5.OAR_690-205-0200.doc

690-205-0200 Water Supply Well Construction Notice Required (Start Card)

(1) Each bonded Water Supply Well Constructor licensed to operate in the State of Oregon and each landowner holding a landowner's permit shall provide notice as required in ORS 537.762 before commencing the construction, alteration, or abandonment of any water supply well or conversion of any monitoring well, geotechnical hole, or other hole to a water supply well. The start card shall contain the following information:

(a) Name and mailing address of the landowner;

(b) Street address of the well;

(c) The approximate location of the water supply well; and

(d) The proposed depth, diameter, and purpose or use if the well is new, altered, or converted.

(2) All start cards for new water supply wells, deepening a well, or conversion of monitoring wells, geotechnical holes, or other holes shall be submitted with a $125 start card fee. OAR 690-205-0175 shall apply to landowners who construct, alter, convert, or abandon a water supply well.

(3) Forms for making these reports and submitting fees shall be furnished by the Water Resources Department.

(4) Each start card shall be mailed, hand-delivered during regular business hours or transmitted by Department-approved electronic submittal to the Water Resources Department in Salem no later than the day construction, conversion, alteration, or abandonment is commenced.

(a) Start cards submitted electronically shall be submitted before commencing construction, alteration, conversion or abandonment of any water supply well.

(5) In addition to the start card required under (4) of this rule, the constructor shall provide a legible copy of the start card to the Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) region office within which the water supply well is being constructed, altered, converted, or abandoned before commencing the construction, alteration, conversion or abandonment of any water supply well, using one of the following options:

(a) By regular mail no later than three (3) calendar days (72 hours) prior to commencement of work; or

(b) By hand delivery, during regular office hours, before commencing the construction, alteration, conversion or abandonment of any water supply well or

(c) By facsimile transmission (FAX) before commencing the construction, alteration, conversion or abandonment of any water supply well. If this method is used, a legible copy of the start card shall also be mailed, or delivered to the appropriate OWRD region office no later than the day work is commenced.

(d) Start cards submitted electronically under Section (4)(a) of this rule have satisfied the notification requirement to the OWRD region office.

(6) If a start card has been filed under section (4) and (5) of this rule and additional wells are required on the same or contiguous tax lot and for the same landowner, then start cards for the additional wells shall be filed no later than the day work begins.

(7) The Director or region office may provide an alternative means of notification. If an alternative means of notification is used, the start card shall be mailed or delivered to the region office within one week of beginning work on the water supply well. A Water Supply Well Constructor whose license has been restricted by order shall provide notice as stipulated in the order.

(8) Once received by the Department, the start card shall be confidential for a period of one year after it is received or until the water supply well report required by OAR 690-205-0210 is received, whichever is shorter.

(9) The start card may be used in an administrative enforcement action at any time, including the period of confidentiality. Once the start card is used for enforcement reasons, it is no longer confidential.

NOTE: WRD region office fax numbers are listed in Table 205-1. Region boundaries are shown in Figure 205-1.

[ED. NOTE: Tables and Figures referenced are available from the agency.] Stat. Auth.: ORS 536.090 & 537.505 - 537.795 Stats. Implemented: ORS 536.090 & 537.505 - 537.795 Hist.: WRD 3, f. & ef. 2-18-77; WRD 3-1983, f. & ef. 4-28-83; WRD 13-1986, f. 10-7-86, ef. 11-1-86, Renumbered from 690-010-0035; WRD 7-1988, f. & cert. ef. 6-29-88; WRD 7-1989(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 9-29-89; WRD 10-1989, f. & cert. ef. 11-20-89; WRD 8-1993, f. 12-14-93, cert. ef. 1-1-94; WRD 7-2001, f. & cert. ef. 11-15-01; WRD 2-2002, f. & cert. ef. 9-6-02; WRD 1-2003, f. & cert. ef. 3-14-03, Renumbered from 690-205-0070; WRD 4-2004, f. & cert. ef. 6-15-04; WRD 2-2006, f. & cert. ef. 6-20-06