N.J. Admin. Code § 7:9D-1.15

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 7:9D-1.15 - Well record and well decommissioning reporting requirements

(a) All well records shall be maintained as follows:

1. Within 90 days of completion of the drilling, constructing, installing, repairing, replacing, redesignating, or modifying any well requiring a permit to drill, the licensed well driller who performed the work or provided the onsite supervision shall submit a completed well record via the Department's electronic permitting system. For well records that cannot be accurately submitted via the Department's electronic permitting system or where applicants have no access to a computer, the Department may allow submission of a well record on a paper form prescribed by the Department. In addition to the information listed in (a)3 below, a completed paper well record requires the signature of the well driller submitting the paper well record.

i. A well is completed when all drilling and the physical construction of the well has been completed by the well driller.

ii. All well records shall be signed by the well driller who actually performed the construction of the well, or provided the on-site supervision of the well construction;

2. Where a well is equipped with a pump having a capacity of 70 gpm or more and the equipment is installed after the well record has been submitted, the well record shall be amended by the well driller or pump installer and resubmitted to the Department through the electronic permitting system within 90 days of installation of the pumping equipment. If the pump is installed by a pump installer or a well driller from a drilling company other than the one listed on the original well permit, the following information shall be submitted via e-mail pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:9D-1.17: pump type, capacity, depth setting, horsepower, date of pump installation, well permit number, and name and license number of the person who installed the pump;

3. Well records shall be accurate, complete, and include, at a minimum, the following: the geologic log as defined in this chapter, the location of the well, the date of well construction and date well completed, the size and depth of the well, the diameter of the borehole and well casing installed, and the length of well casing, the length of any well screen or open hole interval, a description of all equipment, type and amount of grout, and materials used to construct the well, the static water level and yield of the well, information on any permanent well pumping equipment installed by the well driller or pump installer, name and registration number of the well driller who constructed the well, and other such information pertaining to the construction of the well; and

4. The as-built location of the well shall be reported in all well records as follows:

i. All well location coordinates shall be mapped within 10 feet of the actual location. The mapping method used shall have horizontal accuracy of at least five meters.

ii. Horizontal data points shall be submitted in New Jersey State Plane coordinates using the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 1983), and shall conform to N.J.A.C. 7:1D Appendix A, "New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System Mapping and Digital Data Standards," which is incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, and can also be electronically found at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/rules/njac7_1d.pdf.

iii. Well locational information shall be reported using one of the following methods:

(1) Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS data shall be obtained using receivers that are either mapping grade or resource grade in accordance with Department standards set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:1D Appendix A. More information on GPS is available on the Department's Bureau of Geographic Information Systems' web site at http://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/. The GPS coordinates shall be collected by the well drillers as close as possible to the as-built well location; or

(2) Survey. All surveyed coordinate locations for an as-built well shall be established by a New Jersey licensed land surveyor.

(b) Where a site-wide permit is issued, one well record form shall be submitted for all wells that are the subject of that permit. The information submitted shall include the total number of wells installed, a site plan depicting the location of each well, the site specific local identification name or number, total depth, diameter, and any additional information requested by the Department.

(c) All well decommissioning reports shall be submitted as follows:

1. Within 90 days of completion of the decommissioning of a well, the well driller who decommissioned the well or who provided the onsite supervision of the well decommissioning shall submit a completed well decommissioning report and any relevant attachments, via the Department's electronic permitting system. For well decommissioning reports that cannot be accurately submitted via the Department's electronic permitting system or where applicants have no access to a computer, the Department may allow submission of a well decommissioning report on a paper form prescribed by the Department. In addition to the information listed in (c)2 below, a completed paper well decommissioning report requires the signature of the well driller submitting the paper well decommissioning report.

2. A well decommissioning report shall include:

i. The date(s) the well was decommissioned;

ii. The permit number (if available) of the well decommissioned;

iii. The authorization number for the decommissioning plan approval in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:9D-3.1, including the date and name of the Department reviewer, if applicable;

iv. The property owner's name and address;

v. The facility and location information where the well was located, including county, township, lot, and block;

vi. Local well identification number (ID), where applicable;

vii. Well use;

viii. The total well depth, well diameter, well casing materials, and well screen materials;

ix. The method and a description of the type and amount of materials used to decommission the well;

x. The drilling company name and address;

xi. The name and either the license or registration number of the driller who decommissioned the well; and

xii. The location of the well shall be reported in all well decommissioning reports in accordance with (a)4 above.

3. Where a site-wide permit is issued, and only a portion of the wells drilled under that permit are decommissioned, one well decommissioning report representing the deepest well that was decommissioned shall be submitted and a table listing the site specific local identification name or number and depths of all the decommissioned wells must be attached.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:9D-1.15

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 171(a), effective 1/2/2018