PRINTER'S NO. 3889
No. 2619 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY DAILEY, ARMSTRONG, CRAHALLA, DALEY, DeLUCA, EGOLF,
GINGRICH, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HORSEY, R. MILLER,
PETRI, ROSS, RUBLEY, SCHRODER, WASHINGTON, WATSON, WEBER,
WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 24, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MAY 24, 2004
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 29, 1956 (1955 P.L.1840, No.610),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act defining and providing for the
3 licensing of water well drillers; prevention of pollution of
4 underground waters; conferring powers and imposing duties on
5 the Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey; and
6 prescribing penalties and fees," further providing for
7 license required to drill water wells, for application and
8 for records and reports.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Sections 4(a) and 6(a) of the act of May 29, 1956
12 (1955 P.L.1840, No.610), known as the Water Well Drillers
13 License Act, are amended to read:
14 Section 4. License Required to Drill Water Wells.--(a)
15 After the effective date of this act, no person shall drill a
16 water well within the Commonwealth, unless he has first secured
17 from the department a license issued in such form and subject to
18 such reasonable rules and regulations as the department shall
19 prescribe, or unless he is drilling such well within the scope
1 of his employment by a licensed well driller. Any person
2 operating a drilling rig shall be certified in accordance with
3 section 6(a)(6).
4 * * *
5 Section 6. Application.--(a) Before any water well
6 driller's license is issued, application shall be made, in
7 writing, to the department on a form prepared and furnished by
8 the department. Such application shall contain a statement
9 showing (1) the name of the applicant, (2) the business address
10 of the applicant, (3) the residence of the applicant, (4) the
11 number of drilling rigs the applicant intends to operate during
12 the license year and a short description of each rig, (5) such
13 additional information as the department may require[.] and (6)
14 proof of having passed a certification examination offered by
15 the National Ground Water Association for each drilling rig
16 operator. Such documentation may be provided to the department
17 through electronic means or other written means.
18 * * *
19 Section 2. Section 10 of the act is amended by adding a
20 subsection to read:
21 Section 10. Records and Reports.--* * *
22 (d) The department shall compile and maintain a current
23 registry of water well drillers and water well drilling rig
24 operators. Such registry shall be made available to the public.
25 The department may make the registry available on its World Wide
26 Web site.
27 Section 3. This act shall take effect in one year.
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