Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-81 - Primary Drinking Water Rules › Section 3745-81-27 - Analytical techniques

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Analyte analyses conducted to determine
				compliance with Chapters 3745-81, 3745-82, and 3745-83 of the Administrative
				Code shall be performed by a laboratory certified by the director pursuant to
				Chapter 3745-89 of the Administrative Code unless otherwise specified and shall
				be made in accordance with methods listed in the 40 Code of Federal Regulations
				(C.F.R.) parts 141, including Appendix A (Alternative Testing Methods Approved
				for Analyses under the Safe Drinking Water Act) to Subpart C (Monitoring and
				Analytical Requirements) of part 141, and 143 for the analytes referenced in
				this rule.
(A)
								Methods which have been determined to be equivalent to
			 an approved method, by "USEPA Alternative Test Procedure (ATP) program at the
			 Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water's Technical Support Center
			 (OGWDW/TSC)," may be used for compliance monitoring. Equivalent methods will be
			 referenced in the C.F.R. part 141 Appendix A (Alternative Testing Methods
			 Approved for Analyses under the Safe Drinking Water Act) to Subpart C
			 (Monitoring and Analytical Requirements) The letter of equivalence issued by
			 USEPA's ATP program at OGWDW/TSC must be maintained by the certified laboratory
			 and be available for verification.
(B)
								Inorganic
			 chemical analyses for analytes identified in rules 3745- 81-11, 3745-81-23,
			 3745-81-80 to 3745-81-86, 3745-81-88, and 3745-83-01 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(C)
								Organic chemical analyses for analytes identified in
			 rules
			 3745-81-12
			 and
			 3745-81-24
			 of the Administrative Code.
(D)
								Residual
			 disinfection analyses for analytes identified in rules
			 3745-81-10,
			 3745-81-43,
			 3745-81-70
			 to
			 3745-81-74
			 and
			 3745-83-01
			 of the Administrative Code. Residual disinfectant concentrations for free
			 chlorine, total chlorine, combined chlorine and chlorine dioxide shall be
			 measured by persons acceptable to the director.
(E)
								Treatment
			 techniques analyses and operational requirements (or plant control tests)
			 analyses for analytes identified in rules
			 3745-81-77
			 and
			 3745-83-01
			 of the Administrative Code, respectively. Turbidity shall be measured by a
			 person designated on a valid certificate of approval as required under rule
			 3745-89-03
			 of the Administrative Code.
(F)
								Microbiological
			 analyses for analytes identified in rules
			 3745-81-14,
			 3745-81-21,
			 3745-81-42,
			 3745-81-43,
			 and
			 3745-81-50
			 to
			 3745-81-55
			 of the Administrative Code.
(G)
								Radioactivity
			 analyses for analytes identified in rules
			 3745-81-15
			 and
			 3745-81-26
			 of the Administrative Code.
(H)
								Source water
			 monitoring analyses for analytes identified in rules
			 3745-81-64
			 to
			 3745-81-69
			 of the Administrative Code. Analyses for analytes conducted to determine
			 compliance with rules
			 3745-81-64
			 to
			 3745-81-69
			 of the Administrative Code shall be performed by a laboratory certified by the
			 director pursuant to Chapter 3745-89 of the Administrative Code unless
			 otherwise specified, and shall be made in accordance with methods listed in the
			 40 C.F.R. part 136 and 141 for the analytes referenced in these
			 rules.
(I)
								Ground water assessment analyses for analytes
			 identified in rule
			 3745-81-42
			 of the Administrative Code.
(J)
								Control of lead
			 and copper analyses for analytes identified in rule
			 3745-81-89 of
			 the Administrative Code.
(K)
								Harmful Algal Blooms analyses for analytes identified
			 in rule
			 3745-90-04
			 of the Administrative Code.
(L)
								Well Development
			 and Pumping Test analyses for analytes identified in rule
			 3745-9-09
			 of the Administrative Code.
(M)
								Water quality
			 parameter analyses for analytes identified in rule
			 3745-81-87
			 of the Administrative Code -shall be analyzed in accordance with methods
			 referenced in this rule but are exempt from being analyzed at laboratories
			 meeting requirements of rule
			 3745-89-02
			 of the Administrative Code.