R 324.8916 Activities eligible for abandoned well management grants.

Rule 16. (1) The following abandoned well management activities are eligible for funding: (a) Preparation of proposals, narratives, financial statements, and reports related to abandoned well management, as requested by the department. (b) Conducting the following activities within wellhead protection areas: (i) Identification of well and property owners. (ii) On-site surveys, inspections, or other activities for finding abandoned wells. (iii) A search for, and review of, records to identify abandoned well locations. (iv) Creation of databases and the purchase of computer software to track the status of abandoned wells. (v) The purchase or rental of magnetometers, metal detectors, or other appropriate geophysical instrumentation, and the excavation costs associated with locating buried abandoned wells. (vi) The mapping of abandoned well locations, at a cost not to exceed 5% of the total grant amount. (vii) Plugging of abandoned wells by water well drilling contractors registered under section 12704 of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.12704. (A) Where groundwater contamination problems have been identified inside the wellhead protection area priority shall be given to plugging abandoned wells in the area of known contamination. (viii) Well plugging verification activities. (2) The following community public waterline extension activities conducted within wellhead protection areas are eligible for funding: (a) Identification of abandoned wells at structures where water service connection has been made. (b) Plugging wells that have been taken out of service when new public water service connections are made. (c) Wells that are required to be plugged under parts 201, 211, 213, or 615 of this act are not eligible for funding under this part. (3) The applicant shall focus eligible public education and outreach activities on promoting wellhead protection concepts and the importance of plugging abandoned wells. Eligible activities include the following: (a) Development and dissemination of brochures, pamphlets, billing statement attachments, news releases, videos, or similar materials through newspapers, radio, television, or other public communication media acceptable to the department.