Section 0400-45-10-.02 - DEFINITIONSAs used in this chapter, unless context otherwise requires:
(1) "Board" means the board of ground water management.(2) "Borehole" means the cylindrical opening created by the action of a drill or auger as it penetrates the subsurface.(3) "Closed loop geothermal borehole" means a cylindrical opening created by the action of a drill or auger as it penetrates the subsurface greater than twenty (20) feet in depth used to either extract or transfer heat from the earth for heating or cooling. This is also referred to as a geothermal well in T.C.A. § 69-10-101 et seq.(4) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner's duly authorized representative and, in the event of the commissioner's absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner of environment and conservation.(5) "Department" means the department of environment and conservation.(6) "Drill" means to dig, drill, redrill, construct, deepen or alter a well.(7) "Driller" means any person who digs, drills, redrills, constructs, deepens or alters a well.(8) "Experience" means the skill and knowledge derived from the actual direct participation and practice gained in a specific occupation. For drillers experience includes the skill and knowledge gained in operating drilling equipment to drill and construct a well or closed loop geothermal borehole. For installers experience includes the skill, knowledge and actual direct participation in determining the equipment required and installing equipment either in or on wells or closed loop geothermal boreholes. Such skill and knowledge must qualify the individual to deal with circumstances and problems that may be encountered by an occupation.(9) "Geothermal well" means a hole drilled into the earth, by boring or otherwise, greater than twenty feet (20') in depth constructed for the primary purpose of adding or removing British Thermal Units (BTUs) from the earth for heating or cooling.(10) "Installer" means any person who installs or repairs well pumps or who installs filters and water treatment devices.(11) "Well" means one of these three (3) types of holes in the earth: a geothermal well, a monitoring well, or a water well.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-45-10-.02
Original rule filed June 19, 2015; effective 9/17/2015.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 69-10-107(d) and (e) and 4-5-201 et seq.