New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 9D - WELL CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE; SEALING OF ABANDONED WELLS
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITTING OF WELLS, AND FOR LICENSING OF WELL DRILLERS AND PUMP INSTALLERS, PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES OF THE STATE WELL DRILLERS AND PUMP INSTALLERS EXAMINING AND ADVISORY BOARD
Section 7:9D-1.7 - General provisions for well driller licenses and pump installer licenses

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:9D-1.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) Well driller licenses are classified as follows:

1. A master well driller is authorized to:
i. Drill, construct, install, repair, replace, modify, stimulate, disinfect, or disconnect a well of any category;

ii. Install, maintain, winterize, or replace well pumping equipment and appurtenances, storage tanks, and appurtenances and connecting lines between a well and storage tank;

iii. Perform yield and drawdown testing of wells;

iv. Supervise three or more journeyman well drillers;

v. Certify public non-community and non-public well water systems where the mains are less than four inches in diameter;

vi. Certify that a well has been drilled, constructed, installed, repaired, replaced, modified, or stimulated in conformance with all applicable State and well drilling and pump installation standards;

vii. Qualify as a candidate to be appointed to the Board;

viii. Perform field observations to verify qualifications of applicants for all licenses covered by this chapter; and

ix. Seal and decommission any well in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:9D-3.

2. A journeyman well driller is authorized to:
i. Drill, construct, install, repair, replace, modify, stimulate, disinfect, or disconnect a well of any category except public community supply wells;

ii. Install, maintain, winterize, or replace well pumping equipment and appurtenances, storage tanks, and appurtenances and connecting lines between a well and storage tank;

iii. Perform yield and drawdown testing of wells;

iv. Seal and decommission any well except public community water supply wells in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:9D-3; and

v. Qualify as a candidate for appointment to the Board.

3. A journeyman (Class B) well driller is authorized to:
i. Drill, construct, install, repair, replace, modify, stimulate, disinfect, or disconnect a well of any category except public community supply wells and Category 3 wells;

ii. Install, maintain, winterize, or replace well pumping equipment and appurtenances, storage tanks, and appurtenances and connecting lines between a well and storage tank;

iii. Perform yield and drawdown testing of wells;

iv. Decommission any well, except public community water supply wells or Category 3 wells, in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:9D-3; and

v. Qualify as a candidate for appointment to the Board.

4. A dewatering well driller is authorized to:
i. Drill, construct, install, replace, modify, stimulate or disconnect any dewatering well or dewatering wellpoint which does not penetrate a confined aquifer;

ii. Decommission only Category 6 wells that have not penetrated any confining layers; and

iii. Qualify as a candidate for appointment to the Board.

5. An environmental resource and geotechnical well driller is authorized to:
i. Drill, construct, install, repair, replace, modify, stimulate, disinfect, or disconnect any Category 3 and 4 well that does not require permanent well pumping equipment;

ii. Decommission Category 3 and 4 wells in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:9D-3; and

iii. Qualify as a candidate for appointment to the Board.

6. A vertical closed loop geothermal well driller is authorized to:
i. Drill, construct, install, repair, replace, or modify any Category 5 well that does not require permanent well pumping equipment;

ii. Decommission Category 5 wells in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:9D-3; and

iii. Qualify as a candidate for appointment to the Board.

7. An elevator borehole well driller is authorized to:
i. Drill, construct, install, repair, replace, modify, or disconnect any Category 7 well;

ii. Decommission any Category 7 well in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:9D-3; and

iii. Qualify as a candidate for appointment to the Board.

8. Prior to July 1, 2020, a soil borer is authorized to:
i. Drill and install any Category 4 well;

ii. Decommission any Category 4 wells in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:9D-3; and

iii. Qualify as a candidate for appointment to the Board.

9. Prior to July 1, 2020, a monitoring well driller is authorized to:
i. Drill, construct, install, repair, replace, modify, stimulate, disinfect, or disconnect any Category 3 and Category 4 well that does not require permanent well pumping equipment;

ii. Seal and decommission any Category 3 and Category 4 well in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:9D-3; and

iii. Qualify as a candidate for appointment to the Board.

(b) A pump installer is authorized to:

1. Install, maintain, disinfect, winterize, or replace well pumping equipment and appurtenances, storage tanks, and appurtenances and connecting lines between a well and storage tank;

2. Perform yield and drawdown testing of wells; and

3. Qualify as a candidate for appointment to the Board.

(c) A licensed well driller of the proper class or a pump installer shall at all times during any operation have in her or his possession the valid license of the proper class.

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