Cal. PRC § 3724.1
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 3724.1, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Official statutory text
An owner or operator may submit to the supervisor for approval a written program to drill a shallow well or wells for temperature-gradient monitoring purposes. In order to qualify under this section, a program shall contain not more than 25 wells and the maximum total depth of each of these wells shall not exceed 250 feet. Each program submitted for approval shall include:
(a) Well numbers.
(b) Well locations and elevations.
(c) Geologic interpretation of the area under investigation, including any known or inferred temperature data.
(d) Such other data as may be required by the supervisor.
The fee required to be filed for the drilling of these shallow wells shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) per well or two hundred dollars ($200) per program, whichever is the lesser.
The fee shall be paid as provided in Section 3724.6.
(a) Well numbers.
(b) Well locations and elevations.
(c) Geologic interpretation of the area under investigation, including any known or inferred temperature data.
(d) Such other data as may be required by the supervisor.
The fee required to be filed for the drilling of these shallow wells shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) per well or two hundred dollars ($200) per program, whichever is the lesser.
The fee shall be paid as provided in Section 3724.6.
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