Every well driller who drills, deepens, or alters a well, within this state shall record and maintain a legible and accurate State of Texas Well Report on a form prescribed by the executive director. Each copy of a State of Texas Well Report, other than a department copy, shall include the name, mailing address, web address and telephone number of the department.

1. (1) Every well driller shall transmit electronically through the Texas Well Report Submission and Retrieval System or deliver or send by certified mail, the original of the State of Texas Well Report to the department. Every well driller shall deliver or send by first-class mail a photocopy to the groundwater conservation district in which the well is located, if any. Every well driller shall also deliver or send by first-class mail a photocopy to the owner or person for whom the well was drilled, within 60 days from the completion or cessation of drilling, deepening, or otherwise altering a well.
2. (2) The person that plugs a well shall, within 30 days after plugging is complete, transmit electronically through the Texas Well Report Submission and Retrieval System or deliver or send by certified mail, the original of the State of Texas Plugging Report to the department. The person that plugs the well shall deliver or send by first-class mail a copy of the State of Texas Plugging Report to the groundwater conservation district in which the well is located, if any. The person that plugs the well shall deliver or send by first-class mail a copy of the State of Texas Plugging Report to the owner or person for whom the well was plugged.
3. (3) The department shall furnish State of Texas Plugging Reports on request.
4. (4) The executive director shall prescribe the contents of the State of Texas Plugging Reports.

Source Note:The provisions of this §76.70 adopted to be effective March 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 1142.