CHAPTER 175

H.P. 1025 - L.D. 1398

An Act To Modify Water Well Reporting Requirements

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §550-B, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 509, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §550-B, sub-§1, ¶C is enacted to read:

C.__"Well drilling company" means a person, firm, partnership or corporation that owns or otherwise operates any mechanical equipment used to drill, drive or bore water wells.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §550-B, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 556, §16, is further amended to read:

A. Within 180 30 days after completion of any well or dry hole, or the enlarging or deepening of an existing well, a well contractor drilling company shall submit a report to the Bureau of Geology and Natural Areas, on forms designed and provided by the Bureau of Geology and Natural Areas. The report must contain information as may be required by the Bureau of Geology and Natural Areas, including, but not limited to, location, construction and well yield.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §550-B, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 509, is amended to read:

B. Any well contractor who drilling company that has engaged in the construction of water wells, but who has not