# Presentation: 854748

## State Primacy Revision Applications

## Primacy Requirements

**§1413 of SDWA**
**Regulations No Less Stringent Than NPDWRs**
**Adequate Enforcement Procedures of State Regulations**
**Maintenance of Records and Reports**
**Conditions for Variances and Exemptions No Less Stringent Than Federal Conditions**
**Plan for Provision of Water in Emergency Circumstances**
**Administrative Penalty Authority**
**40 CFR Part 142**

## New Primacy Requirements and Provisions

**Primacy Rule (April 28, 1998)**
**Administrative Penalty Authority**
**Interim Primacy**
**Time Increase to Adopt Federal Rules**
**From 18 Months to 2 Years**
**Examples of Emergencies**
**Earthquakes, Floods, Hurricanes **
**Other Natural Disasters**
**Expand PWS Definition**
**“****Other Constructed Conveyance” Systems**

## Administrative Penalty Authority

**States Must Have the Authority to Impose Administrative Penalties for Violations of Their Approved Program (Unless Prohibited by State Constitution)**
**Penalty Amount Must Be**
**For Systems Serving a Population > 10,000 Individuals**
**Maximum Penalty *****Per Day Per Violation***** $1,000 or Greater**
**For Systems Serving a Population ******** 10,000 Individuals**
**Adequate to Ensure Compliance**

## Interim Primacy

**Grants Interim Primary Enforcement Authority to States While Their Applications to Modify Existing Primacy Programs Are Under Review**
**Begins on the Date of the Primacy Application Submission or the Effective Date of the State Regulation, Whichever Is Later**
**Ends When a Final Determination Is Made Under 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3)**

## Primacy Revision Application

**State Primacy Revision Checklist**
**Text of State Regulation**
**Primacy Revision Crosswalk**
**State Reporting and Recordkeeping Checklists**
**Special Primacy Requirements**
**Attorney General’s Statement of Enforceability**

## Primacy Program Revision Timetable

**Rules Published**

**Deadline for**
**submitting**
**complete and**
**final revision**
**packages**

**Rule **
**provisions**
**effective**

**Deadline for**
**submitting**
**complete and**
**final revision**
**packages**
**with extension**
**agreements****

**12/16/98**

**12/16/00***

**12/16/01**

**12/16/02**

**Extension Period**

*** EPA Is Requesting That Final Packages Be Submitted by 9/30/00 to Assure Interim Primacy by 12/16/00.**
**** While States May Find It Easier to Combine the Amendments to the IESWTR and Stage 1 DBPR With the Original IESWTR and Stage 1 DBPR, the Amendments Must Be Adopted Within 2 Years Their Publication or by January 16, 2003.**

## EPA Review Process

**For Complete and Final Revision Packages—**_**90 Days**_
**Split Time Equally Between Regions and HQ—**_**45 Days Each**_
**Regional Review (Program and Regional Counsel)**
**HQ Review (OGWDW, OECA, OGC)**
**OGC Has Delegated Review  and Approval to ORC **
**OGWDW and OECA**
**Review First Package From Each Region**
**Waive Concurrence for Remaining States**
**Retain Option to Review Additional States With Cause**

## Extensions

**May Be Granted for up to 2 Years**
**Request Should Be Submitted Within the Original 2-Year Deadline**
**For an Extension Request to Be Granted State Must:**
**Propose a Schedule for Submission of Primacy Revision Application**
**Implement Federal Requirements Within the Scope of Its Current Authority and Capabilities**
**Sign Extension Agreement**