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State of North Carolina <br />Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources <br />Division of Environmental Management <br />512 Noah Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 <br />James G. `dartin, Governor <br />William W. Cobey, Jr., $ecretar,v <br />P.2 <br />A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E. <br />Acting Director <br />l,eF,i;nalQ(fiC!eI- Groundwater Section <br />A�hcvilie <br />July 27, 1992 <br />70-1,1251-6208 <br />51 -6208 <br />Mr. Reginald S. Gillespie, Jr. <br />919/486 -1e Faison, Fletcher, Barber & Gillespie <br />? 19,�4$b -1 X41 <br />Post Office Box 5179 <br />Moorezville Durham, North Carolina 27717 -1729 <br />704/663 -1699 <br />Raleigh Dear Mr. Gillespie: <br />919/571 - 4700 This is in response to your letter of July 17, 1992 <br />vasrangton requesting clarification of well construction and <br />17;`9�c, r'81 abandonment requirements as set forth in the state's WELL <br />CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS (15A NCAC 2C.0100 - hereinafter <br />,� iimington "Rules" ) . Responses to the issues you raised are as <br />919595 -3940 follows, and copies of the referenced statutes and rules <br />are attached- <br />Winston-Salem 1 The statutory definition of a "well." as specified in <br />919/396 -7007 y P <br />NCGS 87- 85(14), would include borings or test pits <br />constructed for the purposes of evaluating or testing <br />the geophysical or hydrogeplogic characteristics of <br />an area, such as potential sanitary landfill site, <br />2. Anyone who constructs a well, using power equipment, <br />must register annually with the Department [NCGS <br />143- 355(e)). <br />3. Rule 2C.0105(b) requires that a permit be issued <br />prior to the construction of the types of wells <br />specified in 1. above. Rule 2C.0105(e) requires that <br />site and facility maps accompany the well <br />construction permit application. <br />4. Once they'are no longer of use, all wells must be <br />permanently abandoned in accordance with Rule <br />2C.0113(a)(2). For test pits, which most closely <br />approximate "bored" wells, abandonment should be in <br />accordance with Rule 2C.0113(a)(2)(E). <br />Pollution Prevention Pays - <br />P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626 -0535 Telephone 919.7.33 -7015 <br />-- A n Cnnal , r­ -. . <br />