---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3260.10"
title: "43"
number: "3260.10"
heading: "What types of geothermal drilling operations are covered by these regulations?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3260.10"
---

# §3260.10. What types of geothermal drilling operations are covered by these regulations?

- (a) The regulations in subparts [3260](/cfr/43/subpart3260.md) through [3267](/cfr/43/subpart3267.md) establish permitting and operating procedures for drilling wells and conducting related activities for the purposes of performing flow tests, producing geothermal fluids, or injecting fluids into a geothermal reservoir. These subparts also address redrilling, deepening, plugging back, and other subsequent well operations.
- (b) The operations regulations in subparts [3260](/cfr/43/subpart3260.md) through [3267](/cfr/43/subpart3267.md) do not address conducting exploration operations, which are covered in [subpart 3250](/cfr/43/subpart3250.md), or geothermal resources utilization, which is covered in [subpart 3270](/cfr/43/subpart3270.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1001-1028; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and Pub. L. 109-58.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 24400, May 2, 2007, unless otherwise noted.