(a) The name and post-office address of the owner of the well.
(b) The approximate location of the well.
(c) The proposed depth and diameter of the well.
(d) The proposed purpose or use of the ground water from the well.
(2) The commission shall furnish a convenient means for submitting the reports referred to in subsection (1) of this section to each person who possesses a license under ORS 537.747.
(3) A separate report shall be furnished under subsection (1) of this section for each well that is constructed, altered, abandoned or converted.
(4) The report furnished under subsection (1) of this section shall be confidential and maintained as such for one year or until the well log required under ORS 537.765 is received by the commission, whichever is earlier. Nothing in this subsection prohibits the commission from using the report for enforcement actions during the period the report is considered confidential.
(5) Each report form submitted under subsection (1) of this section for the construction of a new well, deepening of an existing well, or conversion of a well shall be accompanied by a fee of $225. Notwithstanding the fee established pursuant to this subsection, the commission may adopt by rule a reduced fee for persons submitting materials to the Water Resources Department in a digital format approved by the department.
(6) The moneys paid to the commission under subsection (5) of this section shall be paid into the Water Resources Department Operating Fund. All interest, if any, from moneys received under subsection (5) of this section shall inure to the benefit of the Water Resources Department. Such moneys and interest earned on such moneys are continuously appropriated to the department to be used to pay the costs of the department to employ personnel to inspect wells and well construction. [Formerly 537.632; 1981 c.416 §5; 1985 c.615 §7; 1985 c.673 §69; 1987 c.109 §2; 1989 c.129 §1; 1999 c.293 §4; 2003 c.594 §3; 2005 c.156 §2; 2009 c.766 §1]
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