NAC534.320. Notice of intent to drill: Submission; contents; correction; forms.

     1. A well driller shall notify the Division before drilling, reconditioning or plugging a well by submitting a notice of intent to drill. The notice must be submitted for work on an exploratory, water or monitoring well. A well driller shall notify the Division before drilling a geothermal well if a permit to appropriate water is required pursuant to NRS 534.050.

     2. The notice of intent to drill submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must give the name of the person for whom the work is being performed, the location of the well by public land survey, the lot number, block number and county assessor’s parcel number, the purpose of the well, the date on which the work is to be commenced, the type of work to be done and the diameter of casing to be installed. The notice must include:

     (a) The signature of the contractor or the well driller responsible for the work;

     (b) The license number of the well driller responsible for the work; and

     (c) If applicable, the governmental agency identification number mandating the installation of the well, such as the number of a water right permit, waiver, case file or facility identification.

     3. The notice of intent to drill submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must be received by the Division at least 3 working days before the well rig is to be set up and the drilling commenced. If a permit or waiver is required for the drilling operation, the number of the permit or waiver issued by the Division must be indicated on the notice of intent to drill in addition to the information required by subsection 2.

     4. In addition to the requirements of subsections 2 and 3, the notice of intent to drill must include global positioning system coordinates which:

     (a) Are either identified by latitude and longitude using decimal degrees or are identified using coordinates of the Universal Transverse Mercator system; and

     (b) Specify for each coordinate whether the North American Datum of 1927, North American Datum of 1983 or the World Geodetic System 1984 was used.

     5. If a well driller omits any of the information required by this section from the notice of intent to drill submitted to the Division pursuant to subsection 1, the Division may return the notice of intent to drill to the well driller for correction. Well drilling must not begin until after the Division approves the corrected notice of intent to drill.

     6. A well driller may submit the notice of intent to drill required pursuant to subsection 1 to the Division in an electronic format if the Division approves this manner of submission for the well driller before the well driller submits the notice of intent to drill.

     7. The forms evidencing notice of intent to drill will be furnished by the Division to the well driller on request and will be stamped and self-addressed.

     8. If a well is to be drilled in a township that is located north of the Mount Diablo baseline, the notice of intent to drill must be submitted to the office of the Division located in Carson City. If a well is to be drilled in a township which is located south of the Mount Diablo baseline, the notice of intent to drill must be submitted to the office of the Division located in Las Vegas.

     [St. Engineer, Drilling Wells Reg. Part 4, eff. 5-19-81]—(NAC A 1-9-90; 12-30-97; R009-06, 6-1-2006; R039-12, 6-29-2012)