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Committee advances geothermal draft clarifying ownership and shortening proprietary hold‑times
Summary
The committee reviewed draft geothermal amendments clarifying geothermal resource ownership (surface-owner interest), shortening proprietary data hold from five years to one year, and preserving a streamlined permitting process administered by the Division of Water Rights; sponsors asked the committee to carry the draft as a committee bill.
Sen. Mark McKell presented draft geothermal amendments that clarify ownership of geothermal resources, reduce proprietary-data withholding from five years to one year, and preserve Utah’s fast, single‑agency permit approach for many geothermal projects.
Theresa Wilhelmsen, state engineer, and Jim Goddard, geothermal program manager,…
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