Or. Admin. Code § 690-240-0560

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024
Section 690-240-0560 - Investigation of Alleged Violations
(1) The Water Resources Director, upon the Director's own initiative, or upon complaint alleging violation of statutes, standards or rules governing licensing of Monitoring Well Constructors and/or, construction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, or abandonment of monitoring wells, geotechnical holes or other holes may cause an investigation to determine whether a violation has occurred. If the investigation indicates that a violation has occurred, the Director shall notify the persons believed responsible for the violation including but not limited to:
(a) Any Monitoring Well Constructor involved;
(b) The landowner, if the violation involves construction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, operation or abandonment of a well, geotechnical hole, or other hole;
(c) The agency that has been delegated authority over a particular class of wells, geotechnical holes, or other holes and/or
(d) Any registered geologist or civil engineer in construction, alteration, or abandonment of a geotechnical hole.
(2) Enforcement and civil penalty assessment for "other than well constructors" is described in OAR 690-260.
(3) See Table 240-4 for a description of the well construction enforcement process.

Or. Admin. Code § 690-240-0560

WRD 14-1990, f. & cert. ef. 8-9-90; WRD 8-1993, f. 12-14-93, cert. ef. 1-1-94; WRD 2-1995, f. 5-17-95, cert. ef. 7-1-95; WRD 7-2001, f. & cert. ef. 11-15-01; WRD 1-2003, f. & cert. ef. 3-14-03, Renumbered from 690-240-0150; WRD 2-2006, f. & cert. ef. 6-20-06; WRD 5-2023, amend filed 06/22/2023, effective 7/1/2023

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Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 536.090, ORS 537.505-537.7952, ORS 536.027, ORS 536.900, ORS 537.992 & ORS 183.310-183.550

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 536.090, ORS 537.505-537.7952, ORS 536.900, ORS 537.992 & ORS 183.310-183.550