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water well without first obtaining a well abandonment permit from the local health department. 2. Before issuing a well construction permit, the OCHD shall receive an application for a permit and conduct a field investigation to evaluate the topography, landscape position, available space,and potential sources of groundwater contamination on or around the site on which a well is to be located. Furthermore,)the Department shall Comment[VH30]:NEW STATE VERBIAGE conduct a search of DEQ's published inventories to determine whether the proposed 02C.0304 well site is located within 1,000 feet of a known source of release of contamination. The Orange County Health Department shall issue a private water well construction permit after determining the site can be permitted for a well meeting the Rules of this Section. The Orange County Health Department shall not issue a construction permit for a well in violation of restrictions regarding groundwater use established pursuant to G.S. 87-88(a).The construction permit shall include a site plan showing the location of potential sources of contamination and area(s)suitable for well construction.The construction permit shall reference documentation from DEQ's published inventories of known releases of contamination within 1,000 feet of the proposed well site, and any known risk of constructing the well related to those findings.The Orange County Health Department shall issue a written notice of denial of a construction permit if it determines a well cannot be constructed in compliance with the Rules of this Section. The notice of denial shall include reference to specific laws or Rules that cannot be met and shall be provided to the applicant. The Department shall issue a written notice of denial of a well construction permit if it determines a well cannot be constructed in compliance with the Rules of this Section. The notice of denial shall include reference to specific laws or Rules that cannot be met and shall be provided to the applicant. 3.Any well permit shall be�alid for a period of five)years; however,the Orange County Comment[VH31]:REVISED FOR STATE Health Department may revoke a permit at any time if it determines that there has VERBIAGE 02C.0304 AND READABILITY been a material change in any fact or circumstance upon which the permit shall not be issued.The validity of a well construction permit or a well repair permit is not affected by a change in ownership of the site where a well is proposed to be located if the proposed well can still be constructed or repaired in the permitted area and in accordance with these Rules.The Orange County Health Department may suspend or revoke any permits issued upon a determination that the Rules of this Section have been violated. 4. The OCHD shall give the permit holder a written notice of intent to revoke the permit by the Health Department stating the reason or reasons for revoking the permit.The permit holder may appeal the decision to revoke the permit to the Board of Health in accordance with the appeals section of these Rules. If the permit holder does not appeal within 15 days of receipt of the notice,the permit shall be immediately revoked.When a permit is suspended, revoked, or becomes invalid, the well construction shall not be commenced or completed until a valid permit has been obtained. 5. If any improperly abandoned wells are on the site, the construction permit shall be comment[VH32]:CLARIFIES WHICH WELLS conditioned upon repair or abandonment of those improperly abandoned well(s) in HAVE TO BE CONDITIONED accordance with the Section IV of these Rules. Comment[VH33]:NEW OCHD SECTION BASED 6.Wells known to be constructed for the purpose of a(Public Water Supply(PWS)shall ON WELL CONTRACTOR COMMENTS 14