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IN HB1292
Bill
Status
1/13/2015
Primary Sponsor
Micheal Aylesworth
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AI Summary
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Expands the definition of "dewatering well" to include water wells or pump systems used in mining projects to remove water from areas being mined, in addition to existing temporary construction dewatering wells.
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Authorizes the DNR director to declare a ground water emergency when an investigation shows a dewatering well caused a significant ground water withdrawal facility to fail to produce sufficient water for its beneficial use.
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Limits compensation the director may order in dewatering well emergencies to either restoring the affected significant ground water withdrawal facility to its former water production capability or providing an alternative water supply to replace lost water.
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Establishes that owners of dewatering wells used in mining projects must provide timely and reasonable compensation to owners of significant ground water withdrawal facilities that fail due to the dewatering well's withdrawals.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
DNR director authority over dewatering wells. Amends the law concerning the emergency regulation of ground water rights to: (1) include within the definition of "dewatering well" a water well or pump system that is used as part of a mining project to remove water from an area being mined; (2) authorize the director of the department of natural resources (director) to declare a ground water emergency when an investigation discloses that a dewatering well has caused a significant ground water withdrawal facility to fail to produce water in a quantity sufficient for the beneficial use for which the facility owner
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
1/13/2015