Sec. 25B-7. - Well standards advisory board.
Sec. 25B-8. - Function of the well standards advisory board—Public constituted.
Sec. 25B-9. - Well standards appeals board.
Sec. 25B-10. - Function of the well standards appeals board.
Every person who hereafter digs, bores or drills a water well, test well, test hole, observation well or cathodic protection well, or abandons or destroys any such well or test hole, or who deepens or reperforates any such well or test hole, shall file with the administrative authority a report of completion of such well or test hole within thirty (30) days after its construction or alteration has been completed.
The report shall be made on forms furnished by the department of water resources or the administrative authority and shall contain such information as the department of water resources or the administrative authority shall require, including but not limited to: (a) description of the well or test hole site sufficiently exact to permit location and identification of the well or test hole; (b) detailed log of the well or test hole; (c) description of the type of construction; (d) details of perforation; and (e) methods used for sealing off surface or contaminated waters.
(Ord. No. 2326.)
Sec. 25B-7. - Well standards advisory board.
A well standards advisory board appointed by the board of supervisors shall consist of five (5) members: one (1) licensed well drilling contractor; an agricultural representative; a qualified sanitary engineer or registered geologist qualified in the field of ground water hydrology; a California registered sanitarian experienced in well construction; and a member at large.
Members shall serve for a three (3) year term and until the qualification of a successor, except that the first members shall serve staggered terms, as determined by drawing of lots, in the following manner: one (1) member shall serve for a one (1) year term of office; two (2) members shall serve for a two (2) year term of office; two (2) members shall serve for a three (3) year term of office. All such terms shall end on the first Monday of the year in which such term is to expire.
Travelling and other expenses incurred by each board member in the performance of his official duties shall be reimbursed at a rate to be determined by the board of supervisors.
(Ord. No. 2326.)
Sec. 25B-8. - Function of the well standards advisory board—Public constituted.
(a)
The well standards advisory board is established to advise the administrative authority on the acceptability of alternate materials and well drilling practices. The director of permit and resource management department as the administrative authority shall be an ex officio member and shall act as secretary of the well standards advisory board.
(b)
The board of supervisors declares that the individuals appointed to the office of member of the well standards advisory board are intended to represent the public interest by preservation of the groundwater resource. Accordingly, the board of supervisors finds for purposes of persons who hold such office, the well industry is tantamount to and constitutes the public generally within the meaning of Section 87103 of the Government Code.
(Ord. No. 4906 § 7 (B), 1995; Ord. No. 2326.)
Sec. 25B-9. - Well standards appeals board.
The board of supervisors shall serve as well standards appeals board.
(Ord. No. 2326.)
Sec. 25B-10. - Function of the well standards appeals board.
The well standards appeals board shall hear appeals from decisions of the administrative authority for appropriate application of regulations and procedures established under this chapter.
Within thirty (30) days after the decision by the administrative authority, appeal may be taken to the well standards appeals board. The application of appeal shall be filed with the administrative authority. Appeal may be taken by any applicant, the owner of property to which the application relates, or the owner of property contiguous to the property to which the application relates. For purposes of determining contiguity, the property line shall be projected to the center of public streets or highways.
At the hearing, the applicants and the administrative authority shall be given reasonable opportunity to be heard and present evidence. After an express finding of fact, decisions shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the applicant in person or by mailing to the address stated on the application, and to the administrative authority. Decisions of the well standards appeals board are final. Should no decision be rendered within thirty (30) days after hearing an appeal, the appeal is denied unless time is extended by action of the board.