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 the construction of open-loop (water well certification form) and closed-loop heat pump systems (heat pump certification form) 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 submitted with the certification fee (see 10 CSR 23-2 for fees). The report form shall contain all required information. Heat pump systems that utilize trenches to house the closedloop 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.
2. (2) The certification process involves the review of the certification report form to be sure that the heat pump system meets all construction requirements, as verified by the contractor, necessary for the specific area the system has been constructed. The certification form shall contain all required information.
3. (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 construction standards set in these rules, will be sent to the land owner.
4. (4) The registration process involves the documentation, on forms supplied by the division, of certain types of activities, required by law. A registration report form shall be used to report major repairs, or the plugging of heat pump systems. The form must be submitted to the division by the permittee within sixty (60) days after completion. The registration fee shall be submitted with the registration report form. The registration report form shall contain all required information. Upon review and approval of the registration report form, a registration number will be sent to the landowner which designates that the well was plugged according to the minimum standards.
5. (5) Certification and registration report forms shall include the geographic location of the well. The geographic location shall have a form in degrees, minutes, and seconds for latitude and longitude relative to the North American Datum 1983 (NAD1983) geodetic datum. Location accuracy shall be at least one (1) place after the seconds decimal point: 10 CSR 23-5

i.e., this format, latitude 38° 59’ 59.9”N, longitude 94° 01’ 01.0”W.

AUTHORITY: sections 256.606, 256.623, and 256.626, RSMo 2000.* 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. Amended: Filed May 17, 2013, effective Dec. 30, 2013. *Original authority: 256.606, RSMo 1991 and 256.623 and 256.626, RSMo 1985, amended 1991.