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(S12) 8235000 ‘department of healthp.o.boK944t n,lnn.apo,ta554<0^ 1^ 42.3- T-I—1memorandumDATE: November 30, 1989 <br />SUBJECT: Effect of Article 7 <br />on Local Govermwot *’®’ Sroondwater Protection Lejislation <br />bln'oy^ <br />coiree^ocs or dare ,.3C,„3 <br />fJJABtmr <br />closure <br />jual opportunity employer <br />.* .-EFFECT OF ARTICLE 3 OF THE GROUNDWATER PROTECTION ACT MINNESOTA STATUTES, CHAPTER 1031 ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTWELLS AND BORINGSREGULATION OF WELLS AND BORINGSI• No local wen oroorams without deleoation agreement.A local unit of government may not regulate the permitting, construction, repair, or sealing of wells or elevator shafts unless there is a delegation agreement with the Commissioner of Health. This includes <br />monitoring, water, dewatering, remedial, and irrigation wells. <br />2. Delegation <br />Local Boards of Health may enter into an agreement with the Commissioner <br />of Health to take over all or part of the inspection, reporting, and <br />enforcement duties related to permitting, construction, repair, and <br />sealing of wells. <br />Environmental Bore Holes <br />Only licensed well contractors or monitoring well contractors may <br />construct, repair or seal environmental bore holes. These are defined <br />as: <br />. . . a hole or excavation in the ground that enters or goes through <br />a waterbearing layer and is used to monitor or measure physical, <br />chemical, radiological, or biological parameters without extracting <br />water. An environmental bore hole also includes bore holes <br />constructed for vapor recovery or venting systems. An environmental <br />bore hole does not include a well, elevator shaft, exploratory <br />boring, or monitoring well.