Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part XII - Water Supplies › Chapter 19 - Public Notification Rule › Section XII-1901 - General

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Pursuant to a
				revision of the state's definition of
National Primary Drinking Water
				Regulations
(NPDWRs)
published in the September 20,
				1988
Louisiana Register
(LR 14:630), the Department of Health
				and Hospitals (DHH) Office of Public Health (OPH) adopted by reference the
				United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) revised Public
				Notification rule as published in the
Federal Register
dated
				October 28, 1987 (Volume 52, Number 208, pages 41534 through 41550). These
				revisions of the federal public notification regulations were as a result of
				the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-339 dated June 19,
				1986). Technical amendments were made to the public notification regulations in
				the
Federal Register
dated April 17, 1989 (Volume 54, Number
				72, pages 15185 through 15188). These April 17, 1989 federal technical
				amendments were adopted by DHH-OPH by reference when the state's definition of
				the
NPDWRs
first included a reference to Part 141 of Title 40
				of the July 1, 1997 edition of the
Code of Federal
				Regulations
. Amendments to a portion of the public notification
				regulations were also included when DHH-OPH adopted the federal Total Coliform
				Rule which was published in the
Federal Register
on June 29,
				1989 (Volume 54, Number 124, pages 27562 through 27567) by reference.
				Amendments to a portion of the public notification regulations were also
				included when DHH-OPH adopted the federal Phase II Rule published in the
Federal Register
on January 30, 1991 (Volume 56, Number 20,
				pages 3578 through 3597), the federal Lead and Copper Rule published in
Federal Register
on June 7, 1991 (Volume 56, Number 110, pages
				26547 through 26564), the federal Phase IIB Rule published in the
Federal Register
on July 1, 1991 (Volume 56, Number 126, pages
				30274 through 30281), and the federal Phase V Rule published in the
Federal Register
on July 17, 1992 (Volume 57, Number 138,
				pages 31838 through 31849) by reference. Amendments to a portion of the federal
				public notification regulations as per the federal Technical Amendments and
				Clarifications for Phase I, II and V Rule published in the
Federal
				Register
on July 1, 1994 (Volume 59, Number 126, pages 34322 through
				34325) were also adopted by DHH-OPH by reference when the state's definition of
				the
NPDWRs
first included a reference to Part 141 of Title 40
				of the July 1, 1997 edition of the
Code of Federal
				Regulations
.
1. The federal public
				notification regulations were amended once again by the USEPA pursuant to the
				Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-182 dated August 6,
				1996). Pursuant to yet another DHH-OPH revision of the definition of
NPDWRs
, published in the March 20, 2009
Louisiana
				Register
(LR 35:486), and the provisions of
				§377 of this Part, the DHH-OPH adopted by
				reference the USEPA federal Public Notification Rule as published in the
Federal Register
dated May 4, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 87,
				pages 25981 through 26049) as well as additional technical corrections to the
				Public Notification Rule as published in the
Federal Register
dated June 21, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 120, pages 38629 through 38634), the
Federal Register
dated June 30, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 127,
				pages 40520 through 40522), and the
Federal Register
dated
				November 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 229, pages 70857 through 70858). The
				regulations in this Chapter are promulgated in order to clarify the state's
				discretionary decisions allowed by the federal requirements. [As stated in
				§377 of this Part, be advised that when
				the NPDWRs (as defined in this Part) and the state's own rules and/or
				regulations applicable to public water systems conflict, then the state's own
				rules and/or regulations shall govern.]