Alabama Administrative Code › Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT › WATER DIVISION - WATER SUPPLY PROGRAM › Chapter 335-7-11 - CONTROL OF LEAD AND COPPER › Section 335-7-11-.16 - Lead Service Line Replacement

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Systems which exceed the compliance limit
				for lead after installation or modification of corrosion control processes or
				source water treatment and which contain lead service lines shall identify the
				number and location of lead service lines and develop and implement a removal
				action plan.
(a) This plan shall identify the
				number of lines, including an identification of the portion owned by the
				system, general distribution locations, cost of replacement, proposed disposal
				site for removed lines, and a time schedule for removal.
(b) This plan shall be provided within six
				months of exceeding the compliance limit and shall be implemented within twelve
				months of the end of the monitoring period in which the exceedance occurred. If
				the monitoring frequency is annual or less, the end of the monitoring period is
				September 30 of the year in which the sampling occurred.
(c) The plan shall provide for full
				replacement of all services lines, except those excluded in the following
				subparagraphs, within 15 years.
1. At least
				7% of the initial number of lead service lines shall be replaced annually. Lead
				service lines which have demonstrated to meet the compliance limit for lead
				through service line monitoring can be excluded from the process. The state may
				require a water system to replace more than 7% of the lead service lines
				annually.
2. The plan shall
				demonstrate the legal ownership of service lines and if the water system does
				not control or own the entire lead service line up to the building, it shall
				include provisions to notify the customer of its existence and offer to replace
				that service line for a fair and equitable cost.
3. The process of replacing service lines may
				cease when the system can demonstrate through two consecutive monitoring
				periods that first draw samples collected from lead service lines are meeting
				the compliance limit due to enhanced corrosion control activity.
4. A water system that does not replace the
				entire length of the service line shall comply with the following:
(i) At least 45 days prior to commencing with
				the partial replacement of a lead service line, the water system shall provide
				notice to the residents of all buildings served by the line explaining that
				they may experience a temporary increase of lead levels in their drinking
				water, along with guidance on measures consumers can take to minimize their
				exposure to lead.
The Department may allow the water system to provide this
				  notice less than 45 days prior to commencing partial lead service line
				  replacement where such replacement is done in conjunction with emergency
				  repairs. In addition, the water system shall inform the residents served by the
				  line that the system will, at the system's expense, collect a sample for a lead
				  analysis from each partially-replaced lead service line within 72 hours after
				  the completion of the partial replacement of the service line. The system shall
				  collect the sample and report the results of the analysis to the owner and the
				  residents served by the line within three business days of receiving the
				  results. Mailed notices post-marked within three business days of receiving the
				  results shall be considered "on time."
(ii) The water system shall provide the
				information required by this rule to the residents of individual dwellings by
				mail or by other methods approved by the Department. In instances where
				multi-family dwellings are served by the line, the water system shall have the
				option to post the information at a conspicuous location.