Permits

PURPOSE: This rule explains permit expectations to construct, repair, or plug a well. (1) General Permit Requirements. (A) A non-restricted permit is required to drill, construct, repair, reconstruct, plug, or install pumps or pumping equipment in a well. (B) All non-restricted permits are valid for plugging wells, except monitoring wells. Monitoring wells shall be plugged by a monitoring well installation permittee. (C) Restricted permits are required for persons who contract or sub-contract work regulated by Missouri Well Construction Rules. (D) Restricted permits are required for persons to be a primary contractor and/or on-site drilling supervisor. (E) All permits issued pursuant to these rules will expire one (1) year after issuance. (F) Permit card(s) shall be carried by the permittee and machine and vehicle cards shall be placed in each registered vehicle. (2) Permit Types. (A) A water well permit is valid for drilling, repairing, reconstructing, and plugging wells that produce water for human consumption, animal, industrial or irrigation purposes, and open-loop supply and return heat pump wells. (B) A monitoring well permit is valid for drilling, coring, reconstructing, and plugging monitoring wells. (C) A test hole endorsement is valid for drilling, coring, or RESOURCES plugging of wells in the explorations for minerals or for geologic data. (D) A heat pump permit is valid for drilling, plugging, and repairing of heat pump wells (excluding open-loop heat pump and water return wells) and construction of trenched systems and installation of loops used in heat pump systems. (E) A pump permit is valid for installation and removal of pumps, liner installation, and for installation of pumps in extraction monitoring wells. (3) Landowners may construct or plug a well on their own property pursuant to section 256.607(2), RSMo. AUTHORITY: sections 256.606, 256.607, 256.613, 256.615, and 256.626, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed April 2, 1987, effective July 27, 1987. Emergency rescission and emergency rule filed Nov. 16, 1993, effective Dec. 11, 1993, expired April 9, 1994. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Aug. 17, 1993, effective March 10, 1994. Amended filed July 13, 1994, effective Jan. 29, 1995. Amended: Filed Nov. 1, 1995, effective June 30, 1996. Amended: Filed June 27, 2018, effective Feb. 28, 2019. *Original authority: 256.606, RSMo 1991; 256.607, RSMo 1985, amended 1991; 256.613, RSMo 1991; 256.615, RSMo 1991; and 256.626, RSMo 1985, amended 1991.