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I <br />C7FECT OF ARTICLE 3 OF THE GROUNDWATER PROTECTION ACT <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES, CHAPTER 1031 <br />ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT <br />WELLS AND BORINGS <br />i <br />REGULATION OF WELLS AND BORINGS <br />1. No local well programs without delegation agreement.. <br />A local unit of government may not regulate the permitting, construction, <br />repair, or sealing of wells or elevator shafts unless there is a <br />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 />3. 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.