Minnesota Administrative Rules

4410.7918 LOCATION OF DRILL HOLES.

A permittee shall comply to the extent practicable with the following standards with respect to location of a drill hole.

A.

A drill hole shall be located:

(1)

when possible on a right-of-way that has good surface drainage, at a higher elevation than, and at a sufficient distance from cesspools, buried sewers, septic tanks, privies, barnyards, and feedlots or other possible sources of contamination, as provided in the Minnesota Water Well Construction Code, chapter 4725;

(2)

so that the drill hole and its surrounding area can be kept in a sanitary condition;

(3)

to exclude all sources of pollution that are known to the permittee, or reasonably should have been known to the permittee, from entering the drill hole; and

(4)

50 feet from any building and at least 1,000 feet from any occupied residence or occupied animal barn, or as negotiated with the landowner or tenant, as appropriate.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 116C.724

History:

10 SR 2290

Published Electronically:

November 30, 2009