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103I.521 FEES DEPOSITED WITH COMMISSIONER OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.
VERTICAL HEAT EXCHANGERS
103I.641 VERTICAL HEAT EXCHANGERS.
"Boring" means a hole or excavation that is not used to extract water and includes exploratory borings, environmental bore holes, vertical heat exchangers, and elevator shafts.
"Limited well/boring contractor" means a person with a limited well/boring contractor's license issued by the commissioner. Limited well/boring contractor's licenses are issued for constructing, repairing, and sealing vertical heat exchangers; installing, repairing, and modifying pitless units and pitless adaptors, well casings above the pitless unit or pitless adaptor, well screens, or well diameters; constructing, repairing, and sealing drive point wells or dug wells; constructing, repairing, and sealing dewatering wells; sealing wells; and installing well pumps or pumping equipment.
Subd. 20.Vertical heat exchanger.
"Vertical heat exchanger" means an earth-coupled heating or cooling device consisting of a sealed closed-loop piping system installed vertically in the ground to transfer heat to or from the surrounding earth with no discharge.
Subd. 22. Well disclosure certificate.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 2; 1990 c 597 s 16-20; 1991 c 355 s 6-8; 1999 c 153 s 1-3; 2000 c 260 s 15; 2005 c 106 s 9-15; 2006 c 281 art 3 s 16; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 5
(2) examine and license well contractors; persons constructing, repairing, and sealing vertical heat exchangers; persons modifying or repairing well casings, well screens, or well diameters; persons constructing, repairing, and sealing drive point wells or dug wells; persons constructing, repairing, and sealing dewatering wells; persons sealing wells; persons installing well pumps or pumping equipment; and persons excavating or drilling holes for the installation of elevator borings or hydraulic cylinders;
(6) issue permits for wells, groundwater thermal devices, vertical heat exchangers, and elevator borings.
(vi) persons constructing, repairing, and sealing vertical heat exchangers; and
The commissioner shall charge a nonrefundable application fee of $215 to cover the administrative cost of processing a request for a variance or modification of rules adopted by the commissioner under this chapter.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 3; 1990 c 597 s 21-23; 1991 c 355 s 9-12; 1994 c 557 s 19; 1996 c 305 art 2 s 21; 1997 c 203 art 2 s 4; 1999 c 153 s 4,5; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 1 s 3; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 106 s 16,17; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 6 s 2; 2007 c 147 art 16 s 2
(12) one member must be a certified representative of a licensed vertical heat exchanger contractor.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 5; 1991 c 355 s 13; 1999 c 153 s 6; 2005 c 106 s 18
(1) for a new water supply well, $215, which includes the state core function fee;
(2) for a well sealing, $50 for each well, which includes the state core function fee, except that for monitoring wells constructed on a single property, having depths within a 25 foot range, and sealed within 48 hours of start of construction, a single fee of $50; and
(3) for construction of a dewatering well, $215, which includes the state core function fee, for each dewatering well except a dewatering project comprising five or more dewatering wells shall be assessed a single fee of $1,075 for the dewatering wells recorded on the notification.
(2) for construction of a monitoring well, $215, which includes the state core function fee;
(5) for monitoring wells used as a leak detection device at a single motor fuel retail outlet, a single petroleum bulk storage site excluding tank farms, or a single agricultural chemical facility site, the construction permit fee is $215, which includes the state core function fee, per site regardless of the number of wells constructed on the site, and the annual fee for a maintenance permit for unsealed monitoring wells is $175 per site regardless of the number of monitoring wells located on site;
(6) for a groundwater thermal exchange device, in addition to the notification fee for water supply wells, $215, which includes the state core function fee;
(7) for a vertical heat exchanger with less than ten tons of heating/cooling capacity, $215;
(8) for a vertical heat exchanger with ten to 50 tons of heating/cooling capacity, $425;
(9) for a vertical heat exchanger with greater than 50 tons of heating/cooling capacity, $650;
(11) for an elevator boring, $215 for each boring.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 10; 1990 c 597 s 34; 1991 c 355 s 24; 1994 c 557 s 21; 1997 c 203 art 2 s 5; 1998 c 407 art 2 s 23; 1999 c 247 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 1 s 5,6; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 106 s 24,25; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 6 s 3,4; 2007 c 147 art 16 s 3,4; 2009 c 79 art 10 s 1
Subd. 3. Prohibition on state land purchased without well identification.
(6) construction, repair, and sealing of vertical heat exchangers.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 26; 1999 c 153 s 11; 2005 c 106 s 30
Fees collected for licenses or registration under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 29; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
Subd. 2.Certification application fee.
The application fee for certification as a representative of a well contractor is $75. The commissioner may not act on an application until the application fee is paid.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 30; 1990 c 597 s 40-42; 1991 c 355 s 31-34; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 12,13; 1999 c 250 art 3 s 10; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 1 s 8-11; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 106 s 32-37; 2007 c 124 s 1
The application fee for certification as a representative of a limited well/boring contractor is $75. The commissioner may not act on an application until the application fee is paid.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 31; 1990 c 597 s 43; 1991 c 355 s 35-37; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 14,15; 1999 c 153 s 12; 1999 c 250 art 3 s 11; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 1 s 12-15; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 106 s 38-43; 2007 c 124 s 2
The application fee for certification as a representative of an elevator boring contractor is $75. The commissioner may not act on an application until the application fee is paid.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 33; 1991 c 355 s 38,39; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 16; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 25; 1999 c 250 art 3 s 12; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 1 s 16-19; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 106 s 44-51
Subd. 2c.Certification application fee.
The application fee for certification as a representative of a monitoring well contractor is $75. The commissioner may not act on an application until the application fee is paid.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 34; 1990 c 597 s 44-46; 1991 c 355 s 40,41; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 17,18; 1999 c 250 art 3 s 13; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 1 s 20-22; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 106 s 52
A person may not drill or construct an excavation used to install a vertical heat exchanger unless the person is a limited well/boring contractor licensed for constructing, repairing, and sealing vertical heat exchangers or a well contractor.
Subd. 2.Regulations for vertical heat exchangers.
Vertical heat exchangers must be constructed, maintained, and sealed under the provisions of this chapter.
(a) A vertical heat exchanger may not be installed without first obtaining a permit for the vertical heat exchanger from the commissioner. A limited well/boring contractor licensed for constructing, repairing, and sealing vertical heat exchangers or a well contractor must apply for the permit on forms provided by the commissioner and must pay the permit fee.
(b) As a condition of the permit, the owner of the property where the vertical heat exchanger is to be installed must agree to allow inspection by the commissioner during regular working hours of Department of Health inspectors.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 39; 1999 c 153 s 13,14
(c) The fee schedule may provide for the refund of a fee, in whole or in part, under circumstances prescribed by the commissioner of natural resources. Fees received must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund. Permit fees received are appropriated annually from the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources for the costs of inspecting and monitoring the activities authorized by the permit, including costs of consulting services.
1989 c 326 art 3 s 41; 1990 c 597 s 47; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 124