Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VI - Certification of Operators › Chapter 81 - Operator Certification: Public Water Supply Systems and Wastewater Treatment Systems › Rule 567-81.2 - General

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Plant
				grade for system with multiple treatment processes. A
plant having a
				combination of treatment processes that are in different grades shall be
				assigned the highest numerical plant grade of that combination.
(2)
Increase in facility grade for
				complex systems.
The director may increase a plant or water
				distribution system grade above that indicated in rules 81.3(455B) to
				81.6(455B) for those systems which in the judgment of the director include
				unusually complex treatment processes, complex distribution systems, or which
				present unusual operation or maintenance conditions.
(3)
Operator-in-charge certification
				requirement.
The operator-in-charge shall hold a certificate of the
				same classification of the plant or water distribution system and of equal or
				higher grade than the grade designated for that plant or distribution
				system.
(4)
Shift operator
				certification.
Any person who is responsible for the operation of an
				operating shift of a plant or distribution system or major segment of the plant
				or distribution system and is under the supervision of the operator-in-charge
				identified in 81.2(3) shall be certified in a grade no less than a Grade II
				level for Grade III and IV plants and distribution systems and Grade I for
				Grade I and II plants and distribution systems.
(5)
Public water system certificate
				requirement.
The operator who is designated by the owner to be the
				operator-in-charge of both the water treatment plant and the water distribution
				system shall hold a public water system (PWS) certificate valid for water
				treatment and water distribution in accordance with 81.2(3) and
				81.2(6).
(6)
PWS
				certificate.
A PWS certificate shall be issued to an operator
				successfully completing water treatment or water distribution certification.
				The PWS certificate shall specify the grade and classification for which the
				certificate is valid. An operator successfully completing both water treatment
				and water distribution certification shall be issued a PWS certificate valid
				for both classifications. For purposes of renewal, all renewal fees and CEU
				requirements shall be applied as one certification. The number of CEUs required
				shall be determined by the highest certification grade on the operator's public
				water system certificate.
(7)
PWS certificate issuance.
Rescinded IAB 1/7/04, effective
				2/11/04.
(8)
Notification
				requirements for a personnel change in the operator-in-charge.
The
				owner of a plant or distribution system must notify the department of a change
				in operator(s)-in-charge within 30 days after the change.
(9)
Change of address or
				employment.
Certified operators must report to the department a change
				in address or employment within 30 days after the change.
(10)
Owner reporting
				requirements.
All owners of plants and distribution systems must
				report, when requested by the department, the method of treatment provided, the
				average daily pumpage, and the operator(s)-in-charge.
(11)
Compliance plan.
When
				the director allows the owner of a plant or distribution system required to
				have a certified operator time to obtain an operator, the owner must submit a
				compliance plan indicating what action will be taken to obtain a certified
				operator. The plan must be on Form 52, Compliance Plan 542-3120, provided by
				the department and must be submitted within 30 days of the facility owner's
				receipt of a notice of violation.