Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 47-59-2 - Definitions2.1. "Application" means the Department of Environmental Protection's standard form(s) for applying for monitoring well driller certification, including any additions, revisions or modifications to the form(s).2.2. "Borehole" means a circular hole, deeper than it is wide, constructed in earth material for the purpose of obtaining geological or groundwater data. Boreholes are also referred to as "drill holes."2.3. "Certified monitoring well driller" means an individual granted a written certificate by the Secretary to drill, construct, alter or abandon monitoring wells and who meets the requirements of this rule.2.4. "Design standards" means those specifications, drawings and other details promulgated by the Secretary to ensure proper location, design, construction, completion and abandonment of monitoring wells.2.5. "Groundwater" means the water occurring in the zone of saturation beneath the seasonal high water table, or any perched water zones.2.6. "High risk borehole" means a borehole that is on a site that currently contains or contained in the past solid or hazardous waste, hazardous materials or their by-products; or that may be affected by solid or hazardous waste, hazardous materials or their by-products; or at sites known or suspected to be contaminated by hazardous waste, hazardous materials or their by-products, unless the contamination is determined to be innocuous; or in situations where water quality in one water-bearing zone may be detrimental to another water-bearing zone.2.7. "Monitoring well" means any cased excavation or opening into the ground made by digging, boring, drilling, driving, jetting or other methods for the purpose of determining the physical, chemical, biological or radiological properties of groundwater. The term "monitoring well" includes piezometers and observation wells that were installed for purposes other than those listed above, but does not include wells whose primary purpose is to provide a supply of potable water.2.8. "Monitoring well driller" means the individual operating the drilling rig when drilling, constructing, altering or abandoning (i.e., properly or improperly closing) a monitoring well or a high-risk borehole.2.9. "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, syndicate, company, firm, trust, corporation, government corporation, institution, department, division, bureau, agency, federal agency or any other entity recognized by law. 2.10. "Piezometer" means a groundwater monitoring well sealed below the water table that is installed for the specific purpose of determining the potentiometric surface or the physical, chemical, biological or radiological properties of groundwater, or both.2.11. "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection or his or her lawful designee.