Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 240 - CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, ALTERATION, CONVERSION AND ABANDONMENT OF MONITORING WELLS, GEOTECHNICAL HOLES AND OTHER HOLES IN OREGON › Section 690-240-0395 - Monitoring Well Report Required (Monitoring Well Log)

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A
			 monitoring well report shall be prepared for each monitoring well constructed,
			 altered, converted, or abandoned including unsuccessful monitoring wells. The
			 log shall be certified as correct by signature of the Monitoring Well
			 Constructor constructing the monitoring well. The completed log shall also be
			 certified by the bonded Monitoring Well Constructor responsible for
			 construction of the monitoring well. A monitoring well report must be submitted
			 by each bonded constructor (if drilling responsibility is shifted to a
			 different bonded constructor), showing the work performed by each bonded
			 constructor.
(2) Well Reports may
			 be submitted electronically by a Department-approved method. Well reports
			 submitted on paper shall be prepared in triplicate on forms furnished or
			 previously approved in writing by the Water Resources Department. The original
			 shall be furnished to the Director, the first copy shall be retained by the
			 Monitoring Well Constructor, and the second copy shall be given to the customer
			 who contracted for the construction of the monitoring well.
(3) The bonded Monitoring Well Constructor
			 shall file the certified monitoring well report with the Water Resources
			 Department within 30 days after the completion of the construction, alteration,
			 conversion, or abandonment of the monitoring well.
(4) The trainee or Monitoring Well
			 Constructor operating the monitoring well drilling machine shall maintain a
			 rough log of all geologic strata encountered and all materials used in the
			 construction of the monitoring well. This log shall be available for inspection
			 by the well inspector or other authorized agent of the Water Resources
			 Department or other delegated agency representative at any time before the
			 monitoring well report is received by the Department. The rough drilling log
			 shall be in handwritten or electronic form, or a voice recording.
(5) In the event a constructor leaves any
			 drilling equipment or other tools in a monitoring well this fact shall be
			 entered on the monitoring well report.
(6) A copy of any special authorizations or
			 special standards issued by the Director shall be attached to the monitoring
			 well report.
(7) The report of
			 monitoring well construction required in section (1) of this rule shall be
			 submitted electronically by a Department-approved method or recorded on a form
			 provided or previously approved in writing by the Department. The form shall
			 include, as a minimum, the following:
(a) Name
			 and post-office address of the well owner;
(b) Name and license number, if applicable,
			 of the licensed or permitted person performing the work;
(c) Name and license number, if applicable,
			 of the licensed or permitted person responsible for the work;
(d) Name of any person that assisted with the
			 work;
(e) Started/Completed
			 date;
(f) Location of the well by
			 county, Township, Range, Section, tax lot number, if assigned, street address,
			 or nearest address, the nearest 1/4, 1/4 section, and Latitude and Longitude as
			 established by a global positioning system (GPS);
(g) Start card number;
(h) Well identification label number (well
			 tag number);
(i) Type of
			 well;
(j) Use of well;
(k) Type of work;
(l) Depth drilled and completed
			 depth;
(m) Diameter of
			 boreholes;
(n) Type, size, and
			 amount of casing and where placed in the well;
(o) Number and location of perforations or
			 screens;
(p) Type and amount of
			 seal material used and measured weight of the grout slurry as required in OAR
			 690-240-0475(2)(g);
(q) Temperature
			 of the groundwater encountered;
(r)
			 Thickness of aquifers;
(s) Total
			 dissolved solids (TDS);
(t) Map
			 showing location of monitoring well on site, must be included with the
			 electronically filed well report or attached to the submitted paper well report
			 and shall include an approximate scale and a north arrow; and
(u) Such additional information as required
			 by the Department.