Permit for Water Well Construction or Repair, Water Well Completion Report, Water Well Construction Standards

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Rule No.: RULE TITLE
62-532.400: Permit for Water Well Construction or Repair
62-532.410: Water Well Completion Report
62-532.500: Water Well Construction Standards

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 36 No. 23, June 11, 2010 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

62-532.400 Permit for Water Well Construction, Repair, or Abandonment.

(1) After the effective date upon which a district implements a permit system pursuant to Chapter 373, Part III, F.S., a permit shall be required before beginning construction, repair, or abandonment of any well within such area. The permit shall be obtained from the permitting authority by making written application of Form Number 62-532.900(1), State of Florida Permit Application to Construct, Repair, Modify, or Abandon a Well, (effective date) adopted and incorporated herein, and available as described in Rule 62-532.900, F.A.C. The application shall be made and submitted to the permitting authority by the owner or by the water well contractor on behalf of the owner. Any required fee shall be submitted with the permit application.

(2) through (7) No change.

(8) A drinking water supply well installed by an installation used to serve that installation’s operation is exempt from meeting the 500-foot setback distance from on-site slow rate and rapid rate land application flow systems, domestic wastewater residuals land application, phosphogypsum stack systems, and solid waste water disposal facilities if reasonable assurance is provided by the installation owner that the ground water and drinking water source are protected. Reasonable assurance shall be demonstrated if:

(a) through (d) No change.

62-532.410 Water Well Completion Report.

Within 30 days after completion of the construction, repair, or abandonment of any water well, a written report shall be filed with the permitting authority on Form Number 62-532.900(2), State of Florida Well Completion Report, (effective date) adopted and incorporated herein, and available as described in Rule 62-532.900, F.A.C.

62-532.500 Water Well Construction Standards.

The following minimum standards shall apply to the construction, repair, and abandonment of water wells in the State unless exempted by a water management district rule with the concurrence of the Department. Operation requirements for public water systems are included in Chapter 62-555, F.A.C., and operation requirements for limited use public water systems, multifamily water systems, and private water systems are included in Chapter 64E-8, F.A.C.

(1) Well Casing, Liner Pipe, Coupling, and Well Screen Requirements.

(a) Well casing, liner pipe, coupling, and well screen shall be new or in like new condition. Such well casing, liner pipe, coupling, or well screen shall not be used unless free of breaks, corrosion and dents, is straight and true, and not out of round. Welded or seamless black or galvanized steel pipe or casing, or stainless steel pipe or casing, or approved types of nonmetallic pipe shall be used for well casing or liner pipe. All well casing shall conform to one of the following standards: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A53/A53M-99b (1999), A135-01 (2001), A252-98 (1998), A589-96 (1996), or American Petroleum Institute (API) 5L-2000 (2000). Well casing that conforms to any of the aforementioned ASTM or API standards shall also conform to the 2000 American National Standard Institute for Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe (ANSI/ASME B36.10M-2000). All well casing shall be stenciled with the applicable standard, or proper documentation of manufacturer specifications must be supplied to the permitting authority upon request. Copies of these standards may be obtained from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428-2959; the American Petroleum Institute 1220 L Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005-4070; and the American National Standards Institute, 1819 L Street N.W., Washington, DC 20036, respectively.

(b) through (f) No change.

(g) Well casing, liner pipe, coupling, and well screens used for potable water well construction or repair shall conform to 2008 NSF International Standard/American National Standard NSF/ANSI 14-2008e, Plastics Piping System Components and Related Materials, or NSF International Standard/American National Standard NSF/ANSI 61-2008, Drinking Water System Components – Health Effects, both of which are adopted and incorporated by reference herein. Copies of these copyrighted standards may be obtained from NSF International, P. O. Box 130140, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0140.

(h) through (i) No change.

(2) No change.

(3) Well Construction Criteria.

(a) through (f) No change.

(g) Only water from a potable water source shall be used in the construction, repair or abandonment of a water well, including water for cleaning of well materials, drilling equipment, and water used to mix drilling fluids.

(i) Grouting and Sealing.

1. through 5. No change.

6. Except as provided in subparagraph 5. above, grouting and sealing of water wells shall be accomplished by the practices and methods recommended by Appendix C of American Water Works Association (AWWA) Standard A100-97, AWWA Standard for Water Wells, (1997), and grouting and sealing of geothermal wells shall be accomplished by the practices and methods recommended by the Vertical Geothermal Heat Pump Systems Engineering Design and Field Procedures Manual, published by the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, First Edition 2000, Oklahoma State University, which are adopted and incorporated by reference herein. Copies of these recommended practices and methods may be obtained from the American Water Works Association, 6666 West Quincy Avenue, Denver, CO 80235; and the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, Oklahoma State University, 374 Cordell South, Stillwater, OK 74078-8018, respectively.

 

TABLE I WELL SETBACK DISTANCES [insert effective date of this rulemaking]
Part A Drinking Water Supply Wells Serving Public Water Systems or Bottled Water Plant Wells
RULE	INSTALLATION	SETBACK in feet (footnote)
Reuse of Reclaimed Water and Land Application 62-610.421(3)	Slow Rate Land Application Restricted Public Access	500 (a)
62-610.521(2)	Rapid Rate Land Application	500 (b)
62-610.621(2)	Overland Flow Systems	500
62-610.621(4)	Transmission Facilities Conveying Reclaimed Water to Restricted Public Access Slow Rate Land Application Systems, Rapid Rate Land Application System, or Overland Flow Systems	100
62-610.471(1)	Public Access, Residential Irrigation, or Edible Crop Slow-rate Land Application Systems	75
62-610.471(3)	Transmission Facilities Conveying Reclaimed Water to Public Access, Residential Irrigation, or Edible Crop Slow-rate Land Application Systems	75
Domestic Wastewater Residuals 62-640.700(4)(b)	Domestic Wastewater Residuals Land Application Areas	500
Phosphogypsum Management 62-673.340(2)(d)	Phosphogypsum Stack Systems	500 (c)
Storage Tank Systems 62-761.500(1)(a) and 62-762.501(1)(a)	Aboveground or Underground Storage Tanks	100
Solid Waste Management Facilities 62-701.300(2)(b)(h)	Solid Waste Disposal Facilities	500
62-701.300(12)(a)(c)	Yard Trash Disposal, Storage, or Processing	200
62-701.300(13)	Storage or Treatment of Solid Waste in Tanks	100
Permitting and Construction of Public Water Systems 62-555.312(1)	Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems	200 (d), 100 (e)
Public Water Systems 62-555.312(3)	Sanitary Hazard as defined in 62-550 for drinking water supply wells serving public water systems	100 (f), 50 (g)
Feedlot and Dairy Wastewater Treatment and Management Requirements 62-670.500(6)(a)	Dairy Farm Waste Unlined Storage and Treatment, or High Intensity Areas	300
62-670.500(6)(b)	Dairy Farm Waste Land Application	200