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4,05.14 Transfer of Wells. <br />An exploratory or monitoring well may only be transferred by the person who <br />conducts surface or underground mining activities for further use as a water <br />well in accordance with the following requirements: <br />(1) A well permit must be obtained from the State Engineer in accordance <br />with C.R.S. 37-90-138, 37-90-137 or 37-92-602 prior to any beneficial <br />use of water from the transferred well. <br />(2) Subsequently, the operator and the surface owner of the lands where <br />the well is to be located shall jointly submit a written request for <br />approval of transfer to the Division. <br />(3) Upon an approved transfer of a well by the State Engineer and the <br />Division in accordance with 4.05.14(1) and (2) above, the transferee <br />shall: <br />(a) Assume primary liability for damages to persons or property from <br />the well in compliance with 4.05,15; <br />(b) Plug the well when necessary, but in no case later than <br />abandonment of the well; and <br />(c) Assume primary responsibility for compliance with 4.07.1, 4.07.2 <br />and 4.07.3 with respect to the well. <br />(4) Upon an approved transfer of a well, the transferor shall be secondarily <br />liable for the transferee's obligations under 4.05.14(2) above until <br />release of the bond. <br />[end Rule citation) <br />Six bedrock well clusters were installed in anticipation of underground mining at the Lorencito <br />mine site. Ongoing monitoring was suspended in 1999 once it became clear that the <br />operation would not likely conducted any underground operations of any kind. Data was <br />collected for a number of years at each of the wells to establish baseline conditions. Coal <br />bed methane dewatering may have altered the water levels in some of these wells since <br />monitoring was suspended. <br />