November 20, 2018 Rules

Plum Creek Conservation District
P.O. Box 328

Lockhart, Texas 78644 (512) 398-2383 FAX (512) 398-7776
info@pccd.org

REPLACEMENT WELL APPLICATION*Please read Rule 21 (attached at the end of this form) regarding reworking and replacing
wells before filling out this application.

1.

Name and mailing address of the applicant/registrant and, if different, theowner of land on which the well is or will be located.

2.

If the applicant/registrant is other than the owner of the property,
documentation establishing the applicable authority to construct and/oroperate on the property described in the application for the proposed use.

3.

The location of the Existing Well or the location where a new well, test
well or test hole is to be drilled in sufficient detail to allow the District tolocate the placement of the well with reference to property ownership
records and location from access points.

4.

A statement of the nature and purpose of the existing/proposed action, theamount of water to be used for each purpose, and the estimated rate at
which water will be produced from the well.

5.

An acknowledgment by the applicant/registrant that required informationin any Operating Permit will be furnished to the District by theNovember 20, 2018 Rules

applicant/registrant upon completion of the well(s) and prior to productionof water therefrom under any Operating Permit;
6.

A water conservation and drought contingency plan, or a declaration thatthe applicant/registrant will comply with the District’s Groundwater
Management Plan.

7.

A water well closure plan, or a declaration that the applicant/registrant willcomply with well plugging guidelines and report closure to the TCEQ andthe District.

8.

For Well Fields the following additional information: (i) the total numberof wells within the Well Field; (ii) the location of each well within theWell Field; (iii) the cumulative maximum production limit from all wellsin the Well Field; (iv) the anticipated maximum instantaneous production
rates for each well in the Well Field; (v) the proposed construction
completion date for all wells in the Well Field, including the construction
completion date for each Well in the Well Field if available.

9.

The drilling log, lithologic log or geophysical log(s) (in TIFF format ifavailable) prepared during the drilling of the subject well.

10.

Results and information from any and all Test Wells related to theApplication performed in accord with the provisions of Rule 6 of theseRules.

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11.

Identification of the aquifer(s) from which water will be produced andthe screening or perforation interval(s).

12.

Additional information that may be required by the Board, andauthorized by Chapter 36, Texas Water CodeApplicant’s Sworn Statement
I hereby swear and affirm that the information given herein is true and accurate to the best of myknowledge and belief, and that I am aware of, knowledgeable of, and will comply with all District Rules.
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Owner’s or Applicant’s Signature_____________
Date

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Rule 22 - Reworking or Replacing a WellA.

No person shall rework, redrill, or re-equip a well in such a manner thatwould increase the rate or volume of production from such well above
the amount then authorized by permit or so as to raise its pumping
capacity to more than 25,000 gpd if it is an exempt domestic wellwithout first having made an application to the District, and having been
granted a permit or permit amendment by the Board to do so when thewell is not exempt. No person shall alter, rework, redrill, or re-equip a an
exempt domestic and livestock well or exempt well used for productionof livestock and poultry in such a manner that would increase the rate
or volume of production from such well above the amount thenauthorized by the applicable exemption or so as to raise its pumping
capacity to more than 25,000 gpd if it is an exempt domestic wellwithout first having made an application to the District, and having been
granted a permit, or a permit amendment by the Board to do so when
the well is not exempt. No person shall alter, rework, redrill, or re-equipa permitted well to alter its production zone nor to increase its
production capacity from that specified in the permit for such a wellwithout first applying for and being issued a permit for such work. Wells
associated with Well Field Project permits must be maintained inaccordance with the current approved development plan for the Project.
No District permit shall be required to maintain or repair a well if themaintenance or repair does not increase the production capability of thewell to more than its authorized o permitted production rate.

B.

No person shall replace a well without a registration or permit from theBoard.

1.

A replacement well permit shall be granted by the Board without an
opportunity for a contested case hearing if the replacement well is to bedrilled within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the old well; provided, however,that such replacement well shall comply with the District’s applicable spacing
and property line requirements, as those existed and in use when the permit
was originally issued, to the extent such requirements are still authorizedunder State law and well operations have not compromised or adverselyimpacted any other registered exempt well or permitted well.

2.

If the replacement well does not come within the provisions of Rule 22.B.1,
the replacement well shall be considered to be a new well for which a permit
application must be submitted. If the altered well would require an Operating
Permit the application is subject to consideration in a contested case hearing.

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Within thirty (30) days following completion of a replacement well, the well replacedby the new well shall be:
1.

Plugged and abandoned; or2.

Properly equipped in such a manner that it cannot produce more than 25,000
gallons of water per day and then registered with the District as an exempt well;or3.
Converted into a Monitoring Well.
D. 1.

The size or actual pumping capacity of any well in the District shallnot be modified so as to increase the rate of production of the well
above the maximum pumping capacity for which the well was
permitted without a permit amendment.

2. Any such permit amendment may be granted only after written notice
and action as required for new well applications for wells of the typeand capacity of the replacement well.