News Release 478

DEPARTMENT RELEASES LIST OF
WELL DRILLING INDUSTRY CONTRACTORS WITHOUT PERMITS

Volume 36-478

Contact: Renee bungart

(For immediate release)

573-751-4465

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, AUG. 13, 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 is encouraging 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
Daniel Bandimere -- Fort Smith, Ark.
Jeffrey Binder -- Kansas City, Jackson County
Roy Bingham -- Eddyville, Ky.
John Bingham -- Eddyville, Ky.
Daniel Binz -- St. Louis, St. Louis County
Linda Blackwelder -- Knoxville, Tenn.
Mark Borman -- Columbia, Boone County
Randolph Brand -- Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Dennis Brinkley -- St. Louis, St. Louis County
Thomas Brucker -- Springfield, Greene County
Bradley Butts Jr. -- Norman, Okla.
Jamie Conner -- St. Louis, St. Louis County
Michael Costlow -- Lawrence, Kan.
Jeffrey Crank -- Millstadt, Ill.
Ross Crum -- Robertsville, Franklin County
Johnny Davis -- Poplar Bluff, Butler County
Rodney Dingess -- Joplin, Jasper County
Sandy Feher -- St. Louis, St. Louis County
Donald Flett -- Salem, Dent County
Scott Garbs -- St. Louis, St. Louis County
Thomas Gredell -- Jefferson City, Cole County
John Howard -- St. Louis, St. Louis County
Shawnee Kaser -- Lenexa, Kan.
Dwight Keener -- Crane, Stone County
Shawn Maloney -- Wichita, Kan.
Richard McCauley -- Houston, Texas
Rodger Musgraves -- Salem, Dent County
Gerald Pinkley -- Crane, Stone County
Dick Reid -- Laurie, Morgan County
John Rogers -- Dayton, Ohio
William Schuchman -- Festus, Jefferson County
Mark Shirley -- Percival, Iowa
Steven Shroff -- St. Louis, St. Louis County
Russell Smalley III -- Oklahoma City, Okla.
Tyler Warner -- Lee's Summit, Jackson County
Rebecca Wells-Albers -- Jefferson City, Cole County
Ronnie Wermelskirchen -- Maryville, Nodaway County
Darin Wicks -- Tulsa, Okla.
James Wilcox -- Cainsville, Harrison County
Tracy Williams -- Oklahoma, City, Okla.
Kenneth Wilson -- Potosi, Washington County

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.

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