1. A. Because many water wells have already been inventoried by the department, the procedures for registering wells completed prior to November 1, 1985 are dependent on whether or not the wells have been inventoried and their records are available to the department.

2. B. Registration of Inventoried Water Wells Completed Prior to November 1, 1985 Whose Records Are Available to the Department

   1. 1. The department will obtain from available data a listing, by owner, of wells and pertinent data. A copy of the list will either be sent to the owner for checking and updating, or will be checked and updated by a representative of the department with assistance from the owner.
   2. 2. If the list is sent to the owner for checking and updating, the owner shall be responsible for updating the list by indicating the current status of each registered well, by adding wells not on the list and by indicating wells that have been abandoned. The owner shall then certify the list as current and correct and shall return the list to the department within 30 calendar days after receiving the list. When the corrected and certified list is received by the department, the wells added to the list by the owner shall be inventoried and registered by a representative of the department.
   3. 3. If, in the opinion of the department, a visit or telephone contact by a representative of the department is preferable and more convenient to the owner than sending a list of wells, a field visit or telephone contact will be made by a representative of the department. After the data are verified and the well locations are checked, any well not on the list will be inventoried and registered by the representative of the department.
   4. 4. Upon request, the owner will be sent an updated listing of registered wells for which he is responsible.

3. C. Registration of Water Wells Completed Prior to November 1, 1985 Which Have Not Been Inventoried and Whose Records Are Not Available to the Department

   1. 1. All wells used to supply a public water system regardless of yield, and all other water wells capable of producing more than 50,000 gallons per day, which were constructed on or after July 1, 1975, shall be registered by the owner by completing a water well registration long form (DNR-GW-1) for each well and sending them to the department for verification and registration within 90 calendar days after the effective date of these regulations.
   2. 2. The owner may register any uninventoried water well, not covered under Item A of the form, by completing an appropriate registration form and sending it to the department for verification and registration.
   3. 3. The department's representative may contact the owner to obtain well data and check and verify the location of wells that have not been inventoried and whose records are not on file with the department. After receiving the pertinent data and locating the wells, the department will register the wells accordingly.
   4. 4. The owner shall make available any needed data for registering uninventoried wells and shall permit access to the well sites. Upon request, the owner will be informed of the fact of registration and of the assigned identification number.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:3091-38:3098.8.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works, LR 1:249 (May 1975), amended LR 11:951 (October 1985), repromulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works, LR 31:942 (April 2005), amended by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 37:907 (March 2011).