News Release 041

DEPARTMENT RELEASES LIST OF
WELL DRILLING INDUSTRY CONTRACTORS WITHOUT PERMITS

Volume 36-041

Contact: Renee Bungart

(For immediate release)

573-751-4465

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JAN. 25, 2008 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced today several well drilling industry contractors no longer carry permits to perform work in Missouri.

The contractors previously held a permit with the department to operate in Missouri as a contractor for water well, pump, heat pump or monitoring well installations.

There are many possible reasons why the individuals listed may not hold a permit.  Those may include retirement, change in occupation or job duties, failure to apply for a renewal or enforcement actions taken against contractors who violated the Water Well Driller's Act. The department encourages those who had a well drilled by someone included in the list to contact the department for further information.

The Well Driller's Act became effective in 1986.  It establishes minimum well construction standards and requires contractors to be permitted by the state.  The law was created to protect Missouri groundwater from contamination resulting from improperly constructed wells.  Improperly constructed wells may act as conduits for contaminants such as septic tank effluent.  Contaminated groundwater exposes Missourians of all ages to serious health risks that can result from water borne diseases such as typhoid fever, dysentery, cholera, hepatitis and giardiasis.

Those contractors who no longer carry permits to work in Missouri include the following:

Name-City/State or County
Thomas Adams -- St. Louis, St. Louis County
Chris Becker -- Independence, Jackson County
Gregory Caldwell -- Columbia, Boone County
Todd Carmichael -- Chicago, Illinois
W J Choate -- Halfway, Polk County
Scott Dicke -- Lincoln, Nebraska
Brett Egelston -- Cole Camp, Benton County
Ronald Filloon -- Urbana, Dallas County
David Fitzpatrick -- St. Joseph, Buchanan County
Jerrald Foster -- Mendon, Chariton County
Bradley Kincheloe -- West Plains, Howell County
Matthew Kramer -- Springfield, Greene County
Jeffrey Lanan -- Kansas City, Jackson County
Diane Maijer -- St. Louis, St. Louis County
Michael Miller -- Urbana, Dallas County
Shawna Murray -- St. Louis, St. Louis County
J W Norton -- Troy, Lincoln County
Christopher Rhodes -- Marble Hill, Bollinger County
Dave Schrecengost -- Wooster, Ohio
Billy Smith -- Dora, Ozark County
Brenda Smith -- Rolla, Phelps County
Joseph Thomas -- Granite City, Illinois
David Vaughan -- Springfield Greene County
Scottie Wilson -- Iberia, Miller County
Eugene Younger -- Stuggart, Arkansas

For more information about this list or other wellhead protection issues, please contact the Department of Natural Resources' Wellhead Protection Section at 800-361-4827 or 573-368-2115.

For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming meetings, hearings and events, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do. 

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