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(d) MODIFICATION The Permittee must notify the Commissioner in writing of any proposed changes to the existing permit. This permit shall not be modified without obtaining the written permission from the Commissioner. 4. COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY: (a) The Commissioner may inspect any installation utilized for the appropriation or use of water. The Permittee shall grant access to the site at all reasonable times and shall supply such information concerning such installation as the Commissioner may require. (b) The Commissioner may, as he/she deems necessary, require the Permittee to install gages and/or observation wells to monitor the impact of the Permittee's appropriation on the water resource and require the Permittee to pay necessary costs of installation and maintenance. (c) The Commissioner may restrict, suspend, amend, or cancel this permit in accordance with applicable laws and rules for any cause for the protection of public interests, or for violation of the provisions of this permit. 5. PUBLIC RECORD: All data, facts, plans, maps, applications, annual water use reports, and any additional information submitted as part of this permit, and this permit itself are part of the public record and are available for public inspection at the offices of DNR Waters. The information contained therein may be used by the Division as it deems necessary. The submission of false data, statements, reports, or any such additional information, at any time shall be deemed as just grounds for revocation of this permit. 6. WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT: Where the work authorized by this permit involves the draining or filling of wetlands not subject to DNR regulations, the permittee shall not initiate any appropriation under this permit until the permittee has obtained official approval from the responsible governmental unit as required by the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act. 7. WELL SEALING: The permittee shall notify the Minnesota Department of Health prior to sealing, abandoning, removing, covering, plugging or filling the well(s) from which the authorized appropriation was made. The well(s) must be sealed by a licensed well driller and in accordance with the procedures required under Minnesota Statutes 1031 and Minnesota Rules 4725 as administered by the Minnesota Department of Health. 8. INTERFERENCE: If notified by the Department that well interference is suspected and probable from your appropriation, based on confirmation of a formal well interference complaint, all appropriation authorized by this permit must cease immediately until the interference is resolved. The permittee may be required to obtain domestic well information within a radius of one and one half miles of the production well should well interference problems develop. 9. WATER USE RECORDS: Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people must maintain records of the number of service connections, the volume of use by customer category, and the volume of unaccounted for water and submit this information with the annual water use report. 10. NEW WELLS: This permit shall authorize the installation and use of up to five additional wells as described in the Elk River Water Supply Plan, dated September 2006, provided appropriate permits from the Minnesota Department of Health are first obtained. Prior to connecting these wells to the water supply system, the permittee must forward the DNR a copy of the well record, pump tests and the completed well notification form (copy attached). Use of the new well requires compliance with Condition No. 11 below. 11. EMERGENCY AND CONSERVATION PLAN COMPLIANCE The permittee shall comply with all agreements relating to monitoring, conservation, well IocaUon, education and other agreements,as described in the permittee's approved Emergency and Conservation Plan. Failure to carry out the measures described in that plan may be cause for termination of this permit. 12. OBSERVATION WELL REQUIREMENT: The permittee shall install or acquire at least one non-production well that is cased into the Mt. Simon Hinckley aquifer for use as an observation well. Water levels in these wells should be measured at least monthly Such measurements and any other well monitoring information agreed to in the approved Emergency and Conservation Plan must be forwarded to the Observation Well Data Manager, DNR Waters, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, MN 55155-4032, by the end of each calendar year. City of Elk River Sherburne County SWCD, BiII Bronder DNR Waters, Laurel Reeves DNR Area Hydrologist, Roger Stradal DNR Conservation Officer, Mitch Sladek Minnesota Department of Health, Bruce Olsen Central Office Appropriation Permits Central Office SWUDS