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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-89 - Laboratory Approval › Section 3745-89-04 - Renewal of laboratory certification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Except for
			 certifications issued in accordance with rule 3745-89-12 of the Administrative
			 Code,
								
								the director may renew a laboratory certification for
			 analysis of drinking water upon the laboratory's successful completion of the
			 following:
(1) The laboratory shall maintain
			 a valid and unexpired laboratory certification under rule
			 3745-89-05
			 of the Administrative Code for the analyses for which renewal is
			 sought.
(2) The laboratory shall
			 submit to the director a completed application for renewal, including the parts
			 described in paragraphs (A)(2) and (A)(3)(a) to (A)(3)(e) of rule
			 3745-89-03
			 of the Administrative Code, no sooner than one hundred twenty days and no later
			 than thirty days prior to the expiration date of the currently valid
			 certification. When applications are submitted in accordance with this rule and
			 deemed complete, the laboratory certification will be extended until such time
			 as an onsite survey is completed.
(3) If the applicable laboratory survey fee
			 is not already paid, the laboratory shall submit the appropriate laboratory
			 survey fee in accordance with section
			 3745.11 of the Revised Code.
			 
									Fees are referenced in paragraph
			 (A)(3)(e) of rule
			 3745-89-03
			 of the Administrative Code.
.
(4) The laboratory shall demonstrate an
			 acceptable level of performance, by all persons to be included in renewal of
			 laboratory certification, during an on-site survey as described in paragraph
			 (A)(5) of rule
			 3745-89-03
			 of the Administrative Code. An on-site survey shall also include an evaluation
			 of the maintenance of laboratory data. Microbiological records shall be
			 maintained for at least five years; chemical records shall be maintained for at
			 least ten years; lead and copper records shall be maintained for at least
			 twelve years; and, all other records shall be maintained for at least ten
			 years.
(5) The laboratory shall
			 maintain documentation that the quality assurance plan required in paragraph
			 (A)(2) of rule
			 3745-89-03
			 of the Administrative Code is reviewed annually. The director may request the
			 documentation be submitted with the laboratory's application for
			 renewal.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-89 - Laboratory Approval › Section 3745-89-06 - Director's actions for laboratory certification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The director shall issue or renew a
			 laboratory certification provided the laboratory has met the laboratory
			 certification requirements as described in this chapter of the Administrative
			 Code.
(1) Laboratory certification shall
			 expire within three years from the effective date of certification. Laboratory
			 certification shall expire within one year from the effective date of
			 certification if the laboratory certification meets one of the following:
(a) Is an initial certification under rule
			 3745-89-03
			 of the Administrative Code.
(b)
			 Directly follows a period of revocation or denial of a former certification
			 under this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-89 - Laboratory Approval › Section 3745-89-07 - Laboratory certificate property of state; display

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A laboratory certificate issued under this chapter remains the
				property of the state and shall be surrendered to the director upon revocation.
				The certificate shall be displayed at all times in a prominent location in the
				laboratory for which 
								the certification was issued.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-89 - Laboratory Approval › Section 3745-89-08 - Analysis and Reporting

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Analysis and reporting for samples used to determine compliance
				with Chapters 3745-81, 3745-82 and 3745-90, and rules
				3745-9-09
				and
				3745-91-06
				of the Administrative Code shall be completed by 
								facilities meeting requirements to perform drinking water
				testing as identified in paragraphs (A) to
								 (D) of rule
				3745-89-02
				of the Administrative Code, as follows:
(A) Beginning October 1, 2018, a complete
			 analysis, including quality control, shall be performed no later than thirty
			 business days after receipt of the sample. For radiological chemicals, a
			 complete analysis, including quality control, shall be performed no later than
			 sixty business days after receipt of the sample.
(B) Except as provided for in paragraph (C)
			 of this rule, results shall be reported to the director and to public water
			 systems by the tenth day following the date the analyses are completed. All
			 reports required under this rule shall be submitted electronically via a method
			 acceptable to the director.
(C) The
			 following results shall be reported by no later than the end of the next
			 business day after the analysis is completed:
(1) All positive and all repeat sample
			 results required by rules
			 3745-81-14
			 and
			 3745-81-21
			 of the Administrative Code, and all microbial monitoring results required by
			 rule
			 3745-81-42
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2) All
			 results at or above any maximum contaminant level specified in rule
			 3745-81-11,
			 3745-81-12,
			 or
			 3745-81-15
			 of the Administrative Code, and all resample results to confirm MCL
			 exceedances.
(3) All detections of
			 total microcystins in raw and finished water samples required by Chapter
			 3745-90 of the Administrative Code, all results of microcystins samples
			 collected in response to an exceedance of the microcystins action level
			 established in paragraph (A)(1) or (A)(2) of rule
			 3745-90-02
			 of the Administrative Code, and all results of cyanobacteria screening that
			 indicate the potential for cyanotoxins.
(4) Results of
			 lead and copper tap water sample analysis and all identifying information about
			 where the sample was collected to the water system and the director.
(5) All startup sample results for seasonal
			 public water systems required by rule
			 3745-81-51
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-89 - Laboratory Approval › Section 3745-89-09 - Interim authorization for plant control tests or MMO-MUG (SM 9223 B) test

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A laboratory with a valid and unexpired
			 certification under this chapter may request that the director grant an
			 individual interim authorization to perform for the laboratory one or more of
			 the plant control tests for pH, turbidity, alkalinity, stability, hardness,
			 fluoride, chloride, 
			 chlorite , or MMO-MUG (SM 9223
			 B) tests according to the following:
(1) The director shall grant interim
			 authorization only to an individual(s) who has performed acceptably during
			 parallel testing defined in paragraph (A)(3)(d) or (A)(3)(e) of this rule.
			 Acceptable performance .for plant control or MMO-MUG (SM 9223 B) tests is defined in
			 Chapter 5 Section B. of the Ohio EPA Laboratory Manual for Chemical Analyses of
			 Public Drinking Water 2020 and Ohio EPA Laboratory Manual for Microbiological
			 Analyses of Public Drinking Water 2020, respectively.
(2) The number of individuals requested for
			 interim authorization by the laboratory may 
									be limited due to number of
			 analyses requested.
(3) A
			 laboratory shall submit an application for interim authorization to the
			 director on a form provided by the director. The application shall include the
			 following information:
(a) The name, address
			 and telephone number of the laboratory and of the individual responsible for
			 the laboratory.
(b) The list of
			 analysts specified on the laboratory's applicable certificates and the plant
			 control tests which each analyst currently performs.
(c) The list of individuals and the plant
			 control tests or MMO-MUG (SM 9223 B) tests for
			 which interim authorization is sought.
(d) Documentation for each individual on each
			 plant control test requested for interim authorization of at least twenty days
			 of analytical results generated in parallel testing with an analyst included on
			 a certificate for those same plant control tests. The previous certification of
			 an individual to perform plant control tests may be considered for
			 
										reducing
			  this requirement.
(e)
			 Documentation for each individual requesting interim authorization for MMO-MUG
			 (SM 9223 B) must include seven samples per day
			 totaling at least twenty-one samples, including the required quality control
			 samples, with results generated in parallel testing with an analyst included on
			 a certificate for MMO-MUG (SM 9223 B) tests. The
			 previous certification of an individual to perform MMO-MUG (SM 9223
			 B) tests may be considered for satisfying this
			 requirement.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-89 - Laboratory Approval › Section 3745-89-10 - Interim authorization for new contaminants and new methods

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The director may grant interim authorization, as defined in
				rule
				3745-89-01
				of the Administrative Code, for certified laboratories to perform drinking
				water analyses by using new methods, for new analytes,
				or both, during a transition period necessary for implementation of new or
				amended regulations. Such authorization shall follow the following
				procedures:
(A) The director shall
			 notify certified laboratories of the availability of interim authorization and
			 the drinking water analyses to be included.
(B) Interim authorization shall only be
			 available to laboratories which currently have valid certification under this
			 chapter for the same type of drinking water analysis (microbiological
			 contaminants, inorganic, trace metals, etc.) as the drinking water analyses to
			 be included in the interim authorization.
(C) In order to be considered for interim
			 authorization, the laboratory shall submit to the director an application for
			 interim authorization, on a form provided by the director. The application
			 shall include the following information:
(1)
			 The name, address and telephone number of the laboratory and of the individuals
			 responsible for the laboratory.
(2)
			 Statement of the drinking water analyses and methods for which interim
			 authorization is sought and the analysts to be included in the interim
			 authorization to perform the analyses. The analysts shall be individuals
			 already identified on a valid certificate of approval for the laboratory for
			 performing similar analyses or for analyzing the same type of
			 analyte.
(3) Documentation that the laboratory
			 obtained acceptable results within the past twelve months for at least one
			 proficiency test provided by a proficiency test provider for each drinking
			 water analysis to be included in the interim authorization.
(4) Documentation that method detection limit
			 (MDL) studies have been completed by the laboratory for each drinking water
			 chemistry analysis to be included in the interim authorization, with the MDL
			 studies indicating that the laboratory is capable of meeting any specified
			 analytical reporting requirements.
(5) Documentation that the laboratory has
			 successfully passed one microbiological proficiency test set from a "National
			 Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP)" approved proficiency
			 test supplier with the method not approved by the Ohio environmental protection
			 agency. The test data shall be sent directly to the state proficiency test
			 coordinator from the proficiency test provider. The laboratory shall pass the
			 proficiency test study with the method for which interim authorization is being
			 sought.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-89 - Laboratory Approval › Section 3745-89-11 - Certified laboratories for the "Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule"

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Cryptosporidium.
			 Systems shall have Cryptosporidium samples analyzed in accordance with
			 analytical techniques identified in rule
			 3745-81-27
			 and meeting certification requirements identified in this
			 chapter.
(B)
								E. coli. Systems shall have E. coli samples analyzed in
			 accordance with analytical techniques identified in rule
			 3745-81-27
			 and meeting certification requirements identified in this chapter.
(C)
								Turbidity. Systems shall have turbidity samples analyzed in
			 accordance with analytical techniques identified in rule
			 3745-81-27
			 and meeting certification requirements identified in this
			 chapter.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-89 - Laboratory Approval › Section 3745-89-12 - Alternate acceptance of laboratory certification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Acceptance of
			 certification. In lieu of complying with the requirements of rule
			 3745-89-03
			 of the Administrative Code, laboratories may apply for acceptance of
			 certification to perform analyses to determine compliance with Chapters 3745-81
			 and 3745-82, and rules
			 3745-91-06
			 and
			 3745-9-09,
			 and as specified by paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-83-01
			 of the Administrative Code by meeting the following requirements:
(1)
									The laboratory is
			 certified by the United States environmental protection agency (USEPA), the
			 national environmental laboratory accreditation program (NELAP), or by another
			 environmental laboratory accreditation program acceptable to the director to
			 perform required analyses for those Fields of Accreditation in which the
			 laboratory is requesting acceptance of certification pursuant to this rule,
			 with the exception of those analytes required in Chapter 3745-90 of the
			 Administrative Code. The Field of Accreditation shall be for drinking
			 water.
(2)
									The laboratory submits an application on a form
			 acceptable to the director.
(3)
									The laboratory
			 submits a copy of the most recent certificate and Field of Accreditation issued
			 by an acceptable accrediting body for the USEPA approved drinking water methods
			 which acceptance is sought.
(4)
									The laboratory
			 submits evaluations of the two most recent Proficiency Test (PT) sample
			 studies. A provider of PT samples must be accredited by a Proficiency Testing
			 Provider Accreditor that meets the National Environmental Laboratory
			 Accreditation Conference requirements.
(5)
									The laboratory
			 submits evaluations of any PT sample studies within the previous five years
			 that have resulted in an evaluation of "Unacceptable" and the subsequent
			 make-up PT sample evaluation.
(6)
									The Laboratory
			 submits reports from the most recent on-site survey by the accrediting body
			 issuing the certification. The on-site inspection shall be completed by a
			 program acceptable to the Ohio EPA.
(7)
									The laboratory
			 shall submit all correspondence, documents or other communications between the
			 laboratory and the accrediting body which may affect the laboratory's
			 accreditation within thirty days. Failure to submit these articles may result
			 in loss of Ohio EPA acceptance of certification.
(8)
									For out of state
			 laboratories, a certification that one of the conditions listed in paragraph
			 (D) of rule
			 3745-89-02
			 of the Administrative Code exists at the time of application. Any acceptance of
			 certification for an out of state laboratory shall only remain effective so
			 long as one of the conditions listed in paragraph (D) of rule
			 3745-89-02
			 of the Administrative Code continues to exist.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-90 - Harmful Algal Blooms › Section 3745-90-01 - Harmful algal blooms - definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except as follows, the definitions in rule
				3745-81-01
				of the Administrative Code shall apply to this chapter:
(A) "Action level," for the purposes of this
			 chapter, is the concentration of a cyanotoxin which, if exceeded, will require
			 additional monitoring, and potentially other actions as described in this
			 chapter of the Administrative Code.
(B) [Reserved.]
(C)
(1)
									"Consecutive samples" means successive samples that are
			 collected on separate calendar days.
(2) "Cyanobacteria"
			 means photosynthesizing bacteria, also called blue-green algae, which naturally
			 occur in marine and freshwater
									 ecosystems, and may produce
			 cyanotoxins which at sufficiently high concentrations can pose a risk to public
			 health.
(3) "Cyanobacteria screening" means quantitative
			 polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) for the detection of genes unique to
			 cyanobacteria and genes associated with the production of cyanotoxins,
			  a method for phytoplankton
			 identification, or a semiquantitative method of
			 cyanotoxin analysis 
			 acceptable to the director.
(4) "Cyanotoxin" means
			 a toxin (such as microcystins) produced by cyanobacteria, which include liver
			 toxins, nerve toxins and skin toxins.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-90 - Harmful Algal Blooms › Section 3745-90-02 - Harmful algal blooms - applicability and action levels

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The following action levels for
			 microcystins are based, in part, on the United States environmental protection
			 agency's "Drinking Water Health Advisory for the Cyanobacterial Microcystin
			 Toxins," dated June, 2015 and apply to all public water systems, including
			 consecutive water systems:
(1)0.3 micrograms
			 per liter (ug/L) for people under the age of six, pregnant women, nursing
			 mothers, those receiving dialysis treatment and those with pre-existing liver
			 conditions.
(2)1.6 ug/L for all
			 individuals.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-90 - Harmful Algal Blooms › Section 3745-90-04 - Harmful algal blooms - analytical methods and reporting

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
								Microcystins analysis shall
			 be performed by a laboratory certified by the director pursuant to Chapter
			 3745-89 of the Administrative Code. However, if a laboratory found to be
			 acceptable submits a complete application for certification in accordance with
			 rule
			 3745-89-04
			 of the Administrative Code, the laboratory may continue to perform microcystins
			 analysis until action is taken on the application.
(B)
								Cyanobacteria
			 screening required by this chapter shall be performed by a laboratory certified
			 by the director pursuant to Chapter 3745-89 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(C) In addition, analysis
			 required by this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the following
			 analytical methods and time frames:
(1)
			 Cyanobacteria screening: "Ohio EPA DES method 705.0,
			 Ohio EPA quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) Multi-Plex Molecular Assay for Determination of
			 Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxin-Producing Genes Analytical Methodology" version
			 1.0 (September 2018)
									 or another method accepted by the director in writing.
			 Samples must be analyzed within seven days of collection.
(2) Microcystins: "Ohio EPA DES method 701.0,
			 Ohio EPA Total (Extracellular and Intracellular) Microcystins - ADDA by ELISA
			 Analytical Methodology" version 
									2.4 (November 2021) or another
			 method accepted by the director in writing. Except where otherwise noted in
			 this chapter and notwithstanding the holding time specified in the method,
			 samples must be analyzed within five days of collection.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-90 - Harmful Algal Blooms › Section 3745-90-05 - Harmful algal blooms - treatment techniques

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule applies to all public water systems
				receiving water from a surface water source
				except consecutive water systems.
(A) A public water system shall develop and
			 submit to the director written treatment optimization protocols
			 for harmful algal blooms. The protocols shall
			 
								be in a
			 form that is acceptable to the director and include detailed information on the
			 public water system, water sources, existing treatment processes with
			 schematic, and treatment adjustments that will be made under various raw
			 and finished water conditions. In developing the protocols, the public water
			 system shall review and optimize existing treatment for microcystins,
			 considering effective strategies for cyanotoxin treatment such as avoiding
			 lysing cyanobacterial cells, optimizing removal of intact cells, optimizing
			 barriers for extracellular cyanotoxin removal or destruction, optimizing sludge
			 removal and discontinuing or minimizing backwash recycling.
(1)
									The treatment optimization protocols shall be
			 submitted to the director within thirty days of the
			 intial detection of microcystins in raw or finished water sampling
			 points.
(2)
			 If a public water system was not required to submit written treatment
			 optimization protocols under paragraph (A)(1) of this rule,
			 treatment optimization protocols shall be submitted to the
			 director within six months of the effective date of this rule.
(3)
									New public water
			 systems shall submit treatment optimization protocols within one year from
			 activation unless otherwise required by paragraph (A)(1) of this
			 rule.
(4)
									The treatment optimization protocols required by this
			 chapter shall be reviewed and updated as necessary, but at least annually, and
			 made available to Ohio EPA upon request.
(5)
									Treatment
			 optimization protocols shall be submitted to the director for review within
			 thirty days of substantial change to the protocol or substantial change to
			 treatment or source water as defined in rule 3745-91-01 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(6)
									In the event the treatment optimization protocols are
			 deemed inadequate or incomplete by Ohio EPA, the public water system shall
			 revise the protocol in accordance with a schedule acceptable to the
			 director.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-90 - Harmful Algal Blooms › Section 3745-90-06 - Harmful algal blooms - tier 1 public notification and consumer confidence reports

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule applies to all public water systems, including
				consecutive water systems.
(A) Tier 1
			 public notification.
(1) A public water system
			 shall issue tier 1 public notification in accordance with rule
			 3745-81-32 of
			 the Administrative Code when any of the following occur:
(a) A microcystins action level established
			 paragraph (A)(1) or (A)(2) in rule
			 3745-90-02
			 of the Administrative Code is exceeded in a repeat sample collected at the
			 finished water sampling point in accordance with rule
			 3745-90-03
			 of the Administrative Code, unless the director agrees in writing that the
			 timeline for notification may be extended or public notification is not
			 necessary, based on extenuating circumstances, until additional results are
			 received.
(b) If required by the
			 director based on the results of resamples, distribution system samples or
			 
										other
			 samples collected in accordance with paragraph (A)(4), (B) or (C)(2) of rule
			 3745-90-03
			 of the Administrative Code.
(c)
			 Failure to conduct resampling or repeat sampling in accordance with paragraph
			 (A)(4)(a), (A)(4)(b), (C)(2)(a) or (C)(2)(b) of rule
			 3745-90-03
			 of the Administrative Code, unless the director agrees in writing that the
			 timeline for notification may be extended or public notification is not
			 necessary.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-90 - Harmful Algal Blooms › Section 3745-90-07 - Harmful algal blooms - recordkeeping

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any owner or operator of a public water
			 system shall retain, on its premises or at a convenient location near its
			 premises, records of cyanobacteria screening and microcystins analyses made
			 pursuant to this chapter for not less than ten years.
Actual laboratory reports may be kept, or data may be
				transferred to tabular summaries, provided that the following information is
				included:
(1) The date, place and time
			 of sampling, and the name of the person who collected the sample.
(2) Identification of the sample as to
			 whether it was a routine, resample or repeat sample and whether it was
			 collected at a raw, finished or distribution sampling point.
(3) Date of analysis.
(4) Laboratory and person responsible for
			 performing analysis.
(5) The
			 analytical technique and method used.
(6) The results of the analysis.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-91 - Plans Approval › Section 3745-91-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except for definitions contained in this rule, the definitions
				in rule 3745-81-01 of the Administrative
				Code  apply to this chapter. As used
				in this chapter of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Applicant" means the person who signs
			 the submittal letter or detail plan documents as
			 specified by rule
			 3745-91-07 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(B) "Like-kind replacement"
			 means replacement of equipment or components that meet the design criteria
			 specified in the plans approved by the director.
(C) "Substantial change" means any change
			 that affects isolation, capacity, flows, water quality, source, distribution or
			 treatment.
(1) Substantial change shall
			 include but not be limited to the following:
(a) For distribution systems: new waterlines;
			 replacement waterlines that change in size, alignment or material; new tanks;
			 modification in storage; new booster stations; changes in pump capacity and
			 auxiliary power
										.
(b) For
			 water sources: any new source or alteration in source, including connection to
			 another source or distribution system; any alteration in collection facilities
			 or equipment
										.
(c) For
			 treatment facilities: new treatment processes, including facilities, equipment
			 or chemicals; changes in chemical feed capacity, feeder type, application
			 points or sequence; modifications to or removal of treatment processes,
			 equipment or chemicals.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-91 - Plans Approval › Section 3745-91-02 - Application for approval of plans

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall begin construction or
			 installation of a public water system, 
			 make a substantial change in a public water system, or
			 operate a public water system, until plans  have been approved by the director of
			 environmental protection, unless exempted pursuant to paragraphs (D) to (F) of
			 this rule. An application for approval of plans for such construction,
			 installation or substantial change in a public water system, as required by
			 section 6109.07 of the Revised Code,
			 shall be submitted to the Ohio EPA in a method approved by the director and
			 shall consist of all of the following:
(1) One
			 electronic copy of plan drawings as specified by rule
			 3745-91-03 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(2) One electronic copy of
			 specifications as specified by rule
			 3745-91-04 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(3) One electronic copy of a
			 data sheet as specified by rule
			 3745-91-05 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(4) One electronic copy of
			 supporting information as specified by rule
			 3745-91-06 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(5) An electronic submittal
			 letter, or owner's signature on the detail plans,
			 as specified by rule
			 3745-91-07 of the Administrative
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-91 - Plans Approval › Section 3745-91-03 - Requirements for plan drawings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Plan drawings shall conform to the
			 following:
(1) Be legible prints suitable for
			 electronic reproduction
			 .
(2) Show the names of the owner and of the
			 person responsible for design of the project, including their signature
			 indicating approval of the project.
(3) Be issued in a manner consistent with
			 section 4733.14 of the Revised Code by a
			 registered professional engineer when required by paragraph (B) or (C) of this
			 rule.
(4) Contain a suitable title
			 for the project.
(5) Include a site
			 map showing the location of the project with reference to highways, streets,
			 corporate boundaries and local physical landmarks.
(6) Be drawn to scale and if not drawn to
			 scale, must be dimensioned.
(7)
			 Indicate north.
(8) Include
			 relevant elevations.
(9) Show
			 existing water supply facilities that are relevant to the proposed project, if
			 any, and the relationship of the proposed project to these existing
			 facilities.
(10) Show the locations
			 of sewer lines and other potential sources of contamination in the area of the
			 proposed project in plan and profile views.
(11) Provide dimensions of all structures,
			 facilities and other relevant features.
(12) When the project includes treatment
			 facilities, provide a treatment process schematic and hydraulic flow
			 schematics.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-91 - Plans Approval › Section 3745-91-04 - Requirements for specifications

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Specifications shall do the
				following:
(A) Fully describe in
			 detail all facilities or equipment to be installed under the proposed plans,
			 including but not limited to water intakes, wells, pumps, valves, pipe,
			 treatment devices or processes, filtration media, monitoring or control
			 facilities, laboratory equipment, meters, chemical storage or feed units,
			 safety equipment, and plant construction
								.
(B)
			 Summarize the number and capacity of the equipment to be installed, including
			 but not limited to the total lineal feet of each size and. Type of distribution
			 pipe, and the number and capacity of each type of chemical feed unit, pump or
			 treatment unit
								.
(C)
			 Indicate a manufacturer and model number for each piece of equipment to be
			 installed, which may identify either the actual equipment to be used or a
			 standard by which equivalent equipment may be selected
								.
(D) Be prepared in a legible and organized
			 manner to permit easy reference. Separate specifications are not required if
			 facilities and equipment are adequately specified on the plan
			 drawings.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-91 - Plans Approval › Section 3745-91-05 - Requirements for data sheet

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The data sheet shall be on a form provided by the director and
				 include information such as the title
				of the project, project location, identification of the ultimate owner,
				identification of the designer, estimated construction cost, basis of design,
				and such other information as 
				required. Additional information may be required depending upon the type and
				complexity of the project under review.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-91 - Plans Approval › Section 3745-91-06 - Requirements for supporting information

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The supporting information required by this rule may vary
				depending on the type and complexity of the project and shall, at a minimum,
				include the following:
(A) An explanation of the project and its
			 basis of design, and such other information relevant to approval of plans that
			 may not be fully evident from the plan drawings and specifications
								.
(B) A copy of the results of any required
			 chemical, bacteriological, radiological, or other analyses performed on the raw
			 or finished water
								.
(C)
								A completed project summary sheet, if
			 available.
(D) Information as to
			 the capacity and long-term adequacy of the source of supply
								.
(E) If
			 the plans include a new well as a source of water, the following additional
			 materials shall be submitted:
(1) A
			 copy of a deed, easement, or other legal instrument showing that the owner has
			 control of lands sufficient to provide isolation as approved in the well site
			 acceptance letter
									.
(2) A copy of the log
			 of the well, and a copy of the results of the pumping tests performed on the
			 well. Test pumping and sampling for chemical and radiological analyses are
			 required unless waived by the director.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-91 - Plans Approval › Section 3745-91-07 - Requirements for submittal letter

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The submittal letter shall conform to
				the following:
(A) Be signed by
			 the responsible public official or, for a privately-owned project, the owner or
			 his authorized representative. As an alternative to the
			 owner or public official signing the submittal letter, the owner or public
			 official may sign the detail plans as indication that the plans are acceptable
			 to the owner/public entity.
(B)
			 Be addressed to the division of drinking and ground waters at the applicable
			 district office
								.
(C)
			 Specifically request that the Ohio environmental protection agency review the
			 plans for approval
								.
(D)
			 Accompany the plan drawings and other documents required by this chapter of the
			 Administrative Code when they are submitted for review
								.
(E) Include the name, mailing address,
			 email address, and telephone number of the owner
			 or other person with whom contact can be made if further information is
			 required.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-91 - Plans Approval › Section 3745-91-08 - Procedure for approval; changes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The following shall be used as a guide in
			 the technical review of plans submitted under this chapter of the
			 Administrative Code:
(1) The Ohio
			 
									EPA's "Planning and Design Criteria for
			 Establishing Approved Capacity for (1) Surface Water and Ground Water Supply
			 Sources, (2) Drinking Water Treatment Plants (WTPs), and (3) Source/WTP
			 Systems" (2010). The terms and conditions of this document shall be followed in
			 the event of inconsistencies between this document and the document in
			 paragraph (A)(2) of this rule.
(2)
			 "The Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi River Board of State and Provincial Public
			 Health and Environmental Managers' Recommended Standards for Water Works"
			 (RSWW)
									.
(3) The Ohio 
									EPA's "Guidelines for Design of Small Public
			 Water Systems" (2015). The requirements of Chapter 3745-9 of the Administrative
			 Code shall be followed in the event of inconsistencies between this document
			 and Chapter 3745-9 of the Administrative Code.
(4) The Ohio 
									EPA's "Guidelines for Arsenic Removal Treatment
			 for Small Public Drinking Water Systems" (2010).
(5)
									"Expert Panel
			 Final Report: Evaluation of the Feasibility of Developing Uniform Water
			 Recycling Criteria for Direct Potable Reuse." Prepared August 2016 by the
			 "National Water Research Institute for the State Water Resources Control Board,
			 Sacramento, CA."
(6) Such other
			 publications as may be prepared by the Ohio 
									EPA for guidance of designers of public water
			 systems.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-91 - Plans Approval › Section 3745-91-09 - Iron and manganese treatment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) New community water systems shall provide
			 treatment for removal of the following:
(1)
			 Iron to meet the secondary maximum contaminant level (SMCL) set forth in rule
			 3745-82-02 of the Administrative
			 Code when the level of iron in water entering the water plant exceeds the
			 SMCL.
(2) Manganese to meet the
			 SMCL set forth in rule
			 3745-82-02 of the Administrative
			 Code when the level of manganese in water entering the water plant exceeds the
			 SMCL.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-91 - Plans Approval › Section 3745-91-10 - Drinking water source protection plan

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A community public water system that
			 provides water to a political subdivision of Ohio and serves a minimum of two
			 hundred fifty people shall develop a drinking water source protection plan or
			 update a previously endorsed drinking water source protection plan (i.e.,
			 wellhead protection plan) when, after the effective date of this rule, the
			 system receives plan approval for use of a well.
(B) The plan shall be submitted to the Ohio
			 environmental protection agency within two years of the date of the director's
			 final action approving the public water system well.
(C) The plan shall address education and
			 outreach, drinking water shortage and emergency response, potential contaminant
			 source control strategies and the need for an early warning ground water
			 monitoring program. The plan shall contain an implementation schedule for the
			 identified actions and be updated at least every ten years.
(D) A public water system is exempt from the
			 requirements of this rule if it has an updated drinking water source protection
			 plan that was submitted to and endorsed by the agency during the previous five
			 years; and any increased pumping or the location of the well will not change
			 the boundaries of the previously endorsed inner management zone or drinking
			 water source protection area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				5/9/2019 and
				05/09/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 6109.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 6109.04,
				6111.42
Prior
				Effective Dates: 09/01/2009
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-91 - Plans Approval › Section 3745-91-12 - Certification by political subdivisions and investor-owned public utilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The director
			 may enter into an agreement with any political subdivision or investor-owned
			 public utility that owns or operates a public water system which proposes to
			 extend the distribution facilities of the system, increase the number of
			 service connections to the system, add distribution pump station, or add
			 storage tank in the distribution system.
(B) Such an agreement under this rule shall
			 authorize a qualified officer or representative of the political subdivision or
			 investor-owned public utility to review plans for the extension of the
			 distribution facilities, the increase in the number of service connections, the
			 addition of distribution system pump station, or the addition of storage tank
			 in the distribution system. At a minimum, said qualified person shall be a
			 professional engineer licensed by the state of Ohio.
(C) Agreements under this rule shall include,
			 but not be limited to, the following public water system requirements:
(1) Submission of a general plan within one
			 year of the effective date of the agreement.
(2) Submission of an annual report
			 summarizing all plans which were self-certified in the previous year. The
			 annual report shall be signed by the professional engineer identified in the
			 agreement, submitted on a form acceptable to the director and shall include at
			 least the following:
(a) Date of the
			 certification.
(b) Project
			 title.
(c) Summary sheet type
			 (i.e., waterline extension, storage tank).
(d) List of each set of plans
			 approved.
(e) Amendments to the
			 plan.
(f) Actual construction
			 costs.
(g) Construction start and
			 end dates.
(h) Date placed in
			 service.
(i) Numbers of actual and
			 potential service connections.
(j)
			 Increase in average and peak daily demand.
(k) Operating pressure range, each year
			 during the term of the agreement.
(3) Compliance with periodic audits by the
			 director.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-95 - Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control › Section 3745-95-01 - Backflow prevention and cross-connection control definitions and incorporation by reference

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except as follows, the definitions in
				
								rule
				3745-81-01
				of the Administrative Code apply to this
				chapter:
(A)
(1) "Air gap separation" means the
			 unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest
			 opening from any pipe or faucet supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or
			 other device and the flood level rim of the receptacle.
(2) "Approved" means that a backflow
			 
									preventer has been accepted by the supplier of
			 water and the director as suitable for the proposed use.
(3) "Auxiliary water system" means any water
			 system on or available to the premises other than the public water system.
			 
									Auxiliary water systems  include used water or water from a source
			 other than the public water system, such as wells, cisterns or open reservoirs
			 that are equipped with pumps or other prime movers, including
			 gravity.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-95 - Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control › Section 3745-95-02 - Backflow prevention and cross-connection control

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall
			 install or maintain 
								an actual or
			 potential 
								cross-connection to or within a public water system
			 unless such actual or potential cross-connections are abated or controlled to
			 the satisfaction of the supplier of water and at
			 minimum, in compliance with this chapter.
(B) No person shall install or maintain a
			 
								cross-connection between a public water system or
			 consumer's water system and an auxiliary water system unless the auxiliary
			 water system, the method of connection and the use of such system have been
			 approved by the supplier of water and by the director as required by section
			 6109.13
			 of the Revised Code.
(C) A public
			 water system shall develop and implement a backflow prevention and
			 cross-connection control program consistent with this chapter.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-95 - Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control › Section 3745-95-03 - Surveys and investigations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Initial
			 assessment.
(1)
									The supplier of water shall conduct or cause to be conducted
			 an initial assessment of water use practices within a consumer's premises to
			 determine whether there are actual or potential cross-connections that, in the
			 judgment of the supplier of water, may cause a pollutional, system, health or
			 severe health hazard to the public water system. The initial assessment should
			 include a combination of review of any plans, inspection records, regulatory
			 permitting documentation or survey questionnaire, related to water use
			 practices and backflow prevention needs, and onsite investigations. At a
			 minimum, a survey questionnaire of water use practices shall be completed and
			 documented. For premises identified under paragraph (B)(5) of rule
			 3745-95-04
			 of the Administrative Code, and those identified to have an actual or potential
			 hazard during the survey process, an onsite investigation and documentation of
			 the investigation, is required.
(2)
									For strictly
			 residential premises, an initial assessment is not required for each premises
			 provided the supplier of water has an alternate ongoing methodology to identify
			 changes in water use practices that may represent a new, previously
			 unidentified, or increased hazard to the public water system. Methods may
			 include review of residential building plans, visiting distribution service
			 areas for visual inspection of possible hazards, flagging new businesses at
			 residential addresses, and those established under paragraph (B)(2) of this
			 rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-95 - Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control › Section 3745-95-04 - Where protection is required

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								For single
			 property community water systems and for noncommunity water systems, an
			 approved backflow preventer shall be installed at the actual or potential
			 cross-connection, where in the judgment of the supplier of water or the
			 director, a pollutional, system, health or severe health hazard to the public
			 water system exists including the following:
(1)
									Any situation
			 that could allow backflow of process fluids.
(2)
									In the judgement
			 of the supplier of water or director, a premises has internal cross-connections
			 that are not correctable or contain intricate plumbing arrangements that make
			 determining whether or not cross-connections exist impractical.
(3)
									A premises having
			 a repeated history of cross-connections being established or
			 re-established.
(4)
									Facilities listed in paragraph (B)(5) of this rule and
			 others specified by the director.