Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 401 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET - DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 6 - Water Wells › Section 401 KAR 6:320 - Certification of water well drillers and water well driller assistants

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				223.400 - 223.460, 223.991, 224.10-010,
				224.10-100, 224.10-410 -224.10-470, Chapter 322, Chapter 322A
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				224.10-100,
				224.70-100,
				and
				224.70-110
				authorize the cabinet to establish administrative regulations to protect water
				quality.
				KRS 223.420
				requires the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations concerning
				examination and certification of water well drillers and water well driller
				assistants. This administrative regulation establishes provisions for the
				certification of water well drillers and water well driller assistants,
				including the requirements for examination, application, and disciplinary
				action.
Section 1. General
			 Requirements.
(1) The cabinet shall issue a
			 water well driller or water well driller assistant certificate to qualified
			 applicants as established in KRS Chapter 223 and this administrative
			 regulation.
(2) Certificate
			 issuance.
(a) Monitoring well driller. A
			 certificate shall be issued for drilling monitoring wells that shall state the
			 methods for which the certified driller is qualified to drill, including:
1. Cable tool drilling;
2. Air rotary drilling;
3. Reverse rotary drilling;
4. Jetting and driving wells in
			 unconsolidated material;
5. Sonic
			 drilling;
6. Direct push;
			 or
7. Boring and auguring in
			 unconsolidated materials.
(b) Water supply well driller. A certificate
			 shall be issued for drilling water supply wells that shall state the methods
			 for which the certified driller is qualified to drill, including:
1. Cable tool drilling;
2. Air rotary drilling;
3. Mud rotary drilling;
4. Reverse rotary drilling;
5. Jetting and driving wells in
			 unconsolidated material;
6. Sonic
			 drilling;
7. Direct push;
			 or
8. Boring and augering in
			 unconsolidated materials.
(c) A combined certificate may be issued for
			 drilling monitoring wells and water supply wells that shall specify the methods
			 for which the water well driller is qualified to drill as established in this
			 subsection.
(3) A person
			 shall not construct, alter, repair, or abandon a water well without first
			 obtaining a water well driller or water well driller assistant certificate from
			 the cabinet.
(4) Each water well
			 driller or water well driller assistant certified to drill water supply wells
			 may construct, alter, repair, or abandon water supply wells using the drilling
			 method or methods stated on the certificate.
(5) Each water well driller or water well
			 driller assistant certified to drill monitoring wells may construct, alter,
			 repair, or abandon monitoring wells using the drilling method or methods stated
			 on the certificate.
(6) In order to
			 receive a water well driller or water well driller assistant certificate, an
			 applicant shall:
(a) Submit a complete
			 application as established in this administrative regulation;
(b) Earn a minimum passing score of seventy
			 (70) percent on applicable examinations as established in this administrative
			 regulation;
(c) Demonstrate that
			 the:
1. Applicant has the education and
			 experience to qualify for a certificate as established in KRS Chapter 223 and
			 this administrative regulation; and
2. Applicant's certificate is not under
			 suspension, temporary revocation, or permanent revocation as established in
			 Section 6 of this administrative regulation.