the
subject of legal rights and duties under these regulations.
(11) "Pollution" means contamination or other
alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological properties of any waters of
the state, including change in temperature, taste, color, turbidity, silt, or
odor of the waters, or such radioactive or other substance into any waters of
the state that either by itself or in connection with any other substance
present, will or can reasonably be expected to create a public nuisance or
render such waters harmful, detrimental, or injurious to public health, safety,
or welfare, or to domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational,
or other legitimate beneficial uses or to livestock, wildlife, fish or other
aquatic life, or the habitat thereof.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 522
Stats. Implemented: ORS 522.305
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