HF 3856

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 05/07/2018 01:02pm

A bill for an act
relating to health; modifying provisions pertaining to wells and borings; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, sections 103I.005, subdivision 8a; 103I.601,
subdivision 4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 103I.005, subdivision 8a, is
amended to read:

Subd. 8a.

Environmental well.

"Environmental well" means an excavation 15 or more
feet in depth that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise constructed
to:

(1) conduct physical, chemical, or biological testing of groundwater, and includes a
groundwater quality monitoring or sampling well;

(2) lower a groundwater level to control or remove contamination in groundwater, and
includes a remedial well and excludes horizontal trenches; or

(3) monitor or measure physical, chemical, radiological, or biological parameters of the
earth and earth fluids, or for vapor recovery or venting systems. An environmental well
includes an excavation used to:

(i) measure groundwater levels, including a piezometer;

(ii) determine groundwater flow direction or velocity;

(iii) measure earth properties such as hydraulic conductivity, bearing capacity, or
resistance;

(iv) obtain samples of geologic materials for testing or classification; or

(v) remove or remediate pollution or contamination from groundwater or soil through
the use of a vent, vapor recovery system, or sparge point.

new text begin An environmental well does not include an exploratory boring.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 103I.601, subdivision 4, is amended
to read:

Subd. 4.

Notification and map of borings.

(a) By ten days before beginning exploratory
boring, an explorer must submit to the commissioner of health a notification of the proposed
boring deleted text begin on a form prescribed by the commissioner, deleted text end new text begin map new text end and a fee of $275 deleted text begin for each exploratory
boring deleted text end .

(b) By ten days before beginning exploratory boring, an explorer must submit to the
commissioners of health and natural resources a county road map new text begin on a single sheet of paper
that is eight and one-half by 11 inches in size and new text end having a scale of one-half inch equal to
one mile, as prepared by the Department of Transportation, or a 7.5 minute series topographic
map (1:24,000 scale), as prepared by the United States Geological Survey, showing the
location of each proposed exploratory boring to the nearest estimated 40 acre parcel.
Exploratory boring that is proposed on the map may not be commenced later than 180 days
after submission of the map, unless a new map is submitted.