Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) requested a report on geothermal regulations at the state and local level, using the State of California as a case study. NEDO wanted to know how water code regulations affected the development of geothermal resources and also what additional regulations applied to geothermal resources found in lands managed by the National Park Service (NPS), the National Forestry Service (NFS) or an Indian Tribe.