Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 17 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 17.38 - PUBLIC WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 17.38.2 - Public Water Supply Requirements › Rule 17.38.202 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
In this subchapter, the following terms have the meanings
				  indicated below and must be used in conjunction with and supplemental to those
				  definitions contained in
				  75-6-102, MCA. In addition, the
				  department adopts and incorporates by reference the definitions in
				  40 CFR
				  141.2, except for the following terms: "clean
				  compliance history," "person," "public water supply system (PWS)," "ground
				  water under the direct influence of surface water (GWUDISW)," "special
				  irrigation district," and "state." The terms "person," "public water supply
				  system," "ground water under the direct influence of surface water," and
				  "state," as used in this subchapter and in the portions of 40 CFR Parts 141 and
				  142 adopted by reference in this subchapter, have the meanings defined
				  below.
(1) "Act," except as used in
				the portions of 40 CFR Part 141 referenced in this subchapter, means Title 75,
				chapter 6, part 1, MCA.
(2)
				"Approved laboratory" means a laboratory licensed and approved by the Montana
				Department of Public Health and Human Services to analyze water samples from
				public water supply systems to determine their compliance with maximum
				contaminant levels (MCLs) and other monitoring requirements of this
				subchapter.
(3) "Ground water under
				the direct influence of surface water (GWUDISW)" has the same meaning as
				adopted and incorporated by reference from
				40 CFR
				141.2, except that GWUDISW determinations for
				regulatory compliance purposes are made in accordance with the Department of
				Environmental Quality Circular PWS-5, Ground Water Under the Direct Influence
				of Surface Water, as adopted and incorporated by reference in ARM
				17.38.209.
(4) "Person" means an individual, firm,
				partnership, company, association, corporation, city, town, local government
				entity, federal agency, or any other governmental or private entity, whether
				organized for profit or not.
(5)
				"Public water supply system (PWS)" means a system for the provision of water
				for human consumption from a community well, water hauler for cisterns, water
				bottling plant, water dispenser, or other water supply that has at least 15
				service connections or that regularly serves at least 25 persons daily for any
				60 or more days in a calendar year.
(6) "State," as used in the portions of 40
				CFR Parts 141 and 142 adopted and incorporated by reference in this subchapter,
				means the Montana Department of Environmental Quality with respect to
				regulation of public water supply and wastewater systems for compliance with
				this subchapter, and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
				with respect to certification of laboratories for performing water sample
				analyses for public water supply systems as required in 40 CFR Part
				141.
AUTH:
					 75-6-104, MCA; IMP:
					 75-6-104,
					 MCA