- (1) Objectives and Enforcement Authority. Pursuant to Section 40-11-24, Geologic Carbon Storage administrative penalties are assessed by the process described under Section 40-6-11 of the Utah Oil and Gas Conservation Act to deter violations and to ensure compliance with geologic carbon storage statutes and rules. The division shall have any enforcement rights or procedures allowed under Title 40, Chapter 11, Geologic Carbon Storage.
- (2) How Assessments are Made. The division shall appoint an assessment officer to review each unabated notice of violation in accordance with the assessment procedures described in Rule R644-18 to determine whether an administrative penalty shall be assessed and the amount of the penalty.
(3) Compliance Conference. A person may request a compliance conference with an authorized representative of the division to review the compliance status of any condition or practice at any operation.
- (a) A compliance conference may not change the required abatement period contained in a notice of violation.
- (b) The division shall grant any request for a compliance conference received within the abatement period contained within a notice of violation.
- (c) The division may accept or reject any good faith request to conduct a compliance conference received after the abatement period contained within a notice of violation.
KEY: oil and gas law
Date of Last Change: July 31, 2025
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 40-11-3