(A) No closed loop well system shall be constructed or modified in the county, except in accordance with these regulations, and it shall be unlawful to proceed with the construction or modification or sealing of a closed loop well system without first obtaining a permit from the Department.
(B) Application for permit to construct, modify, or seal a closed loop well system shall be in writing and on such forms provided by the Department. The closed loop well system contractor shall sign every permit application.
(C) The application to construct or modify a closed loop well system shall be accompanied by a plan and drawing of the proposed construction or modification showing the lot size and location of property lines and distances from closed loop well construction to the location of all existing structures, wells, septic tanks, seepage fields, secondary sewage treatment units, cesspools, privies, sewers, lakes, ponds, or streams on the applicant’s property and on neighboring properties, if they are within 200 feet of the proposed closed loop well system(s).
(D) The application shall include a borehole layout. The borehole layout shall include borehole depth, grouting material, placement procedure, and diameter of the heat exchange equipment that is to be grouted into the borehole. The application shall identify the registered closed loop well contractor.
(E) The application shall identify the type of liquid that will be pumped through the closed loop piping if necessary to determine reduced setbacks.
(F) Prior to the approval of the permit application, the Board of Health, at its discretion, may require additional information. The Department shall have the authority, subject to constitutional limitations, to enter at reasonable times upon private or public property, by its representatives after identification, for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the administration and enforcement of this subchapter and the state’s Water Well Construction Code, being 77 Ill. Adm. Code 920 and/or inspect the property and neighboring properties.
(G) After an application to construct a closed loop well system has been reviewed and approved, a notice to proceed shall be issued to the registered closed loop well contractor. After the application is approved and issued, no modifications shall be made without reapplying to the Department. No construction of a closed loop well system shall commence prior to approval of the application by the Department.
(Prior Code, 6 TCC 9-6) Penalty, see § 94.99