Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 11 - Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality › Part 7 - Surface Water and Groundwater Use and Protection, Licensing of Water Well Contractors and Dam Safety Regulations › Chapter 2 - Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality Licensing of Water Well Contractors Regulations › Rule 11-7-2.9 - State Well Reports

Current through June 25, 2024
The State Well Report will include sections for a drillers
				  log, a well completion report, and a well modification report. The drillers log
				  portion of the report shall be completed by the licensed contractor and
				  submitted to MDEQ for all drilled wells and boreholes that penetrate water
				  bearing strata. Water well contractors drilling irrigation wells into the
				  Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer (MRVA) shall furnish a copy of the
				  drillers log to the YMD Joint Water Management District (YMD) at the same time
				  the original report is submitted to MDEQ. Drillers logs will not be required
				  for geotechnical boreholes less than twenty-five (25) feet in depth that do not
				  encounter water bearing strata; environmental monitoring wells less than
				  twenty-five (25) in depth that are regulated under other state and federal
				  environmental programs; or small diameter wells or sampling holes less than
				  fifty (50) feet in depth that are established with direct push (geo-probe)
				  equipment. If a water well is developed and completed by a water well
				  contractor immediately upon completion of drilling, both sections of the form
				  shall be completed by the contractor and the report submitted to MDEQ within
				  thirty (30) days after completion of the well. If for any reason a well is not
				  developed and completed immediately upon completion of drilling, the following
				  procedure shall be followed:
A. The
				drillers log section of the well report form provided by MDEQ shall be
				completed by the water well contractor who constructed the well or borehole and
				submitted to MDEQ within thirty (30) days after completion of drilling. For all
				water wells and boreholes, the drillers log section of the report must be
				signed by an appropriately licensed water well contractor. The drillers log
				entries on the report form shall be true, accurate, and complete. Portions of
				the form that may not be applicable shall contain an entry to that effect.
				Incomplete or inaccurate submittals will be returned to the licensee for
				completion or correction, but the 30-day filing period will not be extended. If
				the properly-executed form is not on file with MDEQ by the end of the 30-day
				period, the licensee will be deemed to be in non-compliance and may be subject
				to penalties as prescribed by statute and this regulation. The water well
				contractor filing the report shall keep a copy of the submittal and provide a
				copy to the owner of the well or borehole. For geotechnical investigations, the
				licensee may submit boring logs generated for a site report in lieu of the MDEQ
				form, provided the logs include all required information.
B. If a water well is completed by someone
				other than the water well contractor who constructed the well, the owner of the
				well shall be responsible for providing a copy of the state well report form
				containing the previously completed drillers log to the licensee responsible
				for completion of the well.
C. The
				licensee who develops and completes the well shall fill out the well completion
				section of the well report on the copy of the form containing the previously
				submitted drillers log and submit the completed report to MDEQ within thirty
				(30) days after completion of the well. For all water wells, the well
				completion section of the report must be signed by an appropriately licensed
				water well contractor. The entries on the report form relating to well
				completion shall be true, accurate, and complete. Portions of the form that may
				not be applicable shall contain an entry to that effect. Incomplete or
				inaccurate submittals will be returned to the responsible licensee for
				completion or correction, but the 30-day filing period will not be extended. If
				the properly-executed form is not on file with MDEQ by the end of the 30-day
				period, the licensee will be deemed to be in non-compliance and may be subject
				to penalties as prescribed by statute and this regulation. The water well
				contractor filing the report shall keep a copy of the submittal and provide a
				copy to the owner of the well.
D.
				The well modification report shall be filed with MDEQ by the licensed water
				well contractor within thirty (30) days after any major modification to, or
				rehabilitation of, an existing well six (6) inches or greater in diameter. The
				report shall include the water use permit number associated with the well and a
				detailed description of the work performed. When a well that does not comply
				with current construction standards requires major modifications or
				rehabilitation, the work shall include items necessary to bring the well up to
				current minimum standards set forth in
Rule
				2.12.A.1.b., c. and
				d
.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										51-3-1,
				  et seq., 51-5-1, et seq., 49-2-1, et seq. and 49-17-1, et
				  seq.