Utah Code — 40
Browse 169 sections in division 40 of the Utah code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 40-1-1. Lode claims -- Size and shape -- Discovery necessary.
- § 40-1-2. Discovery monument -- Notice of location -- Contents.
- § 40-1-3. Boundaries to be marked.
- § 40-1-4. Copy of location notice to be recorded.
- § 40-1-6. Affidavit of performance of annual labor or payment of maintenance fee.
- § 40-1-7. District recorders -- Office abolished.
- § 40-1-8. Vacancy and removal -- County recorder to receive records.
- § 40-1-9. County recorder may certify district records.
- § 40-1-10. Certified copies of records evidence.
- § 40-1-11. Interfering with notices, stakes, or monuments -- Penalty.
- § 40-1-12. Damages for wrongful removal of ores.
- § 40-2-102. Definitions.
- § 40-2-103. Scope and administration of chapter.
- § 40-2-104. Rulemaking authority.
- § 40-2-201. Utah Office of Coal Mine Safety created.
- § 40-2-202. Appointment of director.
- § 40-2-203. Mine Safety Technical Advisory Council created -- Duties.
- § 40-2-204. Coal Miner Certification Panel created -- Duties.
- § 40-2-205. Utah Research Institute for Mine Safety and Productivity -- Designation -- Duties.
- § 40-2-301. Commission and office responsibilities.
- § 40-2-302. Reporting of an unsafe condition in coal mines -- Adverse action prohibited.
- § 40-2-303. Annual report on coal mine safety.
- § 40-2-401. Necessity of certificate.
- § 40-2-402. Certification requirements.
- § 40-2-403. Certificate by endorsement.
- § 40-5-6. Mine rescue team required -- Immunity of rescue participants.
- § 40-6-1. Declaration of public interest.
- § 40-6-2. Definitions.
- § 40-6-2.5. Preemption.
- § 40-6-3. Waste prohibited.
- § 40-6-4. Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining created -- Functions -- Appointment of members -- Terms -- Chair -- Quorum -- Expenses.
- § 40-6-5. Jurisdiction of board -- Rules.
- § 40-6-6. Drilling units -- Establishment by board -- Modifications -- Prohibitions.
- § 40-6-6.5. Pooling of interests for the development and operation of a drilling unit -- Board may order pooling of interests -- Payment of costs and royalty interests -- Monthly accounting.
- § 40-6-7. Agreements for repressuring or pressure maintenance or cycling or recycling operations -- Plan for development and operation of pool or field.
- § 40-6-8. Field or pool units -- Procedure for establishment -- Operation.
- § 40-6-9. Proceeds from sale of production -- Payment of proceeds -- Requirements -- Proceeding on petition to determine cause of nonpayment -- Remedies -- Penalties.
- § 40-6-9.1. Payment information to royalty owners.
- § 40-6-9.5. Permits for crude oil production -- Application -- Bond requirement -- Closure of facilities -- Availability of records.
- § 40-6-10. Procedures -- Adjudicative proceedings -- Emergency orders -- Hearing examiners.
- § 40-6-11. Power to summon witnesses, administer oaths and require production of records -- Enforcement -- Penalties for violation of chapter or rules -- Illegal oil or gas -- Civil liability -- Restricted account.
- § 40-6-12. Evasion of chapter or orders -- Penalties -- Limitation of actions.
- § 40-6-13. Restrictions of production not authorized.
- § 40-6-14. Fee on oil and gas -- Payment of fee -- Collection -- Penalty and interest on delinquencies -- Payment when product taken in-kind -- Interests exempt.
- § 40-6-14.5. Oil and Gas Conservation Account created -- Contents -- Use of account money.
- § 40-6-15. Division created -- Functions -- Director of division -- Qualifications of program administrators.
- § 40-6-16. Duties of division.
- § 40-6-17. Cooperative research and development projects.
- § 40-6-18. Lands subject to chapter.
- § 40-6-19. Bond and Surety Forfeiture Fund -- Contents -- Use of fund money.
- § 40-6-20. Use of surface land by owner or operator.
- § 40-6-20.5. Title to pore space.
- § 40-6-21. Mediation.
- § 40-6-23. Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining Restricted Account.
- § 40-6-24. Tax credit for mining exploration -- Division to issue certificates.
- § 40-7-1. Interstate compact to conserve oil and gas -- Authority for governor to join.
- § 40-7-2. Authority for governor to execute extensions or withdraw from compact.
- § 40-7-3. Official representative -- Assistant representative.
- § 40-8-1. Short title.
- § 40-8-2. Legislative findings.
- § 40-8-3. Purpose.
- § 40-8-4. Definitions.
- § 40-8-5. Authority to enforce chapter -- Coordination of procedures -- Department of Environmental Quality.
- § 40-8-5.5. Fast track permitting for critical minerals.
- § 40-8-6. Board -- Powers, functions, and duties.
- § 40-8-7. Board and division -- Authority.
- § 40-8-8. Board authority to act -- Entry of order -- Confidential data.
- § 40-8-9. Evasion of chapter or orders -- Penalties -- Limitations of actions -- Violation of chapter or permit conditions -- Inspection -- Cessation order, abatement notice, or show cause order -- Suspension or revocation of permit -- Review -- Division enforcement authority -- Appeal provisions.
- § 40-8-9.1. Civil penalty for violation of chapter -- Informal conference -- Public hearing -- Contest of violation or amount of penalty -- Collection -- Criminal penalties -- Civil penalty for failure to correct violation -- Civil penalties.
- § 40-8-10. Notice.
- § 40-8-11. Budget of administrative expenses -- Procedure -- Division authority to appoint or employ consultants.
- § 40-8-12. Objectives.
- § 40-8-12.5. Reclamation required.
- § 40-8-13. Notice of intention required before mining operations -- Assurance of reclamation required in notice of intention -- When contents confidential -- Approval of notice of intention not required for small mining operations -- Procedure for reviewing notice of intention.
- § 40-8-13.1. Procedures for review of permit orders.
- § 40-8-14. Surety requirement -- Liability of small mining operations for failure to reclaim -- Forfeiture of surety.
- § 40-8-15. Notice of commencement to division -- Operations and progress report.
- § 40-8-16. Approved notice of intention valid for life of operation -- Withdrawal, withholding, or refusal of approval -- Procedure and basis.
- § 40-8-17. Responsibility of operator to comply with applicable rules, regulations and ordinances -- Inspections.
- § 40-8-18. Notice of intention to amend or revise operations -- Procedure.
- § 40-8-19. Transfer of mining operation under approved notice of intention.
- § 40-8-20. Applicability.
- § 40-8-21. Temporary suspension or termination of operations -- Notice to division -- Evaluation and inspection -- Release of surety -- Evidence of compliance.
- § 40-8-22. Division cooperation -- Agreements.
- § 40-8-23. Effective dates -- Exceptions.
- § 40-9-101. Title.
- § 40-9-102. Text of compact.
- § 40-9-103. Participation by Utah.
- § 40-10-1. Legislative finding.
- § 40-10-2. Purpose.
- § 40-10-3. Definitions.
- § 40-10-5. Activities exempted from chapter.
- § 40-10-6. Powers, functions, and duties of board and division.
- § 40-10-6.5. Rulemaking authority and procedure.
- § 40-10-6.7. Administrative procedures.
- § 40-10-7. Financial interest in mining operation prohibited -- Penalty -- Enforcement -- Quorum for board hearings.
- § 40-10-8. Exploration rules issued by division -- Contents -- Confidential information not to be publicly available -- Penalty for violation -- Division approval required for removal of excess coal.
- § 40-10-9. Permit required for surface coal mining operations -- Exemptions -- Expiration of permit -- Maximum time for commencement of mining operations -- Renewal of permit.
- § 40-10-10. Permit application fee -- Submission of application and reclamation plan -- Determinations, tests, and samplings -- Filing of application -- Insurance required -- Blasting plan.
- § 40-10-11. Division action on permit application -- Requirements for approval -- List of applicant's mining law violation -- Restoration of prime farmland.
- § 40-10-12. Revised permit and reclamation plan -- Application -- Transfer, assignment, or sale of rights -- Revision or modification of permit provisions.
- § 40-10-13. Advertisement of ownership, location, and boundaries -- Notice to interested agencies or bodies -- Objections -- Conference.
- § 40-10-14. Division's findings issued to applicant and parties to conference -- Notice to applicant of approval or disapproval of application -- Hearing -- Temporary relief -- Appeal to district court -- Further review.
- § 40-10-15. Performance bond -- Duration of liability under bond -- Cash deposit or securities in lieu of bond -- Surety -- Adjustment of amount.
- § 40-10-16. Release of performance bond, surety, or deposit -- Inspection and evaluation of reclamation work -- Action on application for release of bond -- Objections -- Formal hearing or informal conference.
- § 40-10-17. Performance standards for all coal mining and reclamation operations -- Additional standards for steep-slope surface coal mining -- Variances.
- § 40-10-18. Underground coal mining -- Rules regarding surface effects -- Operator requirements -- Repair or compensation for damage -- Replacement of water.
- § 40-10-18.1. Suspension of underground mining upon finding of immediate danger to inhabitants at surface.
- § 40-10-18.2. Applicability of other chapter provisions.
- § 40-10-19. Information provided by permittees to division -- Inspections by division -- Signs required at operations entrances -- Violations reported by reclamation officers -- Copies of records and reports available to public.
- § 40-10-20. Civil penalty for violation of chapter -- Informal conference -- Public hearing -- Contest of violation or amount of penalty -- Collection -- Criminal penalties -- Civil penalty for failure to correct violation.
- § 40-10-21. Civil action to compel compliance with chapter -- Venue -- Division and board as parties -- Court costs -- Security when temporary restraining order or injunction sought -- Other rights not affected -- Action for damages.
- § 40-10-22. Violation of chapter or permit conditions -- Inspection -- Cessation order, abatement notice, or show cause order -- Suspension or revocation of permit -- Review -- Costs assessed against either party.
- § 40-10-23. Time for bringing criminal proceeding.
- § 40-10-24. Determination of unsuitability of lands for surface coal mining -- Petition -- Public hearing -- Detailed statement by division.
- § 40-10-25. Abandoned mine reclamation program -- Expenditure priorities -- Eligible lands and water -- Requirements for use of funds for reclamation or drainage abatement -- Priority sites -- Effect of release of bond or deposit.
- § 40-10-25.1. Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund created -- Contents -- Use of money.
- § 40-10-25.2. Liability limitation for abandoned mine reclamation.
- § 40-10-26. State reclamation plan and annual projects submitted to Secretary of Interior -- Contents of plan -- Annual support and implementation requests -- Costs for proposed projects.
- § 40-10-27. Entry upon land adversely affected by past coal mining practices -- Conducting of studies or exploratory work -- State acquisition of land -- Lien -- Waste disposal fund -- Water pollution control and treatment plants.
- § 40-10-28. Recovery of reclamation costs -- Lien against reclaimed land.
- § 40-10-28.1. Certification of completion of coal reclamation.
- § 40-10-29. Other enforcement and protection rights unaffected -- Operator to replace adversely affected water supply of legitimate users.
- § 40-10-30. Judicial review of rules or orders.
- § 40-11-1. Definitions.
- § 40-11-2. Preemption.
- § 40-11-3. Board authority -- Rulemaking authority.
- § 40-11-4. Board and division permit authority.
- § 40-11-5. Permits.
- § 40-11-6. Permit application requirements.
- § 40-11-7. Permit hearing.
- § 40-11-8. Findings to issue a permit.
- § 40-11-9. Permit provisions.
- § 40-11-10. Amalgamation of interests -- Board may order amalgamation -- Payment of costs and interests -- Accounting.
- § 40-11-11. Geologic carbon storage amalgamation unit -- Procedure for establishment -- Operation.
- § 40-11-12. Requirement to record.
- § 40-11-13. Reservoir integrity.
- § 40-11-14. Preservation of rights.
- § 40-11-15. Title to injected carbon dioxide.
- § 40-11-16. Certificate of project completion.
- § 40-11-17. Application of this chapter to enhanced recovery projects.
- § 40-11-18. Cooperative agreements and contracts.
- § 40-11-19. Participation of public interests.
- § 40-11-20. Adoption of procedure.
- § 40-11-21. Fees related to reservoir or storage facility.
- § 40-11-23. Carbon Dioxide Storage Fund.
- § 40-11-24. Criminal and civil violations -- Penalties -- Enforcement -- Emergency order.
- § 40-12-101. Definitions.
- § 40-12-102. Scope of chapter.
- § 40-12-201. Regulation by board - Water rights.
- § 40-12-202. Responsibility and control of produced water.
- § 40-13-101. Definitions.
- § 40-13-102. Scope of chapter -- Political subdivisions.
- § 40-13-103. Lands subject to chapter.
- § 40-13-201. Board authority -- Rulemaking.
- § 40-13-202. Inspections -- Cessation orders -- Civil penalties.
- § 40-13-203. Criminal penalties.
- § 40-13-204. Forfeiture of surety.
- § 40-13-205. Sale of equipment, installation, or material.
- § 40-13-301. Establishment or modification of a brine production drilling unit.
- § 40-13-302. Pooling of interests for the development and operation of a brine production drilling unit.
- § 40-13-303. Order establishing brine field unit.
- § 40-13-401. Permits required.
- § 40-13-402. Payment of brine proceeds.
- § 40-14-101. Definitions.
- § 40-14-201. Qualified reviewer -- Certification -- Conflict of interest.
- § 40-14-202. Expedited review request -- Preliminary permit decision.
- § 40-14-203. Final permit decision by division -- Appeal.
- § 40-14-204. Rulemaking authority.