Subdivision 1.Well notification fee.
The well notification fee to be paid by a property owner is:
(1)for construction of a water supply well, $325, which includes the state core function fee;
(2)for a well sealing, $125 for each well or temporary boring, which includes the state core function fee, except that:
(i)a single notification and fee of $125 is required for all temporary borings on a single property and sealed within 72 hours of start of construction; and (ii) temporary borings less than 25 feet in depth are exempt from the notification and fee requirements in this chapter;
(3)for construction of a dewatering well, $330, which includes the state core function fee, for each dewatering well, except a dewatering project comprising five or more dewatering wells shall be assessed
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Subdivision 1.Well notification fee.
The well notification fee to be paid by a property owner is:
(1) for construction of a water supply well, $325, which includes the state core function fee;
(2) for a well sealing, $125 for each well or temporary boring, which includes the state core function fee, except that: (i) a single notification and fee of $125 is required for all temporary borings on a single property and sealed within 72 hours of start of construction; and (ii) temporary borings less than 25 feet in depth are exempt from the notification and fee requirements in this chapter;
(3) for construction of a dewatering well, $330, which includes the state core function fee, for each dewatering well, except a dewatering project comprising five or more dewatering wells shall be assessed a single fee of $1,620 for the dewatering wells recorded on the notification; and
(4) for construction of an environmental well, $330, which includes the state core function fee, for each environmental well, except an environmental well site project comprising five or more environmental wells shall be assessed a single fee of $1,620 for the environmental wells recorded on the notification.
Subd. 1a.State core function fee.
The state core function fee to be collected by the state and delegated community health boards and used to support state core functions is:
(1) for a new well, $40; and
(2) for a well sealing, $15.
Subd. 2.Permit fee.
(a) The permit fee to be paid by a property owner is:
(1) for a water supply well that is not in use under a maintenance permit, $225 annually;
(2) for an environmental well that is unsealed under a maintenance permit, no fee is required for an environmental well owned by a federal agency, state agency, or local unit of government that is unsealed under a maintenance permit. "Local unit of government" means a statutory or home rule charter city, town, county, or soil and water conservation district, a watershed district, an organization formed for the joint exercise of powers under section471.59, a community health board, or other special purpose district or authority with local jurisdiction in water and related land resources management;
(3) for environmental wells on an environmental well site that are unsealed under a maintenance permit:
(i) $225 annually for one to ten environmental wells per site;
(ii) $325 annually for 11 to 20 environmental wells per site; and
(iii) $425 annually for 21 or more environmental wells per site;
(4) for a groundwater thermal exchange device, in addition to the notification fee for water supply wells, $350 for systems using 20 gallons per minute or less and $590 for systems using over 20 gallons per minute, which includes the state core function fee;
(5) for a bored geothermal heat exchanger with less than ten tons of heating/cooling capacity, $350;
(6) for a bored geothermal heat exchanger with ten to 50 tons of heating/cooling capacity, $590;
(7) for a bored geothermal heat exchanger with greater than 50 tons of heating/cooling capacity, $815;
(8) for a dewatering well that is unsealed under a maintenance permit, $330 annually for each dewatering well, except a dewatering project comprising five or more dewatering wells shall be issued a single permit for $1,620 annually for dewatering wells recorded on the permit;
(9) for an elevator boring, $325 for each boring; and
(10) for a submerged closed loop heat exchanger system, in addition to the notification fee for water supply wells, $3,250, which includes the state core function fee.
(b) For purposes of this subdivision, an environmental well site includes all of the environmental wells on a single property. A single property is considered one tax parcel or multiple contiguous parcels with the same owner.
Subd. 3.Rules.
The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement requirements for the permitting and installation of submerged closed loop heat exchangers according to chapter 14. The commissioner may use the monitoring data required by Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 4, section 107, to amend rules governing the installation of submerged closed loop heat exchanger systems. Rules for which notice is published in the State Register before December 31, 2025, may be adopted using the expedited rulemaking process in section14.389, subdivision 5.