PURPOSE: This rule sets required standards for certification report form submittal. (1) A certification report form, supplied by the division, shall be used to report the construction of open-loop and closed-loop heat pump systems which utilize trenches, or pits and/or wells as loop installation points. One (1) certification report form per heat pump system shall be completed and submitted to the division by the permittee within sixty (60) days after completion of the system. The certification report form shall be accompanied by the certification fee (see 10 CSR 23-2 for 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. The report form shall contain all required information. Heat pump systems that utilize trenches or bodies of water to house the closed-loop are required to submit one (1) certification report form for the system. Heat pump systems that utilize wells are required to submit one (1) certification report form.

1. (2) The certification process involves the review of the certification report form to be sure that the heat pump system meets all construction requirements necessary for the specific area the system has been constructed. The minimum construction standards were written to protect Missouri’s groundwater and to help ensure that the construction of the system does not constitute a threat to this resource.
2. (3) Upon successful completion of the review of the certification report forms, a certification number, which indicates that the heat pump system has met the minimum standards set in these rules, will be sent to the land owner.
3. (4) The registration process involves the documentation of certain types of activities according to the requirements and reported on forms supplied by the division.
4. (5) A registration report form, supplied by the division, shall be used to report major repairs and alterations of heat pump systems and the plugging of heat pump systems and must be submitted to the division by the permittee within sixty (60) days after completion of the appropriate operations. The registration report form shall be accompanied by the registration fee. The permittee shall furnish the well owner one (1) copy, the division one
5. (1) copy and retain one (1) copy in the permittee's files. The report form shall contain all required information.

AUTHORITY: sections 256.606, 256.623 and 256.626, RSMo 1994.* Emergency rule filed 10 CSR 23-5 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 256.623 and 256.626, RSMo 1985, amended 1991.