CHAPTER 126

H.P. 271 - L.D. 341

An Act To Require Information on New Wells

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

Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §4700-N is enacted to read:

§4700-N.__Well information

The commission shall adopt rules directing that, upon constructing, enlarging or deepening a drinking water well, the well contractor who constructed, enlarged or deepened the well shall record information in a permanent manner, including, but not limited to, the name of the contractor, the date the well was constructed, enlarged or deepened, the depth of the well and the well yield rate in gallons per minute.__The rules must direct that the required information be maintained in the event that another contractor performs additional work on the well or a pump system that causes the original record of information to be altered or removed.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.