NAC534.4377. Treatment of certain holes as boreholes.

     1. If the construction of a seismic shot hole or a hole used for the installation of electrical conductors as part of a system to prevent corrosion or provide electrical grounding may cause waste or contamination of the groundwater, the hole shall be deemed a borehole for the purposes of NAC 534.4369 and 534.4371.

     2. Any borehole which is drilled for oil, gas or geothermal resource observation, temperature gradient survey, production or injection purposes shall be deemed a borehole for the purposes of NAC 534.4369 and 534.4371, unless another governmental agency has requirements that are the same as or more strict than the requirements of this chapter.

     3. Any borehole which is drilled for oil, gas or geothermal resource observation, temperature gradient survey, production or injection purposes, and which has casing or tubing installed for more than 60 days, shall be deemed a well or a monitoring well for the purposes of NAC 534.4351 to 534.4365, inclusive, and subsection 6 of NAC 534.4371, unless another governmental agency has requirements that are the same as or more strict than the requirements of this chapter.

     4. Any borehole drilled for geothermal heat loop installation shall be deemed a borehole for the purposes of NAC 534.4369 and 534.4371, unless another governmental agency has requirements that are the same as or more strict than the requirements of this chapter.

     (Added to NAC by St. Engineer, eff. 12-30-97; A by R039-12, 6-29-2012)