Lead Content of Plumbing
Materials Law
by Landon Davidson, P.G., DENR/DWR
On January 4, 2014, an amendment to
the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
called the “Reduction of Lead in Drink-ing
Water Act” (Act) will take ef-fect.
The Act changes the definition of
‘lead-free’ to mean that the wetted sur-faces
of pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing
fixtures and fittings contain no more
than a weighted average of 0.25% lead.
This means that a product (i.e., any
pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture) in-troduced
into commerce on January 4,
2014 for use in any public water sys-tem
or use in a residential or non-residential
facility providing water for
human consumption must contain no
more than a weighted average of 0.25%
lead. Additionally, NCAC 15A 2C .0109
(i) requires that, “The drop piping and
electrical wiring used in connection
with the pump shall meet all applica-
Volume 16, Fall/Winter Issue Nov. 2013
This newsletter is pub-lished
as a service to certi-fied
well contractors and
others in the groundwater
industry. Suggestions for
articles for publication in
the newsletter are welcome.
Former Commissioner is
Hall of Famer
1
Lead Content of Plumbing
Materials Law
1
Summary of Enforcement
Actions
2
WCCC Disciplinary Com-mittee
3
Commission Members &
Staff
3
Certification Today 3
NC Division of Water
Quality– APS
3
NC Department of Health
& Human Services
3
Growth in Drilling Services
Sector
4
Quality CE for Free! 3
Training in Macon County 3
In This Issue:
The Driller’s Digest
Published by the North Carolina Well Contractors Certification Commission
ble underwriters specifications.” The
intent of this portion of the rule is to
ensure that the correct (i.e., made of
materials and designed for use for hu-man
consumption) pipe grades and ma-terials
are used in well construction.
Additional information sources regard-ing
these changes may be found at:
http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?
Dockey=P100GRDZ.txt
Please check page 12 of the September
2013 issue of Water Well Journal: http://
waterwelljournal.org
EPA FAQ on the subject: http://
water.epa.gov/drink/info/lead/upload/
epa815p13xxx.pdf
EPA presentation: http://water.epa.gov/
drink/info/lead/upload/
leadfreedefined.pdf
Former Commissioner is
Hall of Famer
By Drew Morgan, WCC Staff
Former commissioner David Hutson
was inducted into the North Carolina
Onsite Water Protection Conference
Hall of Fame on October 8, 2013. Da-vid
is the second inductee whose cre-dentials
are in the water well industry.
David has served two appointment
terms on the WCCC, has been elected
to the NC GWA Board of Directors and
served as NC GWA President multiple
times and is currently appointed to the
South Atlantic Jubilee Board of Direc-tors
by the NC GWA.
The selection of David for the Hall of
Fame was based on his work with pub-lic
and private organizations to provide
quality education to well contractors
and increase public awareness about
protection of groundwater supplies.
Summary of Civil Penalty Assessments
Penalties for violations of NCGS Chapter 87, Article 7 &
7A vary depending upon the particular facts and
circumstances present in each case. Note: only finalized
uncontested cases or cases not seeking remission and
at the collection stage are included in this list. Payment
of fines and corrections of violations may already have
occurred.
Henry B. Brown
Cumberland County, NC. Allegations of contracting
without the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00).
Effective Date 4/30/13 Case # WCC 014-11
Henry B. Brown
Guilford County, NC. Allegations of contracting with-out
the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00).
Effective Date 4/30/13 Case # WCC 015-11
Henry B. Brown
Lenoir County, NC. Allegations of contracting with-out
the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of five thousand
dollars ($5,000.00).
Effective Date 4/30/13 Case # WCC 016-11
Henry B. Brown
Nash County, NC. Allegations of contracting without
the benefit of certification in violation of 15A NCAC
27. Assessed a civil penalty of two thousand dollars
($2,000.00).
Effective Date 4/30/13 Case # WCC 017-11
Henry B. Brown
Pamlico County, NC. Allegations of contracting with-out
the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of seven thousand
dollars ($7,000.00).
Effective Date 4/30/13 Case # WCC 018-11
Henry B. Brown
Randolph County, NC. Allegations of contracting
without the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of two thousand
dollars ($2,000.00).
Effective Date 4/30/13 Case # WCC 019-11
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Henry B. Brown
Robeson County, NC. Allegations of contracting with-out
the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of nine thousand
dollars ($9,000.00).
Effective Date 4/30/13 Case # WCC 020-11
Henry B. Brown
Sampson County, NC. Allegations of contracting
without the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of four thousand
dollars ($4,000.00).
Effective Date 4/30/13 Case # WCC 021-11
Henry B. Brown
Surry County, NC. Allegations of contracting without
the benefit of certification in violation of 15A NCAC
27. Assessed a civil penalty of one thousand dollars
($1,000.00).
Effective Date 4/30/13 Case # WCC 022-11
Henry B. Brown
Wake County, NC. Allegations of contracting without
the benefit of certification in violation of 15A NCAC
27. Assessed a civil penalty of three thousand dollars
($3,000.00).
Effective Date 4/30/13 Case # WCC 023-11
Terry R. White, Jr.
Onslow County, NC. Allegations of contracting with-out
the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of thirty thousand
dollars ($30,000.00).
Effective Date 4/30/13 Case # WCC 010-13
Jay F. Gerald
Brunswick County, NC. Allegations of contracting
without the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of five hundred
dollars ($500.00).
Effective Date 4/24/13 Case # WCC 011-13
Brandon Booher
Buncombe County, NC. Allegations of contracting
without the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of three thousand
five hundred dollars ($3,500.00).
Effective Date 5/28/13 Case # WCC 012-13
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Certification Today
Total number certified…………………………....…..1128
Total number of applicants for certification………....43
Certifications currently suspended…………….…...….0
North Carolina Well Contractors
Certification Commission
1653 Mail Service Center / Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1653
Telephone: (919) 707-5883 Fax: (919) 845-3973
Commission Members
John Boyette, Jr., NCWC -Wilson
Casey Champion, REHS, NCWC, Chairman -Oxford
Chris Dickey, NCWC, Vice Chairman -Murphy
Daniel Ortiz, REHS, NCWC -Autryville
White Pharr -Tar Heel
Paul Weller, NCWC -Rougemont
Thomas Whitehead, NCWC -Wilmington
WCC Staff
Drew Morgan, REHS (919) 707-5882 (enforcement)
Andr ew.Mo rg an@dhhs.nc . gov
Joanne Rutkofske (919) 707-5881 (CE, website)
Joanne .Rutko fske@dhhs.nc .gov
Nancy Deal, REHS (919) 707-5875 (Supervisor)
Nancy.De al@dhhs.nc .gov
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NC Division of Water Quality
Aquifer Protection Section (APS)
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/aps
Asheville 828-296-4500
Fayetteville 910-433-3300
Mooresville 704-663-1699
Raleigh 919-791-4200
Washington 252-946-6481
Wilmington 910-796-7215
Winston-Salem 336-771-5000
1200 copies of this document were printed at a cost of
$740.15 or $0.62 each. Print date 11/13.
Terry Scott
Pamlico County, NC. Allegations of contracting
without the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of five hundred
dollars ($500.00).
Effective Date 5/9/13 Case # WCC 013-13
Robert C. Thompson
Rockingham County, NC. Allegations of contracting
without the benefit of certification in violation of 15A
NCAC 27. Assessed a civil penalty of one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00).
Effective Date 6/17/13 Case # WCC 015-13
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NC Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS)
Division of Public Health
Environmental Health Section
http://www.deh.enr.state.nc.us
N.C. DHHS is an equal opportunity employer and provider.
WCCC Disciplinary Committee
Brian Lilley-Effective 6/10/13
For violations of Subchapter 2C .0114(b)(1) Well Con-struction
Standards. The well contractor was given a
letter of reprimand.
Tommy Allison-Effective 7/8/13
For violations of Chapter 27 .0601(g) Well Contractor
Certification Rules. The well contractor was given a
letter of reprimand.
Training in Macon County
by Joanne Rutkofske, WCCC Staff
Macon County Public Health Department held their
first training day for well contractors on September
27. The training was led by Barry Patterson. A vari-ety
of topics were covered, including the Macon
County GIS database, water testing, and lead in pip-ing
materials. Many local well contractors were in
attendance. The training was preapproved for 6
CEU. Macon County hopes to make this an annual
event.
Quality CE for Free!
by Joanne Rutkofske, WCCC Staff
The 29th annual On-Site Water Protection Confer-ence
was held in Raleigh on October 8-10. Once
again, NC certified well contractors were awarded
scholarships to attend this conference free of charge.
Contractors could earn up to 12 hours of preapproved
CEU at this event. For future scholarship opportuni-ties,
visit our website:
www.wellcontractors.nc.gov.
1653 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1653
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Growth in Drilling Services Sector
by Landon Davidson, P.G., DENR/DWR
The number of new facilities uti-lizing
geothermal well systems in
North Carolina has seen a general
increase. Nearly 350 new geother-mal
well facilities were construct-ed
in 2012 alone. While this is a
slight decrease from 2011, the
numbers remain considerably
higher than previous years and
indicates strong demand in this
drilling services sector.
The Division of Water Resources
(formerly Division of Water Quali-ty)
issues permits and logs notifi-cations
for geothermal well sys-tems
in accordance with NCAC
2C .0200. For more information on
geothermal well permitting and
required notifications, please con-tact
your nearest NCDENR re-gional
office, DWR- Raleigh at 919-807-6464 or
DENR’s toll free number at 877-623-6748.