PURPOSE: This rule sets required standards for certification report form submittal.

1. (1) A certification report form, supplied by the division, shall be used to report new monitoring well construction. The certification report form shall be completed and submitted to the division by the permittee within sixty
2. (60) days after the completion of any well. The certification report form shall be accompanied by the certification fee (see 10 CSR 23-2 for applicable fees). The permittee shall furnish the well owner one (1) copy, the division one (1) copy and retain one (1) copy in the permittee’s files.
3. (2) The certification process involves the review of the certification report form to be sure that the well meets all construction requirements necessary for the specific area where the well has been drilled. Upon successful completion of review of the certification report form, a certification number will be assigned and sent to the well owner. The issuance of the certification number indicates that the well has met the minimum standards set out in these rules. The minimum construction standards were written to protect Missouri’s groundwater and to help ensure that construction of the wells does not constitute a threat to this resource.
4. (3) The registration process involves the documentation of certain types of activities according to the requirements and reported on forms supplied by the division.
5. (4) A registration report form, supplied by the division, shall be used to report the plugging of wells and the major repairs and alterations made to monitoring wells and must be submitted to the division by the permittee within sixty (60) days after completion of such operations. Temporary monitoring wells are required to be plugged within thirty (30) days after initial completion. Only a registration report form is required to document plugging of temporary monitoring wells. The registration report form shall be accompanied by the registration fee. The permittee shall furnish the well owner one (1) copy, the division one (1) copy and retain one (1) copy in the permittee’s files. The registration report form shall contain all required information.

AUTHORITY: sections 256.606, 256.614 and 256.626, RSMo (1994).* Emergency rule filed Nov. 16, 1993, effective Dec. 11, 1993, expired April 9, 1994. Original rule filed Aug. 17, 1993, effective March 10, 1994. Amended: Filed Nov. 1, 1995, effective June 30, 1996. *Original authority: 256.606, RSMo (1991) and 256.614 and 256.626, RSMo (1985), amended 1991.