DWR_3604563

• Document Type - Guidance Documents: Policy
• Topic: Board of Examiners
• Title: REVOKED POLICY 1991-3: STAFF APPROVAL OF VARIANCE TO THREE DAY NOTICE REQUIREMENT
• Document Date: 6/6/2000

'OY ROMER
Governor
BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF WATER WELL CONSTRUCTION AND PUMP INSTALLATION CONTRACTORS
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
7313 Sherman Street -Room 818
Denver, Colorado 80203
[phone]
April 2, 1991
POLICY NO. 91-3
STAFF APPROVAL OF VARIANCE TO THREE-DAY NOTICE REQUIREMENT
]ERIS A. DANIELSON
Secretary
PRC$LE lvl:
Occasionally, the staff has had problems with consultants and contractors constructing monitoring and
observation ho!es without giving three days prior notice, as required pursuant to Rule 12 of the Water
Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractor Rules. The reasons for requiring immediate
response is to define the nature and extent of a hazard and to prevent delays of remedial actions. In
these situations, three-day prior, written notice would not be practical or safe.
DISCUSSION:
The purpose of the three-day written notice is to inform the staff of when, where and by whom
monitoring and observation holes are being drilled. It also allows time for the staff to provide input to
the consultant or contractor, if required. While a facsimile transmission is a form of written record, it
is not an original document. Furthermore, not all contractors have ready access to FAX machines and
call the staff for verbal approval. In order to provide a quicker response in emergency situations, the
staff recommends that a facsimile transmission or verbal communication be acceptable as notice and
that construction may begin immediately.
POLICY:
Having considered the issues presented and desiring to provide for a quick response when
emergencies occur, the Board hereby adopts the following policy:
Receipt of a FAX transmission shall be acceptable for meeting the three-day prior,
written notice requirement.
When a facsimile transmittal is not practical, the staff may grant a variance and give
verbal approval to proceed with the construction of monitoring and observation wells
in emergencies.
In either case, the original notice must be submitted to the State Engineer's Office within seven
days after the FAX transmission.
The effective date of this policy is April 2, 1991.
Dated this 20� day of 1991.
V, �d _
Ken R Ilin, Chairman
Board of Examiners of Well
Construction and Pump Installation
Contractors
Ken Rollin, Chairman, Longmont; Paul Berglund, Golden; George Meriwether, Monte Vista; and Glenn A. Bodnar. Denver
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