Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-699 - TREATMENT PLANT CLASSIFICATION AND STAFFING › Section 62-699.311 - Additional Classification and Staffing Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) An
				operator meeting the lead/chief operator class for the treatment plant shall be
				available during all periods of domestic wastewater or water treatment plant
				operation, and an operator meeting the lead/chief operator level or class for
				the water distribution system shall be available during all periods of
				distribution system operation. "Available" means able to be contacted as needed
				to initiate the appropriate action in a timely manner.
(2) A daily check of each Class C or D
				domestic wastewater treatment plant shall be performed by the permittee, or his
				or her representative or agent, each day the plant is in operation or 5 days
				per week, whichever is less. The daily check of a plant shall include on-site
				observation of the plant to verify that it is functioning and may include the
				taking of readings or samples or the performing of tests or measurements; and
				the daily check of a plant shall be noted in the operation and maintenance log
				required under subsection
				 62-602.650(4),
				F.A.C. A daily visit, or daily staffing, of a plant by an appropriately
				licensed operator fulfills the requirement for a daily check of the plant.
				Nothing in this subsection (2), shall be construed as allowing anyone to
				perform compliance tests for domestic wastewater unless he or she meets
				applicable qualification requirements in subsection
				 62-601.400(3),
				F.A.C.
(3) Checks of water
				treatment plants shall be performed by suppliers of water, or their
				representatives or agents, as described in paragraphs (a) and (b), below. Each
				plant check shall be noted in the plant's operation and maintenance log
				required under paragraph
				 62-555.350(12)(a),
				F.A.C., or subsection
				 62-602.650(4),
				F.A.C. Nothing in this subsection (3), shall be construed as allowing anyone to
				perform compliance measurements for drinking water unless he or she meets
				applicable qualification requirements in subsection
				 62-550.550(1) or
				(2), F.A.C.
(a) For each water treatment plant that is
				part of a community or non-transient non-community water system or is part of a
				transient non-community water system subject to operator staffing requirements
				under Rule  62-699.310, F.A.C., the supplier
				of water, or the supplier's representative or agent, shall check the plant on
				each day when one or more plant measurements are required under Chapter 62-550
				or 62-555, F.A.C., but the plant is not staffed by a licensed operator. Each
				plant check shall include onsite observation of the plant to verify it is
				functioning and shall include performance of the one or more plant measurements
				required under Chapter 62-550 or 62-555, F.A.C.
(b) For each water treatment plant that is
				part of a transient non-community water system not subject to operator staffing
				requirements under Rule
				 62-699.310, F.A.C., the supplier
				of water, or the supplier's representative or agent, shall check the plant each
				day the plant serves water to the public or two days per week, whichever is
				less. Also, the supplier of water, or the supplier's representative or agent,
				shall check the plant on any additional days when one or more plant
				measurements are required under Chapter 62-550 or 62-555, F.A.C. Each plant
				check shall include on-site observation of the plant to verify it is
				functioning, shall include performance of any plant measurement required under
				Chapter 62-550 or 62-555, F.A.C., and can include measurement of the residual
				disinfectant concentration at the remote point in the water distribution system
				as required under subsection
				 62-555.350(6),
				F.A.C.