Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 47-59-4 - Certification of Monitoring Well Drillers4.1. There shall be a certified monitoring well driller on site in direct charge of actively drilling, constructing, altering, testing or abandoning any monitoring well or high-risk borehole.4.2. To be eligible for certification, an individual must meet one of the following criteria: 4.2.a. Have a minimum of two (2) years of monitoring well drilling experience under the supervision of a West Virginia certified monitoring well driller; or4.2.b. Have six (6) months of monitoring well drilling experience that includes properly installing at least fifteen (15) monitoring wells and properly abandoning at least ten (10) monitoring wells under the supervision of a West Virginia certified monitoring well driller.4.3. An application for certification as a monitoring well driller shall be made in writing to the Secretary on a form prescribed by the Secretary. Information required on the form may include, but not be limited to, the applicant's name, address, education, experience, business name and references.4.4. In addition to filing an application for becoming a certified monitoring well driller, the applicant must pass an oral or written examination to assure the Secretary that the applicant is thoroughly familiar with all requirements of applicable laws, regulations, and design standards pertaining to monitoring well drilling and construction and borehole abandonment. Examinations shall be administered by personnel of the West Virginia Department of Environmental protection or their appointees. An applicant must obtain a passing grade of seventy percent (70%) in order to become certified. An applicant who has failed an examination must wait thirty (30) days before retaking the examination.4.5. Certification is not transferable or assignable and shall automatically become invalid upon suspension or revocation.4.6. Certification expires one (1) year after date of issuance and may be renewed thirty days (30) before the expiration date.4.7. If a certified monitoring well driller allows his or her certification to expire without seeking renewal, he or she must be retested in accordance with the provisions of subsection 4.4 above in order to receive recertification under this rule.