R 325.1675 Well records.

Rule 175. (1) Within 60 days of the date of completion of a well, a well drilling contractor shall furnish the well owner with 1 copy and a health officer with 2 copies of a well log that contains the information required on the form furnished by the director. The health officer shall send 1 copy of the well log to the department of natural resources within 30 days after the health officer receives the copies of the well log. A well drilling contractor shall retain a copy of the well log. (2) A well drilling contractor shall record the geologic material types and thicknesses penetrated on a record that is kept at the well construction site. The record shall be available for inspection during well construction. (3) Within 60 days after plugging an abandoned well or dry hole, the person who performed the plugging operation shall provide the department or local health department with 2 copies of a report that sets forth all of the following information: (a) The well owner's name. (b) The location of the well. (c) The well depth. (d) The well diameter. (e) The plugging procedure. (f) The plugging material. (g) The amount of plugging material used. Standard forms for the report shall be provided by the department. When an abandoned well is plugged where a replacement well will be or has beenconstructed, the plugging information may be recorded on the well log that is submitted for the replacement well. Information on several abandoned wells or dry holes within a single parcel may be submitted on a single well log form if the geologic materials and plugging methods are similar. (4) A well log shall be signed by a registered well drilling contractor. (5) Where a well drilling contractor fails to submit a well log within 60 days of the date of completion of a well or fails to maintain the drilling record pursuant to the provisions of subrule (2) of this rule, the department or health officer may require geophysical logging of the well to verify geologic materials and thicknesses of geologic materials penetrated.