North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter C - WELL CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS › Section .0300 - PERMITTING AND INSPECTION OF PRIVATE DRINKING WATER WELLS › Section 02C .0302 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The definitions in
					 G.S.
					 87-85 and
					 15A NCAC
					 02C .0102 apply throughout this Section. In
					 addition, the following definitions apply throughout this Section:
(1) "Abandonment Permit" means a well
				  abandonment permit issued by the local health department authorizing or
				  allowing the permanent abandonment of any private drinking water well as
				  defined in the rules of this Section.
(2) "Certificate of Completion" means a
				  certification by the local health department that a private drinking water well
				  has been constructed or repaired in compliance with the construction permit or
				  repair permit.
(3) "Construction of
				  wells" means the term as defined in
				  G.S.
				  87-85.
(4) "Construction permit" means a well
				  construction permit issued by the local health department authorizing or
				  allowing the construction of any private drinking water well as defined in the
				  rules of this Section.
(5) "Known
				  source of release of contamination" means a location where any of the following
				  activities, facilities, or conditions have been documented by the Department of
				  Environmental Quality or a local health department:
(a) Groundwater contamination incidents
				  arising from agricultural operations, including application of agricultural
				  chemicals pursuant to
				  15A NCAC
				  02L;
(b) Groundwater contamination associated with
				  the construction or operation of injection, monitoring, and other wells subject
				  to permitting under the Well Construction Act and this Subchapter;
(c) Groundwater contamination associated with
				  the operation of non- discharge, discharge (NPDES) facilities, land application
				  of animal waste, and other activities subject to permitting under
				  G.S.
				  143-215.1;
(d) Releases of hazardous waste or
				  constituents that currently exceed the Groundwater Quality Standards listed in
				  15A NCAC
				  02L at facilities governed under
				  G.S.
				  130A-294;
(e) Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup sites
				  regulated under
				  G.S.
				  143-215.104(A);
(f) Pre-regulatory landfills and Inactive
				  hazardous substance or waste disposal sites governed under the Inactive
				  Hazardous Sites Act of 1987,
				  G.S.
				  130A-310;
(g) Solid waste facilities subject to
				  15A NCAC
				  13B that have monitoring wells with
				  exceedances of the Groundwater Protection Standards as defined in
				  15A NCAC
				  13B .1634(g) and
				  (h);
(h) Releases of petroleum and hazardous
				  substances subject to
				  G.S.
				  143-215.75 through 215.98;
(i) Sites that fall within the authority of
				  the Brownfields Property Reuse Act as defined by G.S. 130A, Article 9 Part
				  5;
(j) Contamination associated
				  with pollution sources in soils or other sites known or suspected to have
				  exceeded the Groundwater Quality Standards listed in
				  15A NCAC
				  02L; or
(k) Contamination known to the local health
				  department through experience with the property, surrounding properties, or
				  information provided by the applicant.