Subd. 1. Well notification fee.

The well notification fee to be paid by a property owner is:

1. (1) for a new well, $120, which includes the state core function fee;
2. (2) for a well sealing, $20, which includes the state core function fee; and
3. (3) for construction of a dewatering well, $120, which includes the state core function fee, for each well except a dewatering project comprising five or more wells shall be assessed a single fee of $600 for the wells recorded on the notification.

Subd. 1a. State core function fee.

The state core function fee to be collected by the state and delegated boards of health and used to support state core functions is:

1. (1) for a new well, $20; and
2. (2) for a well sealing, $5.

Subd. 2. Permit fee.

The permit fee to be paid by a property owner is:

1. (1) for a well that is not in use under a maintenance permit, $100 annually;
2. (2) for construction of a monitoring well, $120, which includes the state core function fee;
3. (3) for a monitoring well that is unsealed under a maintenance permit, $100 annually;
4. (4) for monitoring wells used as a leak detection device at a single motor fuel retail outlet or petroleum bulk storage site excluding tank farms, the construction permit fee is $120, which includes the state core function fee, per site regardless of the number of wells constructed on the site, and the annual fee for a maintenance permit for unsealed monitoring wells is $100 per site regardless of the number of monitoring wells located on site;
5. (5) for a groundwater thermal exchange device, in addition to the notification fee for wells, $120, which includes the state core function fee;
6. (6) for a vertical heat exchanger, $120;
7. (7) for a dewatering well that is unsealed under a maintenance permit, $100 annually for each well, except a dewatering project comprising more than five wells shall be issued a single permit for $500 annually for wells recorded on the permit; and

8. (8) for excavating holes for the purpose of installing elevator shafts, $120 for each hole.

   * NOTE: The amendment to this section by Laws 1997, chapter *203, article 2, section 5, is effective July 1, 1998. Laws *1997, chapter 203, article 2, section 38.