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10. Building" is a structure with any dimension greater than 12 FT, regardless of a comment[VHlo]:OCHD DEFINITION By masonry or concrete foundation,with the exception of portable, lightweight carports REFERENCE PARTS OF BUILDING CODE not exceeding 400 sq ft or 12 ft mean roof height. A building is not fencing, gazebos, arbors, retaining walls, barbecue pits, detached chimneys, playground equipment, yard art, etc(NC Building Code R101.2). 11. "Casing" means pipe or tubing constructed of materials and having dimensions and weights as specified in these Rules,that is installed in a borehole, during or after completion of the borehole, to support the side of the hole and thereby prevent caving,to allow completion of a well, to prevent formation material from entering the well,to prevent the loss of drilling fluids into permeable formations,and to prevent entry of contamination. 12. "Certificate of Completion"means a certification by the Orange County Health comment[VHii]:STATE DEFINITION ADDS Department that a well has been constructed, repaired, or abandoned in compliance ABANDONMENT with the construction permit or repair permit. 13. "Clay" means a substance composed of natural, inorganic, fine-grained crystalline mineral fragments which,when mixed with water,forms a pasty, moldable mass that preserves its shape when air dried. 14. "Closed loop geothermal heat exchange injection well"or"geothermal well" means an excavation that is drilled into which a sealed pipe loop is inserted through which fluid or gas is recirculated for the sole purpose of a vertical closed loop geothermal heat exchange system. 15. "Closed loop geothermal heat exchange system" means a system of continuous piping, part of which is installed in the subsurface,through which moves a fluid or gas that does not exit the piping, and which is used to transfer heat energy to and from the fluid or gas. 16. "Commission" means the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission or its successor, unless otherwise indicated. 17. "Consolidated rock" means rock that is firm and coherent, solidified or cemented, such as granite,gneiss, limestone, slate or sandstone,which has not been decomposed by weathering. 18. "Construction of wells"I means the term as defined in G.S. 87-85, including all acts comment[VHiz]:NEW STATE DEFINITION necessary to construct wells for any intended purpose or use, including the location and excavation of the well, placement of casings, screens and fittings, development and testing. 19. "Construction permit" means a well construction permit issued by the OCHD comment[VH13]:NEW STATE DEFINITION authorizing or allowing the construction of any water well as defined in the Rules of this Section. 20. "Contaminate" or "Contamination" means the introduction of foreign materials of such nature, quality, and quantity into the groundwater as to exceed the groundwater quality standards specified in 15A NCAC 2L (Classifications and Water Quality Standards Applicable to the Groundwater of North Carolina). [Note: 6