West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 47 - Water Resources, Division Of Water And Waste Management › Title 47 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES › Series 47-59 - Monitoring Well Rules › Section 47-59-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. "Application"
				means the Department of Environmental Protection's standard form(s) for
				applying for monitoring well driller certification, including any additions,
				revisions or modifications to the form(s).
2.2. "Borehole" means a circular hole, deeper
				than it is wide, constructed in earth material for the purpose of obtaining
				geological or groundwater data. Boreholes are also referred to as "drill
				holes."
2.3. "Certified monitoring
				well driller" means an individual granted a written certificate by the
				Secretary to drill, construct, alter or abandon monitoring wells and who meets
				the requirements of this rule.
2.4.
				"Design standards" means those specifications, drawings and other details
				promulgated by the Secretary to ensure proper location, design, construction,
				completion and abandonment of monitoring wells.
2.5. "Groundwater" means the water occurring
				in the zone of saturation beneath the seasonal high water table, or any perched
				water zones.
2.6. "High risk
				borehole" means a borehole that is on a site that currently contains or
				contained in the past solid or hazardous waste, hazardous materials or their
				by-products; or that may be affected by solid or hazardous waste, hazardous
				materials or their by-products; or at sites known or suspected to be
				contaminated by hazardous waste, hazardous materials or their by-products,
				unless the contamination is determined to be innocuous; or in situations where
				water quality in one water-bearing zone may be detrimental to another
				water-bearing zone.
2.7.
				"Monitoring well" means any cased excavation or opening into the ground made by
				digging, boring, drilling, driving, jetting or other methods for the purpose of
				determining the physical, chemical, biological or radiological properties of
				groundwater. The term "monitoring well" includes piezometers and observation
				wells that were installed for purposes other than those listed above, but does
				not include wells whose primary purpose is to provide a supply of potable
				water.
2.8. "Monitoring well
				driller" means the individual operating the drilling rig when drilling,
				constructing, altering or abandoning (i.e., properly or improperly closing) a
				monitoring well or a high-risk borehole.
2.9. "Person" means an individual,
				partnership, association, syndicate, company, firm, trust, corporation,
				government corporation, institution, department, division, bureau, agency,
				federal agency or any other entity recognized by law.
2.10. "Piezometer" means a groundwater
				monitoring well sealed below the water table that is installed for the specific
				purpose of determining the potentiometric surface or the physical, chemical,
				biological or radiological properties of groundwater, or both.
2.11. "Secretary" means the Secretary of the
				Department of Environmental Protection or his or her lawful
				designee.