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WA Rev Code § 18.104.048 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.048 - Prior notice of well construction, reconstruction, or decommissioning.

RCW 18.104.048 Prior notice of well construction, reconstruction, or decommissioning.A property owner or the owner's agent shall notify the department of his or her intent to begin well construction, reconstruction, or decommissioning procedures at least seventy-two hours in advance of commencing work. The notice shall be submitted on forms provided by the department and shall be accompanied by the fees required by RCW 18.104.055. The notice shall contain the name of the owner of the well, location of the well, proposed use, approximate start date, well contractor's or operator's name and license number, company's name, and other pertinent information as prescribed by rule of the department. Rules of the department shall also provide for prior telephonic notification by well contractors or operators in exceptional situations. The department shall issue a receipt indicating that the notice required by this section has been filed and the fees required by RCW 18.104.055 have been paid not later than three business days after the department has received the notice and fees.[ 1993 c 387 § 6; 1987 c 394 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.049 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.049 - Modification of construction standards.

RCW 18.104.049 Modification of construction standards.The department by rule shall adopt procedures to permit a well operator to modify construction standards to meet unforeseen circumstances encountered during the construction of a well. The procedures shall be developed in consultation with the technical advisory group established in RCW 18.104.190.[ 1993 c 387 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.050 - Reports of well construction or decommissioning.

RCW 18.104.050 Reports of well construction or decommissioning.(1) Any person authorized by this chapter to construct or decommission a well shall furnish a well report to the director within thirty days after the completion of the construction or decommissioning of a well. The director, by rule, shall prescribe the form of the report and the information to be contained therein.(2) In the case of a dewatering well project:(a) A single well construction report may be submitted for all similar dewatering wells constructed with no significant change in geologic formation; and(b) A single well decommissioning report may be submitted for all similar dewatering wells decommissioned that have no significant change in geologic formation.[ 2005 c 84 § 3; 1993 c 387 § 8; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.055 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.055 - Fees.

RCW 18.104.055 Fees.(1) A fee is hereby imposed on each well constructed in this state on or after July 1, 2005.(2)(a) The fee for one water well, other than a dewatering well, with a minimum top casing diameter of less than twelve inches is two hundred dollars. This fee does not apply to a ground source heat pump boring or a grounding well.(b) The fee for one water well, other than a dewatering well, with a minimum top casing diameter of twelve inches or greater is three hundred dollars.(c) The fee for a resource protection well, except for an environmental investigation well, a ground source heat pump boring, or a grounding well, is forty dollars for each well.(d) The fee for an environmental investigation well in which groundwater is sampled or measured is forty dollars for construction of up to four environmental investigation wells per project, ten dollars for each additional environmental investigation well constructed on a project with more than four wells. There is no fee for soil or vapor sampling purposes.(e) The fee for a ground source heat pump boring or a grounding well is forty dollars for construction of up to four ground source heat pump borings or grounding wells per project and ten dollars for each additional ground source heat pump boring or grounding well constructed on a project with more than four wells.(f) The combined fee for construction and decommissioning of a dewatering well system shall be forty dollars for each two hundred horizontal lineal feet, or portion thereof, of the dewatering well system.(g) The fee to decommission a water well is fifty dollars.(h) The fee to decommission a resource protection well, except for an environmental investigation well, is twenty dollars. There is no fee to decommission an environmental investigation well or a geotechnical soil boring.(i) The fee to decommission a ground source heat pump boring or a grounding well is twenty dollars.(3) The fees imposed by this section shall be paid at the time the notice of well construction is submitted to the department as provided by RCW 18.104.048. The department by rule may adopt procedures to permit the fees required for resource protection wells to be paid after the number of wells actually constructed has been determined. The department shall refund the amount of any fee collected for wells, borings, probes, or excavations as long as construction has not started and the department has received a refund request within one hundred eighty days from the time the department received the fee. The refund request shall be made on a form provided by the department.[ 2005 c 84 § 4; 2002 c 48 § 2; 1993 c 387 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.060 - Violations—Cease and desist orders.

RCW 18.104.060 Violations—Cease and desist orders.Notwithstanding and in addition to any other powers granted to the department, whenever it appears to the director, or to an assistant authorized by the director to issue regulatory orders under this section, that a person is violating or is about to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, the director, or the director's authorized assistant, may cause a written regulatory order to be served upon said person either personally, or by registered or certified mail delivered to the addressee only with return receipt requested and acknowledged by him or her. The order shall specify the provision of this chapter, and if applicable, the rule adopted pursuant to this chapter alleged to be or about to be violated, and the facts upon which the conclusion of violating or potential violation is based, and shall order the act constituting the violation or the potential violation to cease and desist or, in appropriate cases, shall order necessary corrective action to be taken with regard to such acts within a specific and reasonable time. An order issued under this chapter shall become effective immediately upon receipt by the person to whom the order is directed, and shall become final unless review thereof is requested as provided in this chapter.[ 1993 c 387 § 10; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.065 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.065 - Remedies for noncomplying wells.

RCW 18.104.065 Remedies for noncomplying wells.(1) The department may order a well contractor or well operator to repair, alter, or decommission a well if the department demonstrates that the construction of the well did not meet the standards for well construction in effect at the time construction of the well was completed.(2) The department may not issue an order pursuant to this section:(a) For wells for which construction has been substantially completed before July 1, 1993, more than six years after construction has been substantially completed; or(b) For wells for which construction has been substantially completed on or after July 1, 1993, more than three years after construction has been substantially completed.For purposes of this subsection, "construction has been substantially completed" has the same meaning as "substantial completion of construction" in RCW 4.16.310.(3) Subsection (2) of this section shall only apply to a well for which the notice of construction required by RCW 18.104.048 and the report required by RCW 18.104.050 have been filed with the department.[ 1993 c 387 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.070 - Water well operator's license.

RCW 18.104.070 Water well operator's license.A person shall be qualified to receive a water well operator's license if the person:(1) Has submitted a completed application to the department on forms provided by the department and has paid to the department the application fee determined by rule adopted pursuant to this chapter; and(2) Has the field experience and educational training required by rule adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter; and(3) Has passed a written examination as provided for in RCW 18.104.080; and(4) Has passed an on-site examination by the department if the person's qualifying field experience under subsection (2) of this section is from another state. The department may waive the on-site examination.[ 1993 c 387 § 12; 1987 c 394 § 2; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.080 - Examinations—Subjects—Times and places.

RCW 18.104.080 Examinations—Subjects—Times and places.The examination for a license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be prepared to test knowledge and understanding of at least the following subjects:(1) Washington groundwater laws as they relate to well construction;(2) Sanitary standards for well drilling and construction of wells;(3) Types of well construction;(4) Drilling tools and equipment;(5) Underground geology as it relates to well construction; and(6) Rules of the department and the department of health relating to well construction.Examinations shall be held at such times and places as may be determined by the department but not later than thirty days after an applicant has filed a completed application with the department. The department shall make a determination of the applicant's qualifications for a license within ten days after the examination.[ 1993 c 387 § 16; 1991 c 3 § 250; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.093 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.093 - Water well construction operator's training license.

RCW 18.104.093 Water well construction operator's training license.The department may issue a water well construction operator's training license if the person:(1) Has submitted a completed application to the department on forms provided by the department and has paid to the department the application fee required by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;(2) Has acquired field experience and educational training required by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;(3) Has passed a written examination as provided for in RCW 18.104.080;(4) Has passed an on-site examination by the department; and(5) Presents a statement by a person licensed under this chapter, other than a trainee, signed under penalty of perjury as provided in chapter 5.50 RCW, verifying that the applicant has the field experience required by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and assuming liability for any and all well construction activities of the person seeking the training license.A person with a water well construction operator's training license may operate a drilling rig without the direct supervision of a licensed operator if a licensed operator is available by radio, telephone, or other means of communication.[ 2019 c 232 § 13; 1993 c 387 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.095 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.095 - Resource protection well operator's license.

RCW 18.104.095 Resource protection well operator's license.A person shall be qualified to receive a resource protection well operator's license if the person:(1) Has submitted a completed application to the department on forms provided by the department and has paid to the department the application fee required by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;(2) Has acquired field experience and educational training required by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;(3) Has passed a written examination as provided for in RCW 18.104.080. This requirement shall not apply to a person who passed the written examination to obtain a resource protection well construction operator's training license; and(4) Has passed an on-site examination by the department if the person's qualifying field experience is from another state. The department may waive the on-site examination.A person with a license issued pursuant to this chapter before July 1, 1993, may obtain a resource protection well construction operator's license by paying the application fee determined by rule adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter and submitting evidence required by the department to demonstrate that the person has the required experience to construct resource protection wells.[ 1993 c 387 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.097 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.097 - Resource protection well operator's training license.

RCW 18.104.097 Resource protection well operator's training license.The department may issue a resource protection well operator's training license if the person:(1) Has submitted a completed application to the department on forms provided by the department and has paid to the department the application fee required by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;(2) Has acquired field experience and educational training required by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;(3) Has passed a written examination as provided for in RCW 18.104.080;(4) Has passed an on-site examination by the department; and(5) Presents a statement by a person licensed under this chapter, other than a trainee, signed under penalty of perjury as provided in chapter 5.50 RCW, verifying that the applicant has the field experience required by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and assuming liability for any and all well construction activities of the person seeking the training license.A person with a resource protection well construction operator's training license may operate a drilling rig without direct supervision of a licensed operator if a licensed operator is accessible by radio, telephone, or other means of communication.[ 2019 c 232 § 14; 1993 c 387 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.100 - Licenses—Duration—Renewal—Failure to renew, procedure—Suspension—Conditional licenses.

RCW 18.104.100 Licenses—Duration—Renewal—Failure to renew, procedure—Suspension—Conditional licenses.(1) Licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be renewed every two years. A license shall be renewed upon payment of a renewal fee and completion of continuing education requirements and receipt of a completed license renewal application. If a licensee fails to submit an application for renewal, the renewal fee, and proof of completion of the required continuing education, the license shall be suspended at the end of its effective term. The licensee is not allowed to perform work authorized by their license during the time that it is suspended. The licensee is allowed thirty days to submit an application for renewal, the renewal fee, and proof of completion of the required continuing education for the renewal period. Continuing education obtained during the thirty-day suspension period may be applied only to the next renewal period. If a licensee fails to submit an application for renewal, the renewal fee, and proof of completion of the required continuing education by the end of the thirty-day suspension period, the license expires. The department shall adopt rules, in consultation with the technical advisory group created under RCW 18.104.190, that allow for an extension of the thirty-day suspension period for certain situations that are beyond the control of the licensee. The rules must also allow for a retirement or inactive license.(2) A person whose license has expired must apply for a new license as provided in this chapter. The department may waive the requirement for a written examination and on-site testing for a person whose license has expired.(3) The department may refuse to renew a license if the licensee has not complied with an order issued by the department or has not paid a penalty imposed in accordance with this chapter, unless the order or penalty is under appeal.(4) The department may issue a conditional license to enable a former licensee to comply with an order to correct problems with a well.[ 2005 c 84 § 5; 1993 c 387 § 17; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.110 - Actions against licenses—Grounds—Duration.

RCW 18.104.110 Actions against licenses—Grounds—Duration.(1) In cases other than those relating to the failure of a licensee to renew a license, the director may suspend or revoke a license issued pursuant to this chapter for any of the following reasons:(a) For fraud or deception in obtaining the license;(b) For fraud or deception in reporting under RCW 18.104.050;(c) For violating the provisions of this chapter, or of any lawful rule or regulation of the department or the department of health.(2) The director shall immediately suspend any license issued under this chapter if the holder of the license has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of social and health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order or a *residential or visitation order. If the person has continued to meet all other requirements for reinstatement during the suspension, reissuance of the license shall be automatic upon the director's receipt of a release issued by the department of social and health services stating that the person is in compliance with the order.(3) No license shall be suspended for more than six months, except that a suspension under RCW 74.20A.320 shall continue until the department receives a release issued by the department of social and health services stating that the person is in compliance with the order.(4) No person whose license is revoked shall be eligible to apply for a license for one year from the effective date of the final order of revocation.[ 1997 c 58 § 828; 1993 c 387 § 18; 1991 c 3 § 251; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 11.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: 1997 c 58 § 886 requiring a court to order certification of noncompliance with residential provisions of a court-ordered parenting plan was vetoed. Provisions ordering the department of social and health services to certify a responsible parent based on a court order to certify for noncompliance with residential provisions of a parenting plan were vetoed. See RCW 74.20A.320.Short title—Part headings, captions, table of contents not law—Exemptions and waivers from federal law—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1997 c 58: See RCW 74.08A.900 through 74.08A.904.Effective dates—Intent—1997 c 58: See notes following RCW 74.20A.320.
WA Rev Code § 18.104.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.120 - Complaints against a well contractor, operator, or trainee—Department's response—Review.

RCW 18.104.120 Complaints against a well contractor, operator, or trainee—Department's response—Review.Any person who can demonstrate being materially harmed by the actions or inactions of a well contractor, operator, or trainee, or has knowledge of illegal activities engaged in by a well contractor, operator, or trainee may submit a complaint against the well contractor, operator, or trainee to the department of ecology. The complaint shall be in writing, signed by the complainant, and specify the grievances against the licensee. The department may investigate the complaint to establish the validity of the complaint. In the event evidence shows a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, the department may respond to the complaint by issuance of an order appropriate to the violation. Review of the order shall be subject to the hearings procedures set forth in RCW 18.104.130.[ 2005 c 84 § 7; 1993 c 387 § 19; 1983 c 93 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.130 - Appeals.

RCW 18.104.130 Appeals.Any person who feels aggrieved by an order of the department including the granting, denial, revocation, or suspension of a license issued by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be entitled to an appeal pursuant to RCW 43.21B.310.[ 1987 c 109 § 24; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 13.]NOTES:Purpose—Short title—Construction—Rules—Severability—Captions—1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001.
WA Rev Code § 18.104.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.150 - Disposition of fees—Grants to local governments.

RCW 18.104.150 Disposition of fees—Grants to local governments.(1) All fees paid under this chapter shall be credited by the state treasurer to the reclamation account established by chapter 89.16 RCW. Subject to legislative appropriation, the fees collected under this chapter shall be allocated and expended by the director for the administration of the well construction, well operators' licensing, and education programs.(2) The department shall provide grants to local governing entities that have been delegated portions of the well construction program pursuant to RCW 18.104.043 to assist in supporting well inspectors hired by the local governing body. Grants provided to a local governing body shall not exceed the revenues generated from fees for the portion of the program delegated and from the area in which authority is delegated to the local governing body.[ 1993 c 387 § 20; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.160 - Criminal penalties—Prosecutions.

RCW 18.104.160 Criminal penalties—Prosecutions.Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars, or imprisonment in a county jail for a term not to exceed thirty days, or both. Criminal prosecutions for violations of this chapter shall be prosecuted by the prosecuting attorney in the county in which the violation occurred.[ 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.170 - Remedies cumulative.

RCW 18.104.170 Remedies cumulative.The remedies provided for in this chapter shall be cumulative and nothing herein shall alter, abridge or foreclose alternative actions at common law or in equity or under statutory law, civil or criminal.[ 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 17.]