Alabama Administrative Code › Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT › WATER DIVISION - OPERATOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM › Chapter 335-10-1 - CLASSIFICATION OF WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, AND PUBLIC WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM; CERTIFICATION OF OPERATORS › Section 335-10-1-.04 - Staffing Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) All
				water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, water distribution
				systems, and public wastewater collection systems are required to be operated
				by an operator certified in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter as
				competent to operate the classification of plants or systems to which the plant
				or system is classified.
(2) All
				Grade IV surface water treatment plants must have a certified operator of the
				same grade present at the plant during all hours of operation. A permanent
				record of daily operator staffing shall be maintained at all Grade IV
				facilities. This record must contain the operator's name, time of arrival and
				departure, and the operator's signature. Effective April 1, 2008, any Grade IV
				facility with a filtration rate in excess of two gallons per minute per square
				foot of filter area must have an unrestricted Grade IV operator present at the
				plant during all hours of operation.
(3) All Grade III advanced groundwater plants
				must have a certified operator of the same grade or higher present as directed
				by the Department. A permanent record of daily operator staffing shall be
				maintained at all Grade III and IV facilities. This record must contain the
				operator's name, time of arrival and departure, and the operator's
				signature.
(4) All Grade III
				wastewater treatment plants must have a certified operator of the same grade or
				higher present at the plant for a minimum of one 8-hour work shift during the
				daytime hours of plant operation, five days a week. For all other days of plant
				operation, at a minimum, a certified operator Grade II or higher must operate
				the facility one 8-hour work shift during the daytime hours. A permanent record
				of daily operator staffing shall be maintained at all Grade III facilities.
				This record must contain the operator's name, time of arrival and departure,
				and the operator's signature. Upon demonstration and approval of a facility's
				ability to be remotely monitored, the Department may waive all or part of the
				staffing requirements in excess of the five 8-hour shifts by a Grade III or
				higher.
(5) All Grade IV wastewater
				treatment plants must have a certified operator of the same grade present at
				the plant for a minimum of one 8-hour work shift during the daytime hours of
				plant operation. For all other times of operation, as a minimum, a certified
				operator Grade II or higher may operate the facility if the Grade IV operator
				is available on call within 30 minutes of the plant site. A permanent record of
				daily operator staffing shall be maintained at all Grade IV facilities. This
				record must contain the operator's name, time of arrival and departure, and the
				operator's signature.
(6) All Grade
				I water distribution systems, Grade I wastewater treatment plants, public
				wastewater or collection systems, and Grade II water or wastewater treatment
				plants must have a certified operator of the same grade or higher present at
				the plant or system at all times necessary to ensure its safe, efficient, and
				proper operation. A permanent record of daily operator staffing shall be
				maintained at all Grade I & II wastewater treatment plants and at all Grade
				II water treatment plants or well sites. This record must contain the
				operator's name, time of arrival and departure, and the operator's signature.
				All Grade I wastewater treatment plants and Grade II water and wastewater
				treatment plants must be visited, as a minimum, once every seven days by a
				certified operator of the same grade or higher unless the facility's operating
				permit calls for more frequent site visits.
(7) A certified operator may operate more
				than one plant or system only if he provides written assurance to the
				Department, in such form as the Department may provide, that he can ensure the
				safe, efficient and proper operation of all plants and systems he operates.
				Operation must be limited to plants or systems classified at or lower than the
				grade of the operator. All staffing requirements applicable to the systems or
				plants to be operated must be followed.
Authors:
Joe Alan Power, Aubrey White
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											22-22A-5,
					 22-22A-6,
					 22-22A-8,
					 22-25-11,
					 22-25-13.