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042 • G.S. 143-300.8 amended Protects local health department sanitarians from liability for enforcing Environmental Management Commission rules Rules 15A NCAC 02C.0300 Summary .0301 SCOPE AND PURPOSE Provides information about which wells are covered by the rules of this Section, that the rules of Section 15A NCAC 02C .0100 also apply and lists some requirements in addition to the .0100 rules. Additional provisions require additions to a property to respect setback requirements for the well, requiring builders, well contractors, pump installers or homeowners to help provide access for well inspections and require permanent abandonment of wells that serve as a source or channel of contamination to groundwater. .0302 DEFINITIONS defines terms used in the rules. .0303 APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT requires the property owner or agent to make application for a permit to construct a private water supply well and specifies what information is needed to include contact information, parcel identification, plat or site plan, intended use of property, information about potential sources of contamination at the site, and any variances or restrictions that could affect use of the site. .0304 PERMITTING Requires local health departments to make a field investigation to determine if a well can be constructed to meet the rules and to issue permits including a site plan showing areas where a well can be located and • the location of any potential sources of contamination. The rule also requires a written notice of denial for sites unable to be permitted. This rule prohibits construction of a private drinking water well without a well construction permit. .0305 GROUT INSPECTION; CERTIFICATION Requires the well contractor to notify the local health department when a well is to be grouted and make an appointment for a grout inspection. If the department is unable to inspect and certify the grout within one hour of the appointed time the well contractor can complete the grouting and certify to the health department how the well was grouted. The health department must accept the contractors grout certification if the health department was contacted to schedule a grout inspection, the health department was unable to conduct an inspection, and no evidence is found that the well was improperly grouted. .0306 WELL COMPLETION AND CERTIFICATION Requires owners to inform the local health department of any site changes, the well contractor to have a well construction permit at the job site and have any utilities within 50 feet of the well marked, and the health department to conduct a final well head inspection, mark the well location on the well log and issue a certificate of completion. .0307 WELL DATA AND RECORDS Requires any person completing, repairing or abandoning a well to submit records of those activities to both the local health department and the Division of Water Quality. .0308 APPEAL PROCEDURE States that appeals are governed by the Administrative Procedures Act. ® Proposed Rules 15A NCAC 18A.3800 Private Drinking Water Well Sampling