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17-50-403. Definitions.
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17-50-403. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Contraband property” means property of any nature, including personal, tangible, or intangible, but not real property, that is used or intended to be used in violation of § 17-50-104;
(2)(A) “Pumping equipment” means all machinery and parts of pumps such as deep well turbine pumps with right angle gear drive, vertical hollow shaft motors, jet pumps and motors, submersible pumps and motors, and other parts and fittings installed or attached to the well.
(B) “Pumping equipment” does not include cooling units, horizontal electric motors, heat pump circulating pipe, and stationary diesel or gas engines;
(3) “Rig” means any power-driven, percussion, rotary, digging, jetting, direct push, vibrating, hydrofracturing, or augering machine used in the construction, alteration, or abandonment of water wells, or any hoist or machine used in installing or removing pumps from wells with the lifting capacity of one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) or more; and
(4)(A) “Water well” means any excavation that is drilled, redrilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise artificially constructed for the purpose of locating, acquiring, diverting, or artificially recharging ground water.
(B)(i) “Water well” includes excavations made for the purpose of exchanging the geothermal energy found in the earth as heat pump wells as defined in § 17-50-103.
(ii) “Water well” does not include an excavation made for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural gas, minerals, or products of mining or quarrying, or for inserting media to repressure oil or natural gas-bearing formations, or for storing petroleum, natural gas, or other products.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-50-403
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17-50-403. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Contraband property” means property of any nature, including personal, tangible, or intangible, but not real property, that is used or intended to be used in violation of § 17-50-104;
(2)(A) “Pumping equipment” means all machinery and parts of pumps such as deep well turbine pumps with right angle gear drive, vertical hollow shaft motors, jet pumps and motors, submersible pumps and motors, and other parts and fittings installed or attached to the well.
(B) “Pumping equipment” does not include cooling units, horizontal electric motors, heat pump circulating pipe, and stationary diesel or gas engines;
(3) “Rig” means any power-driven, percussion, rotary, digging, jetting, direct push, vibrating, hydrofracturing, or augering machine used in the construction, alteration, or abandonment of water wells, or any hoist or machine used in installing or removing pumps from wells with the lifting capacity of one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) or more; and
(4)(A) “Water well” means any excavation that is drilled, redrilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise artificially constructed for the purpose of locating, acquiring, diverting, or artificially recharging ground water.
(B)(i) “Water well” includes excavations made for the purpose of exchanging the geothermal energy found in the earth as heat pump wells as defined in § 17-50-103.
(ii) “Water well” does not include an excavation made for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural gas, minerals, or products of mining or quarrying, or for inserting media to repressure oil or natural gas-bearing formations, or for storing petroleum, natural gas, or other products.
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17-50-103. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Abandoned water well” means a well whose use has been permanently discontinued or which is in such a state of disrepair that continued use for the purpose of obtaining ground water is impractical;
(2) “Apprentice” means a natural person who under the supervision of a registered pump installer or registered water well driller is obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to obtain a certificate of registration as a pump installer or water well driller;
(3) “Apprenticeship program” means a program developed by the Commission on Water Well Construction pursuant to § 17-50-312 to develop certain minimum knowledge, skills, or abilities in those natural persons desiring registration as pump installers or water well drillers;
(4) “Continuing education” means a program approved by the commission designed to provide certificate or license holders further knowledge, skills, or abilities in water well construction, pump installation, or related activities;
(5) “Heat pump circulating pipe” means pipes that circulate fluid in heat pump wells and are a part of heat pump well construction but are not considered pumping equipment;
(6)(A) “Heat pump wells” means any excavation that is drilled, redrilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise artificially constructed for the purpose of obtaining or exchanging geothermal energy for use with ground water source air conditioning or heat pump systems.
(B) The excavation may have pipes installed inside the excavation to circulate or discharge various fluids for the use and purpose set out in this subdivision (6), and the well may or may not be backfilled after excavation;
(7) “Person” means any natural person, partnership, association, busin
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-50-103
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17-50-104. Violations.
(a) It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter, unless exempted under the provisions of §§ 17-50-107(b) and 17-50-108(b), for:
(1) Any person to engage in well construction or pump installation unless the work is performed under the supervision of an individual certified by the Commission on Water Well Construction in the type of work done;
(2)(A) Any water well contractor to fail to deliver a report on well construction to the commission within ninety (90) days after completion of well construction.
(B) The report on well construction shall contain such information as may be requested by appropriate rules of the commission and shall be upon forms supplied by the commission;
(3) Any person to install, construct, repair, or alter a water well or pumping equipment which is not in compliance with appropriate rules or is a health hazard;
(4) A person to operate a rig without a permit as prescribed in § 17-50-310; or
(5) A person to enter into a contract for well construction or pump installation or hold himself or herself out in the business as a water well contractor without posting bond or bond fee and holding a license as provided in §§ 17-50-304 — 17-50-309.
(b) Every day or any part of a day in which a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-50-104
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-50-104. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.