Idaho Code 42-3912 – Drillers — Must Be Licensed — Approved Permits — Certified Copies
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 42-3912
- Deep injection well: means an injection well which is more than eighteen (18) feet in vertical depth below land surface. See Idaho Code 42-3902
- Director: means the director of the department of water resources. See Idaho Code 42-3902
- Injection: means the subsurface emplacement of fluids through an injection well, but excludes the following:
Idaho Code 42-3902Injection well: means any feature that is operated to allow injection which also meets at least one (1) of the following criteria:
Idaho Code 42-3902Licensed driller: means any person holding a valid license to drill water wells in Idaho as provided and defined in section 42-238, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 42-3902 person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
It shall be unlawful for any person not a licensed driller to construct a new deep injection well or modify an existing deep injection well, except that a driller’s license is not required for the construction of a driven mine shaft or dug hole for the purposes of this chapter. All licensed drillers shall obtain a certified copy of the approved permit from the director of the department of water resources prior to construction of any new deep injection well or prior to the modification of any existing deep injection well. Failure by a licensed driller to comply with this section shall constitute cause for revocation of a well driller’s license in accordance with section 42-238, Idaho Code.