12 PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

 

 

ORR # 2002-025

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DRINKING WATER AND RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION DIVISION

SUPPLYING WATER TO THE PUBLIC

 

Filed with the Secretary of State on

These rules take effect 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State

 

(By  authority  conferred  on  the  department  of  environmental  quality  by  sections  5,  7,  14,  and  19  of 1976 PA 399, MCL 325.1005, 325.1007, 325.1014, and 325.1019 and Executive Reorganization Order

No. 1996-1, MCL 330.3101)

 

R 325.11502, R 325.11505a, and R 325.11506 of the  Michigan Administrative Code are amended, and R 325.11503 of the Code is rescinded as follows:

 

PART 15. OPERATION REPORTS AND RECORDKEEPING

 

R 325.11502 Monthly operation reports required from suppliers of water employing treatment.

Rule 1502. (1) A supplier of water of a type I public water supply COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM where treatment is employed, or of a type II public water supply NONCOMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM where treatment is employed for public health purposes, shall prepare an operation report on a form provided by the department for each month of operation. The report shall identify areas where data entry is required pursuant to UNDER R 325.10719e, R 325.10719f, R 325.10720, AND R 325.10720a and shall include all of the following information:

(a)      General operation data, including turbidity determinations.

(b)             A  summary  of  samples  analyzed,  including  distribution  system  sampling  and  residual  disinfectant concentration.

(c)       Information on daily treatment system pumpage.

(d)      Information on chemical application.

(e)      Analyses of general parameters relating to the quality of the treated drinking water.

(2)   The operation report shall be submitted to the division DEPARTMENT during the month following the month for which the operation report was prepared, except that results of bacteriological analyses and turbidity measurements shall be submitted as required by R 325.11503 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED IN PART 7 OF THESE RULES.

(3)The department may waive the requirement that the owner of a type I public water supply submit a monthly operation report.

 

R 325.11503 Rescinded. Submission of results of sample analyses or measurements.

 

 

Rule 1503. (1) A supplier of water of a public water supply which monitors for bacteriological contamination, turbidity, or residual disinfectant concentration shall prepare and submit, to the department, the results of sample analyses or measurements on a form provided by the department as required by part 7 of these rules. Sample results shall not be submitted to the department more than 40 days from the date of analysis or measurement of the sample.

(2) Sample results of all contaminants that do not meet the MCLs shall be reported to the department in accordance with the provisions of part 7 of these rules.

 

R 325.11505a Submission of C * T calculations.

Rule 1505a. A supplier of water who employs a disinfectant shall, within 6 months of a written request from the department, submit a determination of the C*T calculations. The supplier of water shall submit such THE supporting  data  as  necessary  for  the  department  to  determine  compliance  with  the  provisions  of R 325.11004(3)(a) R 325.10611a(2)(a).

 

R 325.11506 Retention of records.

(a)   Records of bacteriological analyses that are required pursuant to the provisions of part 7 of these rules, WHICH shall be kept for not less than 5 years.

(b)  Records of chemical analyses that are required pursuant to the provisions of part 7 of these rules, WHICH shall be kept for not less than 10 years.

(c)  Records of turbidity analyses that are required pursuant to the provisions of part 7 of these rules, WHICH shall be kept for not less than 5 3 years.

(d)   Records of radiological analyses that are required pursuant to the provisions of part 7 of these rules, WHICH shall be kept for not less than 10 years.

(e)    Original records of all sampling data and analyses, reports, surveys, letters, evaluations, schedules, department determinations,  and  any  other  information  that  is  required  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of R 325.10604f(2) to (4), WHICH shall be retained for not less than 12 years.

(2)        Actual laboratory reports for chemical, bacteriological, turbidity, and radiological analyses shall be kept; however, the analyses data may be transferred to tabular summaries if all of the following information is included:

(a)  The date, place, and time of sampling and the name of the person who collected the sample.

(b)   Identification of the sample as a routine distribution system sample, check sample, raw or treated water sample, or other special purpose sample.

(c)  The date of the analysis.

(d)  The laboratory and the person who was responsible for performing the analysis.

(e)  The analytical technique or method used.

(f) The results of the analysis.

(3)       Records of action taken by the supplier to correct violations of the state drinking water standards shall be kept for not less than 3 years after the last action taken with respect to the particular violation.

(4)       Copies of any written reports, summaries, or communications which relate to sanitary surveys of the public water supply and which were conducted by the public water supply itself, by a private consultant, by the division, or by any local, state, or federal agency shall be kept for not less than 10 years after completion of the sanitary survey involved.

 

 

(5)      Records that involve a variance or an exemption that was granted to a public water supply shall be kept for not less than 5 years after the expiration date of the variance or exemption.

(6)       Records that involve any emergency or public notification regarding a public water supply shall be kept for not less than 3 years after the emergency or public notification.