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6.3.4. Where the maximum depth of a well being destroyed is less than 100 <br /> feet, and there is no standing water, the well shall be sealed from the <br /> bottom to its total depth with grout, Bentonite, or a minimum of five (5) <br /> sack mix of concrete not greater than '/4" aggregate, or as specified by the <br /> Director. <br /> 6.3.5. Approved Bentonite may be allowed to freefall up to 200 feet in a well <br /> destruction if the space will allow no bridging, and if done in accordance <br /> with manufacturer's specification. <br /> 6.3.6. For the protection of the seal, and to facilitate the future use of the land <br /> site, a hole at least one foot larger in diameter than the originally drilled <br /> hole shall be excavated around the outside of the well casing to a depth <br /> not less than three feet below the ground surface. The well casing shall <br /> then be cut off six inches above the bottom of this excavation and <br /> removed. During the sealing operation, the grout used to fill the well shall <br /> be allowed to spill over into the excavation and fill it for a thickness of one <br /> foot and form a cap which has a diameter of at least on foot greater than <br /> the diameter of the originally drilled hole. This procedure should result in <br /> the exposed edge of the casing being covered with six inches of grout. <br /> After the sealing operation and the sealing material have set, the <br /> excavation shall be back filled with clean native soil. <br /> 6.3.7. Under no circumstances shall an abandoned well be used for disposal of <br /> any solid or liquid wastes. <br /> 6.3.8. If a test hole is drilled for construction of a well, and is not used in the final <br /> construction of the well, the test hole shall be destroyed from the total <br /> depth to the surface and under inspection. <br /> 7. INSPECTION OF WELLS <br /> 7.1. Approval of the application for permit will be withheld until an onsite inspection is <br /> made, if a necessary and the requirements regulating the well location are met. <br /> 7.2. Inspections will be made to ensure compliance with these Standards during and <br /> after well construction, destruction, deepening, reconditioning, subsurface boring, <br /> seismic test holes, monitoring wells, geophysical/geotechnical wells, cathodic <br /> protection wells, injection wells, recharge wells, extraction wells and other wells. <br /> 7.3. Final inspection of the well surface seal, sanitary seal, check valve, sample tap, <br /> and/or pump including the use of food grade lubricants, shall be made after pump <br /> is installed and operating. <br /> 7.4. The permit applicant shall provide a minimum of 24-hour advance request for all <br /> required inspections. <br /> 7.5. Other inspections will be made as deemed necessary by the Director. <br /> EHD 43-03 Page 17 of 27 WELL STANDARDS <br /> 10/9/07 <br />