2005 Minnesota Statutes - 103I.501 — Licensing and regulation of wells and borings.

     103I.501 Licensing and regulation of wells and borings. 


    (a) The commissioner shall regulate and license:  


    (1) drilling, constructing, and repair of wells; 


    (2) sealing of wells; 


    (3) installing of well pumps and pumping equipment; 


    (4) excavating, drilling, repairing, and sealing of 
 elevator borings; 


    (5) construction, repair, and sealing of environmental bore 
 holes; and 


    (6) construction, repair, and sealing of vertical heat 
 exchangers.  


    (b) The commissioner shall examine and license well 
 contractors, limited well/boring contractors, and elevator 
 boring contractors, and examine and register monitoring well 
 contractors.  


    (c) The commissioner shall license explorers engaged in 
 exploratory boring and shall examine persons who supervise or 
 oversee exploratory boring.  


    HIST: 1989 c 326 art 3 s 26; 1999 c 153 s 11; 2005 c 106 s 30