OAR 690-240-0060
Monitoring Well Constructor License Examination

(1)

The Water Resources Department administers the written examination required under ORS 537.747 (Water well constructor’s license). Separate examinations are administered for each license endorsement. The Department schedules the examination on the second Monday during the months of January, April, July and October. Examinees must pay a $20 exam fee. Special accommodations may be given to those individuals who cannot attend the regularly scheduled examination dates. Requests shall be considered on a case-by-case basis. The examination tests the applicant’s knowledge of:

(a)

Oregon laws and administrative rules on the use of ground water, monitoring well constructor licensing requirements, the construction of monitoring wells and/or geotechnical holes, and the preparing and filing of Start Cards and Monitoring Well Reports;

(b)

Hydrogeology, the occurrence and movement of ground water and contaminants, and the design, construction and development of monitoring wells; and

(c)

Types, uses, and maintenance of drilling tools and equipment, drilling problems and corrective procedures, repair of faulty monitoring wells, sealing of monitoring wells, and safety rules and practices.

(2)

An applicant who fails to pass an endorsement examination may retake an examination for the same endorsement after three months and the payment of another examination fee.

(3)

Passing examination scores are valid for three years from the date of the examination.

Source: Rule 690-240-0060 — Monitoring Well Constructor License Examination, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=690-240-0060 (accessed May 26, 2025).

690–240–0005
Introduction 690–240–0006
Special Standards 690–240–0007
Special Area Standards 690–240–0010
Definitions 690–240–0011
Organic Materials 690–240–0012
Public Safety 690–240–0013
Wells Cannot Be Used for Disposal of Contaminants 690–240–0014
Water Used Must be Potable 690–240–0015
Delegation of Responsibility for Monitoring Wells, Geotechnical Holes and Other Holes 690–240–0016
Unattended Wells 690–240–0020
Delegation Conditions 690–240–0024
Well Identification Label 690–240–0026
Well Identification Label Maintenance 690–240–0030
Other Holes: General Performance and Responsibility Requirements 690–240–0035
Geotechnical Holes: General Performance and Responsibility Requirements 690–240–0040
Closed Loop Ground Source Heat Pump Boring — General Requirements 690–240–0043
Construction Standards 690–240–0046
Grouting of Uncased Boring 690–240–0049
Reporting Requirements 690–240–0055
License Required to Construct Monitoring Wells 690–240–0060
Monitoring Well Constructor License Examination 690–240–0065
Monitoring Well Constructor License, Experience Requirements and Trainee Card 690–240–0070
Terms of Monitoring Well Constructor License and License Fees 690–240–0200
Continuing Education Committee 690–240–0210
Continuing Education Requirement 690–240–0220
Documentation 690–240–0240
Approved Course List/Course Approval and Assignment of CECs 690–240–0250
Course Sponsor Requirements 690–240–0260
Loss of Approval 690–240–0270
Courses Taken Without Prior Approval 690–240–0280
Waivers 690–240–0320
Contracting for Services 690–240–0330
Monitoring Well Constructor and Landowner Well Bonds or Letters of Credit 690–240–0340
Landowner Well Construction Permit, Fee and Bond 690–240–0355
Monitoring Well Drilling Machines 690–240–0375
Monitoring Well Construction Notice Required (Start Card) 690–240–0385
Start Card Reporting Requirements 690–240–0395
Monitoring Well Report Required (Monitoring Well Log) 690–240–0410
Monitoring Well Construction: General 690–240–0420
Well Protection 690–240–0430
Casing 690–240–0440
Additional Standards for Artesian Monitoring Wells 690–240–0450
Cleaning 690–240–0460
Monitoring Well Screen, Filter Pack, and Filter Pack Seal 690–240–0475
Well Seals 690–240–0485
Monitoring Well Development 690–240–0500
Completion of Monitoring Wells 690–240–0510
Abandonment of Monitoring Wells 690–240–0525
Piezometers 690–240–0540
Direct Push Monitoring Wells and Piezometers 690–240–0550
Evidence of Failure 690–240–0560
Investigation of Alleged Violations 690–240–0580
Enforcement Actions 690–240–0590
Multiple Violations and Consolidation of Proceedings 690–240–0600
Factors Affecting Selection of Type and Degree of Enforcement 690–240–0610
Change in Enforcement Status 690–240–0630
Assessment of Civil Penalties 690–240–0640
Schedule of Civil Penalties

May 26, 2025

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