Title: S.L. 1987-496
Category: Session Law

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 496
SENATE BILL 389

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE REGULATION OF THE OPERATION OF WATER WELLS AND WELL SYSTEMS WITH A DESIGNED CAPACITY OF 100,000 GALLONS PER DAY OR GREATER BY BRINGING THE OPERATION OF SUCH WELLS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE WELL CONSTRUCTION ACT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 87-85 is amended by adding a subdivision after subdivision (16) to read:
"(17)	'Operation of wells' means the process, frequency, and duration of withdrawing water or other fluids from a well by any means."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 87-86 is amended by adding "operate," after "construct," and before "repair,".
Sec. 3.  G.S. 87-86 is amended by adding "operated," after "constructed," and before "repaired,".
Sec. 4.  G.S. 87-87 is amended by adding "the operation of water wells or well systems with a designed capacity of 100,000 gallons per day or greater," after "abandonment of wells," in the first sentence.
Sec. 5.  G.S. 87-88(c) is amended by adding after the first sentence "Wells subject to the provisions of subdivision (a)(i) of this section shall be operated in such a way that they shall not cause the violation of applicable groundwater quality standards."
Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 1987.

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