Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VI - Certification of Operators › Chapter 82 - Well Contractor Certification › Rule 567-82.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
In addition to the definitions in Iowa Code sections
				  455B171.,
				  455B190.
				  and
				  455B190A.,
				  which are hereby adopted by reference, the following definitions shall apply to
				  this chapter:
"Certified well contractor"
means a well
				  contractor who has successfully passed an examination prescribed by the
				  department to determine the applicant's qualifications to perform well drilling
				  or pump services or both.
"Class 1 well"
means a well 100 feet or less
				  in depth and 18 inches or more in diameter.
"Class 2 well"
means a well more than 100
				  feet in depth or less than 18 inches in diameter or a bedrock well. Bedrock
				  wells include:
1. Wells completed in a
				single confined aquifer;
2. Wells
				completed in a single unconfined aquifer; and
3. Wells completed in multiple aquifers.
"Class 3 well"
means a sandpoint well 50
				  feet or less in depth and having a casing inside diameter of 2 inches or less
				  constructed by joining a screened drive point with lengths of pipe and driving
				  the assembly into a shallow sand and gravel aquifer.
"Classification"
means one of three levels
				  of well contractor certification, designated as certified well contractor,
				  provisionally certified well contractor or well plugging contractor. All three
				  are referred to as "certified well contractor" in the following rules unless
				  specifically identified otherwise.
"Continuing education unit (CEU)"
means ten
				  contact hours of participation in an organized education experience under
				  responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction.
"Direct charge"
means the certified well
				  contractor at the well site responsible for ensuring that the well services are
				  performed as required in 567-Chapters 38, 39, 43, 49 and 110.
"Director"
means the director of the
				  department of natural resources or a designee.
"Issuing agency"
means a professional,
				  technical/educational organization authorized by the department to provide
				  continuing education for certification renewal in accordance with the
				  commitments and guidelines detailed in the written issuing agency agreement and
				  procedures.
"Pump installer"
means a person certified by
				  the department to perform pump services.
"Pump services"
means the installation,
				  repair, and maintenance of water systems; modification of the upper terminus of
				  a well; well plugging; well rehabilitation; or the construction of Class 3
				  wells.
"Upper terminus"
means the upper ten feet of
				  the well casing as measured from the finished surface grade.
"Water systems"
means any part of the
				  mechanical portion of a water well that delivers water from the well to a valve
				  that separates the well from the plumbing system. "Water systems" includes the
				  pump, drop pipe to the well, electrical wire from the pump to the first
				  electrical panel or connection outside the casing, piping from the well to the
				  pressure tank or first valve outside the casing, pitless unit or adapter, and
				  all related miscellaneous fittings necessary to operate the pump. "Water
				  systems" does not include any outside piping to other buildings and does not
				  include the piping that carries the water in the remainder of the distribution
				  system.
"Water well"
means any excavation that is
				  drilled, cored, bored, augered, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise
				  constructed for the purpose of exploring for groundwater, monitoring
				  groundwater, utilizing the geothermal properties of the ground, or extracting
				  water from or injecting water into the aquifer. "Water well" does not include
				  an open ditch or drain tiles or an excavation made for obtaining or prospecting
				  for oil, natural gas, minerals, or products mined or quarried.
"Well construction"
means constructing a
				  water well and installing necessary casing, screen, liners, grout, seals, and
				  other appurtenances.
"Well driller"
means a person certified by
				  the department to perform well drilling services.
"Well drilling services"
means new well
				  construction, well reconstruction, well rehabilitation, well repair,
				  installation of pitless equipment, or well plugging.
"Well plugging"
means the closure of an
				  abandoned well with plugging materials by procedures which will permanently
				  seal the well from contamination by surface drainage and permanently seal off
				  the well from contamination into an aquifer. "Well plugging" involves the
				  proper application of filling and sealing materials.
"Well plugging contractor"
means a
				  contractor certified to plug only Class 1 or Class 3 wells but not certified to
				  abandon Class 2 wells or perform any other well services.
"Well reconstruction"
means modifying the
				  original construction of a well. "Well reconstruction" includes, but is not
				  limited to, deepening the well, installing a liner, installing or replacing a
				  screen with one of a different diameter or length, installing a pitless
				  adapter, extending the casing, or hydrofracturing a well. Replacing a screen
				  with one of identical diameter and length or replacing a pitless adapter is
				  considered repair, not reconstruction.
"Well rehabilitation"
means the physical or
				  chemical cleaning of a well.
"Well services"
means both well drilling
				  services and pump services.