Section 69-05.2-16-16 - Performance standards - Hydrologic balance - Transfer of wells1. An exploratory or monitoring well may be transferred by the permittee for further use as a water well with the prior approval of the commission. The permittee and the surface owner shall jointly submit a written request to the commission for that approval. 2. Upon an approved transfer of a well, the transferee shall: a. Assume primary liability for damages to persons or property from the well. b. Plug the well when necessary, but in no case later than abandonment of the well. c. Assume primary responsibility for compliance with chapter 69-05.2-14 with respect to the well. 3. Upon an approved transfer of a well, the transferor shall be secondarily liable for the transferee's obligations under subsection 2, until release of the bond or other equivalent guarantee required by 69-05.2-12, for the area in which the well is located. N.D. Admin Code 69-05.2-16-16
Effective August 1, 1980; amended effective May 1, 1990.General Authority: NDCC 38-14.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 38-14.1-24