15A NCAC 02C .0309      wELL ABANDONMENT AND CERTIFICATION

(a)  The applicant or well contractor shall contact the local health department to provide notification of intent to permanently abandon a private drinking water well, and include the location, permit number, and anticipated time for abandonment of each private drinking water well. If it is conducting an inspection, the local health department shall schedule the appointment by the end of the business day before the abandonment is to occur except where the local health department has made provisions for scheduling inspections at night or on the same day as the inspection.

(b)  Upon notification from the well contractor, the local health department may opt to inspect the well abandonment process. The local health department shall inform the well contractor of its availability and intention to inspect the well abandonment after notification pursuant to Paragraph (a) of this Rule. When a local health department is unable to conduct the abandonment inspection within one hour of the scheduled time, the well contractor may abandon the well without an inspection by the local health department.

(c)  Upon completion of a permanent well abandonment, the local health department shall provide a written certification on the well abandonment permit, or other local health department form, that a well abandonment inspection was completed and that the abandonment is in compliance with the rules of 15A NCAC 02C .0100. When the local health department opts to not inspect the permanent abandonment process, the well contractor shall provide written certification to the local health department that the well has been abandoned in compliance with the rules of 15A NCAC 02C .0100. A completed Well Abandonment Record form GW-30 stating the well was abandoned in compliance with the rules of this Section shall serve as the well contractor's abandonment certification.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 87-87;

Eff. July 1, 2019.