256.603. Definitions.
Definitions.
256.603. As used in sections 256.600 to 256.640, thefollowing terms mean:
(1) "Abandoned well", a well shall be deemed abandonedwhich is in such a state of disrepair that continued use for thepurpose of thermal recovery or obtaining groundwater isimpractical and which has not been in use for a period of twoyears or more. The term "abandoned well" includes a test hole ora monitoring well which was drilled in the exploration forminerals, or for geological, water quality or hydrologic datafrom the time that it is no longer used for exploratory purposesand that has not been plugged in accordance with rules andregulations pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640;
(2) "Board", the body created in section 256.605;
(3) "Certification report", a form to be sent to thedivision upon completion of any well which shows the location,static water level, total depth, initial pumpage, hole size,casing size and length, and name of well owner;
(4) "Division", the division of geology and land survey;
(5) "Driller's log", a record accurately kept at the timeof drilling showing the depth, thickness, character of thedifferent strata penetrated, location of water-bearing strata,depth, size and character of casing installed, together with anyother data or information required on the certification reportforms;
(6) "Examination", an assessment of professional competencyadministered to applicants;
(7) "Heat pump installation contractor", any person,including owner, operator or drilling supervisor who engages forcompensation in the drilling, boring, coring, or construction ofany well in the state for extracting thermal energy;
(8) "Monitoring well installation contractor", any person,including owner, operator, or drilling supervisor who engages forcompensation in the drilling, boring, coring, or construction ofany well in this state which is drilled for geologic data, waterquality, or hydrologic data;
(9) "Permitted well driller", any person who holds a permitissued pursuant to the provisions of sections 256.600 to 256.640;
(10) "Person", any individual, whether or not connectedwith a firm, partnership, association, corporation, or any othergroup or combination acting as a unit;
(11) "Pump installation contractor", any person, firm orcorporation engaged in the business of installing or repairingpumps and pumping equipment;
(12) "Registration report", a form to be sent to thedivision upon completion of plugging of an abandoned well,raising casings, lining wells, deepening of wells, major repairsand alterations, and jetted wells;
(13) "Well", an excavation that is drilled, cored, bored,washed, driven, dug, jetted, trenched, or otherwise constructedwhen the intended use of such excavation is for the acquisitionof groundwater supply, for monitoring, thermal exchange or forexploration for minerals or geologic or hydrologic data; but suchterm does not include a cistern, an excavation made for thepurpose of obtaining or for prospecting for oil or natural gas,or for construction foundation data, dewatering of constructionsites or dewatering of existing structures, observation wellsused as a part of an underground storage tank leak detectionsystem of a minimal depth, as determined by the board by rule, orfor inserting media to repressure oil or natural-gas-bearingformations;
(14) "Well installation contractor", any person, includingowner, operator, and drilling supervisor who engages forcompensation in the drilling, boring, coring, or construction ofany well in this state. The term, however, shall not include anyperson who drills, bores, cores, or constructs a water well onhis own property for his own use or a person who assists in theconstruction of a water well under the direct supervision of apermitted well installation contractor and is not primarilyresponsible for drilling operations;
(15) "Well owner", any person or corporation who is theparty responsible for having a well drilled and whose nameappears on the well registration or certification form.
(L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 2, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)