R 299.2372 Sealing of cellars and rat and mouse holes.

Rule 2372. (1) A permittee of a well shall seal and set into the earth rat and mouse hole casings and cellars in a manner to prevent the migration of the drilling fluid and other foreign fluids into the groundwater. A test well that does not penetrate below the deepest fresh water aquifer is exempt from this subrule. (2) Immediately after drilling completion, a permittee of a well shall fill rat and mouse holes on all rotary-drilled wells solidly from bottom to top with cement or other suitable material approved by the supervisor of mineral wells.