NAC445A.847. Class III wells.  


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  • A Class III well involves a special process which injects fluids for the extraction of minerals or energy, except geothermal energy, and includes:

         1. Mining of sulfur by the Frasch process;

         2. In situ production of uranium or other metals from bodies of ore which have not been conventionally mined;

         3. Solution mining of salts or potash; and

         4. In situ recovery of fossil fuel, which includes coal, tar sands, oil shale and any other fossil fuel which can be mined by this process.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 445.4238)