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The House Judiciary Committee of West Virginia Legislature has approved House Bill 4098 which gives the Department of Environmental Protection regulatory oversight over geothermal development. The bill will require the department to create a permitting system and to establish rules for geothermal drilling and site reclamation after a well has been abandoned.
The momentum for this legislation is a response to a research being done by West Virginia University, as we reported. This research will include drilling of a well to a depth of about 15,000 feet or 4,500 meters. This will be to evaluate the potential of a geothermal energy supply for heating of the university campus.
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