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 department-approved form. 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 first-class mail, a copy of the State of Texas Well Report to the department. Every well driller shall deliver, transmit electronically, or send by first-class mail a copy to the groundwater conservation district in which the well is located, if any. Every well driller shall also deliver, transmit electronically, or send by first-class mail a copy to the owner or person for whom the well was drilled, within sixty (60) days from the completion or cessation of drilling, deepening, or otherwise altering a well.
2. (2) Each State of Texas Well Report and Plugging Report shall include the specific geographic coordinates with the longitude and latitude of the subject well.
3. (3) The person that plugs a well shall, within thirty (30) days after plugging is complete, transmit electronically through the Texas Well Report Submission and Retrieval System or deliver or send by first-class mail, a copy of the State of Texas Plugging Report to the department. The person that plugs the well shall deliver, transmit electronically, 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, transmit electronically, 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.
4. (4) The department shall furnish State of Texas Plugging Reports on request.
5. (5) 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; amended to be effective September 15, 2014, 39 TexReg 7090; amended to be effective January 1, 2016, 40 TexReg 8756.