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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 27

recognize a variation in the primary use or construction of
wells, and of the materials penetrated in different
localities.

(b) Any rule or regulation proposed by the Department
OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE with respect to the
construction of wells shall be submitted to the Board for
comment before adoption.

8-603. Permit prerequisite to drilling.

A licensed well driller may not undertake any operation
to bore, core, dig, or construct a well for any owner who is
required to obtain a permit for production and appropriation
of waters from a well under the provisions of this title
until the owner has obtained the permit from the Department
OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE. A permit may not be refused
for domestic use on a farm.

8-604. Permit to drill well required; report of driller on
completion of work.

A well may not be drilled until [the Department issues]
a permit HAS BEEN OBTAINED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE. In applying
for a permit, the driller shall give the Department OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE the information it requires. As a
condition to issuing a permit, the Department OF HEALTH AND
MENTAL HYGIENE may require samples of the materials
encountered in drilling the well to be preserved and
submitted to it. On completion of the drilling of any well,
the driller shall file a final report with the Department OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE giving the log of each well, size
and depth, diameters and lengths of casing and screen
installed, static and pumping levels, yield of the well, and
any other information pertaining to construction or
operation of the well the Department OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE requires.

8-605. Maintenance of wells; abandonmment of wells.

The owner of a well shall maintain it in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the Department OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE. On abandoning any existing well or test
hole, the well owner shall notify the Department OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE and effectively seal and fill the well or
test hole in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the Department.

Part III. Well Drillers

8-607. Board of well drillers.

(a) Established. — There is a Maryland State Board of
Well Drillers in the Department OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE.