Apply by Mail

1. To Get Geothermal Drilling Permit or License, the applicant has to approach The United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management link
2. The applicant has to download the form to get the drilling permit from the given following link
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form.
4. The applicant has to make sure to attach all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit the completed form and the necessary documents to the Bureau of land management local office address.
7. The detail of mailing address is mentioned in the “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page.
8. Fee for this procedure is mentioned under the “Fees” section of this page.
9. Once all the verification process is done by the authority, the applicant receives a notification through a mail.
10. The applicant has to get the permit by visiting the office.
11. While getting the permit, the applicant has to pay the required fee amount.
12. The processing time for this procedure is up to 3-7 days.

• ID proof
• Application form link
• Current status of existing well document

United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management
Mailing Address:
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
Phone: 202-208-3801
Fax: 970-256-4997
Hours: 9am - 5pm
Contact link

• Any person who intends to get the Geothermal Drilling Permit or License are eligible to make this application.

• Fee for this permit - $200 per well.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

• Application form link

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time for this procedure is up to 3-7 days.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&>
from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Applicant must complete the application form before submitting. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Type of work
• Well type
• Well status
• Name of lessee/ operator
• Address of lessee/ operator
• Location of well
• Lease serial no
• Surface manager
• Unit agreement name
• Well no
• Permit no
• Field or area
• Country
• State
• Approx. starting date
• Distance from proposed location to nearest property or lease line
• Drilling media and characteristics

• The process of creating boreholes in the earth to extract the earth's heat. The BLM will approve this permit prior to any lease operation.

For more information link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Link

More information which might help people.