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MINES, MINERALS, AND PETROLEUM
Chapters
78.04 | Mining corporations. |
78.06 | Mining claims—Survey reports. |
78.08 | Location of mining claims. |
78.12 | Abandoned shafts and excavations. |
78.16 | Mineral and petroleum leases on county lands. |
78.22 | Extinguishment of unused mineral rights. |
78.44 | Surface mining. |
78.52 | Oil and gas conservation. |
78.56 | Metals mining and milling operations. |
78.60 | Geothermal resources. |
NOTES:
Appropriation of water for industrial purposes: RCW
90.16.020.
Boilers and unfired pressure vessels: Chapter
70.79 RCW.
Bureau of statistics: Chapter
43.07 RCW.
Department of natural resources: Chapter
43.30 RCW.
Department of commerce: Chapter
43.330 RCW.
Explosives: Chapter
70.74 RCW.
Franchises on county roads and bridges: Chapter
36.55 RCW.
Industrial safety and health: Chapter
49.17 RCW.
Labor liens on franchises, earnings, and property of certain companies: Chapter
60.32 RCW.
Measurement of oil, gas, coal products, fraud, penalty: RCW
9.45.122 through
9.45.126.
Operating engine or boiler without spark arrester: RCW
9.40.040.
Pipelines, hazardous liquid and gas: Chapter
81.88 RCW.
Private ways of necessity: Chapter
8.24 RCW.
Protection of employees: State Constitution Art. 2 § 35.
Public lands
applications for federal certification that lands are nonmineral: RCW
79.02.110.
relinquishment to United States in certain cases of reserved mineral rights: RCW
79.11.220.
sales and leases, reservation in contract: RCW
79.11.210.
Public utilities, gas, electrical and water companies: Chapter
80.28 RCW.
Supervisor of industrial safety and health: RCW
43.22.040.
Underground storage of natural gas: Chapter
80.40 RCW.
Use of waters for irrigation, mining, manufacturing, deemed a public use: State Constitution Art. 21.