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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-81 - Primary Drinking Water Rules › Section 3745-81-83 - Control of lead and copper; source water treatment requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Public water systems shall complete the applicable source water
				at the entry point to the distribution system monitoring and treatment
				requirements (described in the referenced portions of paragraph (B) of this
				rule and in rules
				3745-81-86
				and
				3745-81-88
				of the Administrative Code) by the deadlines in paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(6) of
				this rule.
(A) Deadlines for
			 completing source water treatment steps.
(1)
			 Step one: a system exceeding the lead or copper action level shall complete
			 source water at the entry point to the distribution system monitoring for lead
			 and copper (in accordance with paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-81-88
			 of the Administrative Code), make a treatment recommendation, and submit
			 approvable plans, if needed, to the director (in accordance with paragraph
			 (B)(1) of this rule) no later than one hundred eighty days after the end of the
			 monitoring period during which the lead or copper action level was exceeded.
If monitoring is required annually, triennially, or less
				frequently, the end of the monitoring period is September thirtieth of the
				calendar year in which the sampling occurs. If the director has established an
				alternate period, then the end of the monitoring period will be the last day of
				that period.
(2) Step two:
			 the director shall complete the review and approval of plans regarding source
			 water treatment (in accordance with paragraph (B)(2) of this rule) within six
			 months after submission of monitoring results under step one.
(3) Step three: if the director requires
			 installation of source water treatment, the system shall install the treatment
			 (in accordance with paragraph (B)(3) of this rule) within twenty-four months
			 after completion of step two.
(4)
			 Step four: the system shall complete follow-up tap water monitoring (in
			 accordance with paragraph (D)(2) of rule
			 3745-81-86
			 of the Administrative Code) and source water at the entry point to the
			 distribution system monitoring (in accordance with paragraph (C) of rule
			 3745-81-88
			 of the Administrative Code) within thirty-six months after completion of step
			 two.
(5) Step five: the director
			 shall review the system's installation and operation of source water treatment
			 and specify maximum permissible source water at the entry point to the
			 distribution system levels (in accordance with paragraph (B)(4) of this rule)
			 within six months after completion of step four.
(6) Step six: the system shall operate in
			 compliance with the director-specified maximum permissible lead and copper
			 source water at the entry point to the distribution system levels (in
			 accordance with paragraph (B)(4) of this rule) and continue monitoring (in
			 accordance with paragraph (D) of rule
			 3745-81-88
			 of the Administrative Code).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-81 - Primary Drinking Water Rules › Section 3745-81-85 - Control of lead and copper - response to lead monitoring results

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All public water systems collecting tap
				water samples in accordance with rule
				3745-81-86
				of the Administrative Code shall comply with all applicable requirements in
				this rule.
(A)
								Consumer notice of results.
A water system shall complete all
				applicable notice requirements in this rule for the results of tap water
				monitoring collected in accordance with rule
				3745-81-86
				of the Administrative Code, as follows:
(1)
									Provide notice of
			 the lead results, from each individual tap water sample to the owner and
			 persons served at the residence or other structure where the tap was sampled as
			 soon as practical but no later than two business days after receipt of the
			 laboratory results.
(2)
									The consumer notice shall include the results of lead
			 tap water monitoring for the tap that was tested, an explanation of health
			 effects of lead, list steps consumers can take to reduce exposure to lead in
			 drinking water and contact information for the system. The notice shall also
			 provide the maximum contaminant level goal, the action level for lead, the lead
			 threshold level, and definitions from rule
			 3745-81-01
			 of the Administrative Code.
(3)
									Consumer notice
			 of tap water monitoring results shall be provided to persons served at the tap
			 that was tested, by the following methods accepted by the director:
(a)
										For results below
			 the lead threshold level, notice may include hand-delivery, mail, electronic
			 mail, and phone calls.
(b)
										For results above the lead threshold level, notice may
			 include hand-delivery, electronic mail, and documented phone calls followed by
			 written notice that is mailed.
The system shall provide the notice to
				customers at sample taps tested, including consumers who do not receive water
				bills. In the case of schools, day cares, nursing homes or correctional
				institutions, legal guardians or power of attorney shall be notified by a
				method accepted by the director.
(4)
									If the results of
			 lead tap water monitoring show that a sample from an individual tap is above
			 the lead threshold level, the following, as applicable shall be
			 completed:
(a)
										Provide information on the availability of health screening
			 and blood lead level testing to the owner and persons served at the residence
			 or other structure where the tap was sampled no later than two business days
			 after receipt of the laboratory results.
(b)
										Provide notice of
			 the laboratory results to the applicable board of health no later than two
			 business days after receipt of the laboratory results.
(c)
										The owner and
			 operator of a nontransient noncommunity water system shall immediately remove
			 from service all fixtures identified as contributing to elevated lead
			 levels.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-81 - Primary Drinking Water Rules › Section 3745-81-87 - Control of lead and copper; monitoring requirements for water quality parameters

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All large public water systems shall monitor water quality
				parameters in addition to lead and copper in accordance with this rule. All
				small and medium public water systems that exceed the lead or copper action
				level shall monitor water quality parameters in addition to lead and copper in
				accordance with this rule. For performing the analyses of water quality
				parameters set forth in this rule, laboratories are exempt from the
				requirements of rule
				3745-89-02
				of the Administrative Code. The requirements of this rule are summarized in the
				table at the end of this rule.
(A)
			 General requirements.
(1) Sample collection
			 methods.
(a) Tap samples shall be
			 representative of water quality throughout the distribution system taking into
			 account the number of persons served, the different sources of water, the
			 different treatment methods employed by the public water system, and seasonal
			 variability. Tap sampling under this rule is not required to be conducted at
			 taps targeted for lead and copper sampling under paragraph (A) of rule
			 3745-81-86
			 of the Administrative Code.
(b)
			 Samples collected at the entry points to the distribution system shall be from
			 locations representative of each water source after treatment. If a public
			 water system draws water from more than one water source and the sources are
			 combined before distribution, the system shall monitor at each sampling point
			 during periods of normal operating conditions, that is, when water is
			 representative of all sources being used.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-81 - Primary Drinking Water Rules › Section 3745-81-88 - Control of lead and copper - monitoring requirements for lead and copper in source water at the entry point the distribution system

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Sampling point
			 locations, collection methods, and number of samples.
(1) A public water system that exceeds the
			 lead or copper action level on the basis of tap water samples collected in
			 accordance with rule
			 3745-81-86
			 of the Administrative Code shall monitor for lead and copper in source water at
			 the entry point to the distribution system in accordance with the following
			 requirements regarding sampling point locations, collection methods, and number
			 of samples:
(a) Ground water systems shall
			 take a minimum of one sample at every entry point to the distribution system
			 which is representative of each well after treatment (hereafter called a
			 sampling point). The public water system shall take one sample at the same
			 sampling point unless conditions make another sampling point more
			 representative of each source or treatment plant.
(b) Surface water systems shall take a
			 minimum of one sample at every entry point to the distribution system after any
			 application of treatment or in the distribution system at a point which is
			 representative of each source after treatment (hereafter called a sampling
			 point). The public water system shall take each sample at the same sampling
			 point unless conditions make another sampling point more representative of each
			 source or treatment plant. Note: For the purposes of this paragraph, surface
			 water systems include systems with a combination of surface and ground water
			 sources.
(c) If a public water
			 system draws water from more than one source and the sources are combined
			 before distribution, the public water system shall sample at an entry point to
			 the distribution system during periods of normal operating conditions, i.e.,
			 when water is representative of all sources being used.
(d) The director may reduce the total number
			 of samples which must be analyzed by allowing the use of compositing.
			 Compositing of samples mustshall be done by certified laboratory personnel.
			 Composite samples from a maximum of five samples are allowed, provided that if
			 the lead concentration in the composite sample is greater than or equal to
			 0.001 milligram per liter or the copper concentration is greater than or equal
			 to 0.160 milligram per liter, then either:
(i) A follow-up sample shall be taken and
			 analyzed within fourteen days at each sampling point included in the composite;
			 or
(ii) If duplicates of or
			 sufficient quantities from the original samples from each sampling point used
			 in the composite are available, the public water system may use these instead
			 of resampling.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-81 - Primary Drinking Water Rules › Section 3745-81-89 - Analytical methods

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Analyses for pH, conductivity, calcium,
			 alkalinity, orthophosphate, silica and temperature shall be performed using
			 analytical methods as specified in rule
			 3745-81-27
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
			 Analyses for lead and copper shall be performed using analytical methods as
			 specified in rule
			 3745-81-27
			 of the Administrative Code and shall only be conducted by laboratories
			 certified by the director and meet all requirements specified in rule
			 3745-89-03
			 of the Administrative Code. Laboratories performing these analyses shall
			 do the following:
(1) Achieve the method detection limit (MDL)
			 for lead of 0.001 milligrams per liter according to the procedures in rule
			 3745-89-03
			 of the Administrative Code. This need only be accomplished if the laboratory
			 will be processing source water at the entry point to the distribution system
			 composite samples under paragraph (A)(1)(d) of rule
			 3745-81-88
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2) Use
			 the practical quantitation level (PQL) for lead of 0.005 milligrams per
			 liter.
(3) Use the PQL for copper
			 of 0.050 milligrams per liter.
(4)
									Complete analysis of lead or copper sample not later
			 than thirty business days after receipt of the sample.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-81 - Primary Drinking Water Rules › Section 3745-81-90 - Control of lead and copper - reporting and record keeping requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All water systems shall report all of the following information
				to the director in accordance with this rule.
(A) Reporting requirements for tap water
			 monitoring for lead and copper and for water quality parameter monitoring.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph
			 (A)(1)(g) of this rule, a public water system shall
			 report the information specified below for all tap water samples and all water
			 quality parameter samples within 
			 ten days following the end of the month in which the system
			 receives the sample results, as specified in rules
			 3745-81-86
			 and
			 3745-81-87
			 of the Administrative Code.
(a) The results from
			 all tap samples for lead and copper including the location of each site and the
			 criteria under paragraphs (A)(3) to (A)(7) of rule
			 3745-81-86
			 of the Administrative Code under which the site was selected for the public
			 water system's sampling pool and the name and certification number of the
			 laboratory which analyzed the samples.
(b)
			 Documentation for each tap water lead or copper sample for which the public
			 water system requests invalidation pursuant to paragraph (F)(2) of rule
			 3745-81-86
			 of the Administrative Code.
(c) The ninetieth percentile lead and copper
			 concentrations measured from among all lead and copper tap water samples
			 collected during each monitoring period (calculated in accordance with
			 paragraph (C)(3) of rule
			 3745-81-80
			 of the Administrative Code), unless the director calculates the system's
			 ninetieth percentile lead and copper levels under paragraph
			 (I) of
			 this rule.
(d) With the exception
			 of initial tap monitoring conducted pursuant to paragraph (D)(1) of rule
			 3745-81-86
			 of the Administrative Code, the public water system shall designate any site
			 which was not sampled during previous monitoring periods, and include an
			 explanation of why sampling sites have changed.
(e)
			 The results of all tap monitoring for pH and, where applicable, temperature,
			 alkalinity, calcium, conductivity, and orthophosphate or silica collected under
			 paragraphs (B) to (E) of rule
			 3745-81-87
			 of the Administrative Code.
(f)
			 The results of all monitoring at the entry point(s) to the distribution system
			 for applicable water quality parameters under paragraphs (B) to (E) of rule
			 3745-81-87
			 of the Administrative Code.
(g) A
			 water system shall report the results of all water quality parameter samples
			 collected under paragraphs (C) to (F) of rule
			 3745-81-87
			 of the Administrative Code during each six-month monitoring period specified in
			 paragraph (D) of rule 3745-81-87 of the Administrative Code within
			  ten days
			 
										after the month in which the sample was analyzed,
			 unless the director has specified a more frequent reporting
			 requirement.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-82 - Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels › Section 3745-82-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in this chapter of the Administrative Code:
(A) Except as otherwise noted, the
			 definitions in rule
			 3745-81-01
			 of the Administrative Code shall apply to this chapter.
(B) "Secondary maximum contaminant level"
			 means the advisable maximum level of a contaminant in water which is delivered
			 to the free-flowing outlet of the ultimate user of a public water system.
			 Contaminants added to the water under circumstances controlled by the user,
			 except those resulting from corrosion of piping and plumbing caused by water
			 quality, are excluded from this definition.
Effective: 10/1/2006
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 02/26/2016 and
				02/26/2021
Promulgated
				Under:
				119.03
Statutory Authority:
				6109.04
Rule Amplifies:
				6109.01,
				6109.03,
				6109.04
Prior Effective Dates: 11/26/1980
Five
				Year Review (FYR) Dates: 8/4/2021 and
				08/04/2026
Promulgated
				Under:
				119.03
Statutory Authority:
				6109.04
Rule Amplifies:
				6109.01,
				6109.03,
				6109.04
Prior Effective Dates: 11/26/1980,
				10/01/2006
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-82 - Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels › Section 3745-82-02 - Secondary maximum contaminant levels

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The secondary maximum contaminant levels for public water
				systems are as follows
Contaminant Level
Aluminum*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05 to 0.2
				mg/L
Chloride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 mg/L
Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 color
				units
Corrosivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . non-corrosive
Fluoride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0
				mg/L
Foaming Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 mg/L
Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 mg/L
Manganese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05 mg/L
Odor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 threshold
				odor number
pH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 -
				10.5
Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 mg/L
Sulfate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
				mg/L
Total dissolved solids (TDS) . . . . . . . . . . . 500 mg/L
Zinc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
				mg/L
*The secondary maximum contaminant level for aluminum is a
				range, with the precise level applicable to each public water system to be
				determined by the director.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-82 - Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels › Section 3745-82-03 - Monitoring for compliance with secondary maximum contaminant levels

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The parameters in this chapter shall be
				monitored at the intervals prescribed in Chapters 3745-81 and 3745-82 of the
				Administrative Code or rule
				3745-83-01
				of the Administrative Code, except that, if the director prescribes in written
				notice to the affected system other intervals necessary to protect the public
				health or welfare, the parameters shall be monitored at the intervals
				prescribed in the written notice.
Replaces: Replaces part of 3745-82-03
Effective: 8/5/2016
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 08/05/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory Authority:
				6109.04
Rule Amplifies:
				6109.03,
				6109.04
Prior Effective Dates: 11/26/80, 03/29/88, 05/22/89, 10/01/06
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/4/2021 and
				08/04/2026
Promulgated
				Under:
				119.03
Statutory Authority: 6901.04
Rule Amplifies: 6901.01,
				6901.03, 6901.04
Prior Effective Dates: 11/26/1980 (Temp.),
				10/01/2006 (Temp.)
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-82 - Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels › Section 3745-82-04 - Monitoring for compliance with the fluoride secondary maximum contaminant level

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Public water
			 systems that do not add supplemental fluoride.
(1)
									Monitoring and
			 compliance determinations for the secondary maximum contaminant level (SMCL)
			 for fluoride specified in rule
			 3745-82-02
			 of the Administrative Code shall be as follows:
(a)
										Public water
			 systems may use the monitoring conducted for compliance with the maximum
			 contaminant level (MCL) in paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-81-11
			 of the Administrative Code to determine compliance with the SMCL for fluoride.
			 The required monitoring to determine compliance with the MCL is specified in
			 rule
			 3745-81-23
			 of the Administrative Code.
(b)
										If a public water
			 system collects more than one sample per year, it shall be in compliance when
			 the average of quarterly averages of all samples collected at each entry point
			 to the distribution system during a calendar year does not exceed the SMCL for
			 fluoride.
(c)
										Public water systems that collect one sample annually
			 or less frequently shall be in compliance when the most recent sample does not
			 exceed the SMCL for fluoride. When a public water system is required to take a
			 confirmation sample under paragraph (F) of rule
			 3745-81-23
			 of the Administrative Code, the system shall be in compliance if the average of
			 the initial and confirmation sample results does not exceed the SMCL for
			 fluoride.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-83 - Operational Requirements › Section 3745-83-02 - Water distribution system disruption of service

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Definitions for this rule.
For the purpose of this rule, the
				following terms shall be defined as follows:
(1)
									"Affected area"
			 means the portion of a distribution system where the pressure of the system has
			 dropped below twenty pounds per square inch (psig) at ground
			 level.
(2)
									"Contamination intrusion" includes, but is not limited
			 to sewage, unintended chemical waste or other waste in the pit or pipe, or
			 muddy water or other unintended material entering the pipe.
(3)
									 "Positive
			 pressure" means any continuous outflow of water above zero psig at ground level
			 from the pipe on each side of the break.
(4)
									"Special purpose
			 total coliform samples" or "special purpose samples," means those samples taken
			 to determine whether disinfection practices are sufficient following a
			 disruption of service event .
(5)
									"Type 1" event
			 means a controlled pipe repair where positive pressure is continuously
			 maintained during the repair, and there are no signs of contamination
			 intrusion.
(6)
									"Type 2" event means a controlled repair of a
			 distribution system component where positive pressure is maintained until a
			 controlled shutdown of the affected area can be completed, and there are no
			 signs of contamination intrusion.
(7)
									"Type 3" event
			 means a disruption of service or water line repair where there is one or more
			 of the following: a loss of positive pressure at the repair site and localized
			 depressurization adjacent to the repair; an uncontrolled shutdown; or there are
			 signs of possible contamination intrusion.
(8)
									"Type 4" event
			 means a catastrophic failure with widespread depressurization in the system or
			 actual contamination intrusion.
(9)
									"Repair" means
			 any incident that requires the installation of pipe which does not exceed one
			 section of pipe or twenty feet when dealing with fusible pipe
			 material.
(10)
									"Replacement" means any incident that requires
			 installation of pipe which exceeds one section of pipe or twenty feet when
			 dealing with fusible pipe material.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-84 - Public Water Systems Licenses › Section 3745-84-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except as otherwise noted, the definitions in rule
				3745-81-01
				of the Administrative Code shall apply to this chapter.
(A)
								 "License to
			 Operate" means the public water system license or license renewal required by
			 section 6109.21 of the Revised Code and
			 in accordance with this chapter.
(B)
								 "Number of wells supplying system" means those
			 wells that are physically connected to the plumbing system serving the public
			 water system.
(C)
								 "Population served"
			 means the total number of individuals having access to
			 the  water
			 supply
								 during a twenty-four hour period averaged over at least
			 sixty days during any calendar year.
(D)
								 "Service connection" means the
			 number of active or inactive pipes, goosenecks,
			 pigtails, and any other fittings connecting a water main to any building
			 outlet.
Effective:
				7/1/2014
R.C. 119.032 review dates:
				03/17/2014 and
				07/01/2019
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3745.11, 6109.04,
				6109.21
Rule Amplifies: 6109.21
Prior Effective Dates:
				12/01/93, 01/01/99, 04/21/01, 08/03/04,
				04/01/09
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-84 - Public Water Systems Licenses › Section 3745-84-02 - Application for a license to operate or maintain a public water system

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Except as
			 provided in section 6109.21 of the Revised Code, no
			 person shall operate or maintain a public water system in the state of Ohio
			 without a public water system license to operate
			 issued by the director.
(B) Any
			 person proposing to operate or maintain a new public water system shall submit
			 a pre-application, an application and the appropriate fee, as set forth in rule
			 3745-84-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
(C) The
			 pre-application for an initial public water system license
			 to operate shall be on a form provided by the
			 director, and the following information shall be provided or verified by the
			 applicant within forty-five days of receipt of the form:
(1) Public water system identification
			 number.
(2)
			 Name, address and telephone number of the public water system.
(3) Name, address and telephone number of
			 legal owner.
(4)
			 Name, address and telephone number of lessee.
(5) Name, address and telephone number of
			 financial contact.
(6)
			 Name, address and telephone number of operator of record.
(7) Population served.
(8) Number of service connections.
(9) Source of water, including purchased and hauled water
			 source
									.
(10) Number of wells supplying the public
			 water system.
(11)
			 Additional data which may be required by the director.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-84 - Public Water Systems Licenses › Section 3745-84-03 - Expiration and renewal of license to operate or maintain a public water system

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A public water system license
			 to operate, issued pursuant to section
			 6109.21 of the Revised Code and
			 in accordance with this chapter, shall expire on the thirtieth day of January
			 in the year following of its issuance.
(B) A person holding a public water system
			 license to operate issued by the director under section
			 6109.21 of the Revised Code, who
			 is proposing to continue operating the public water system, shall submit a
			 pre-application, an application and the appropriate fee, as set forth in rule
			 3745-84-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
(C) The
			 pre-application for a public water system license to operate
			 shall be on a form provided by the director, and the information required in
			 paragraph (C) of rule
			 3745-84-02
			 of the Administrative Code reflecting the current conditions of the public
			 water system shall be provided or verified by the applicant within forty-five
			 days of receipt of the form.
(D) A
			 completed application for a public water system license
			 to
			 operate along with the appropriate fee shall be submitted to the director
			 not less than thirty days prior to the expiration date of the license
			 to operate.
(E)
								Except as
			 otherwise noted in paragraph (F) of section
			 6109.21 of the Revised Code,
			 within thirty days of receipt
			 of  a completed application for a
			 public water system license to operate under this rule and the applicable fee,
			 both submitted timely, the director shall act on
			 the application by doing one of the
			 following:
(1) Issuing the license
			 to
			 operate.
(2) Issuing the license
			 to
			 operate subject to terms and conditions in accordance with rule
			 3745-84-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
(3)
			 Denying the license to operate in
			 accordance with rule
			 3745-84-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-84 - Public Water Systems Licenses › Section 3745-84-04 - Format and display of license to operate or maintain a public water system

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A public water system license
			 to operate issued by the director pursuant to this
			 chapter is the property of the state of Ohio.
(B) A public water system shall return a
			 revoked or suspended license to operate to the director
			 by certified mail within seven days of the effective date of revocation
								or suspension
			 .
(C) A color-coded license
								to
			 operate or sign shall be issued by the director representing the status
			 of the license to operate, as follows:
(1) A green
			 license to operate shall be issued to a public water system
			 licensed without conditions.
(2) A
			 yellow license to operate shall be issued to a public water system
			 licensed with conditions.
(3) A red
			 sign shall be issued to a public water system not licensed due to
			  denial , suspension or revocation of the license
			 to operate.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-84 - Public Water Systems Licenses › Section 3745-84-06 - Conditioning, denial, suspension and revocation of a license to operate or maintain a public water system

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) In accordance with divisions (F) and (G) of section
			 6109.21 of the Revised Code, the
			 director may condition, deny ,
			 suspend or revoke a license to operate or maintain a public water system issued
			 under this chapter, which may include any other license to operate a public
			 water system issued to such person by the director, for violations of Chapter
			 6109. of the Revised Code
								and the administrative rules adopted
			 thereunder. In conditioning, denying , suspending, or revoking a license to
			 operate, the director shall act in accordance with the provisions of Chapters
			 119., 3745., and 6109. of the Revised Code.
(1) The director may condition a license to
			 operate at any time to require correction of violations of Chapter 6109. of the
			 Revised Code and the administrative rules adopted thereunder.
(2) The director may deny
			  a license to operate if public
			 health is subject to immediate threat, the public water system has violated an
			 order of the director or a condition of a license, or the public water system
			 has failed to fulfill the requirements of a reinstatement of a suspended
			 license.
(3) The director may at
			 any time suspend or revoke a license to operate if the public water system has
			 violated an order of the director or failed to meet the requirements of a
			 conditioned license.
(4) The
			 director may suspend or revoke a license to operate, immediately, without prior
			 orders or conditioning of a license if the public water system's violations
			 threaten the public health through the threat of imminent or confirmed
			 contamination, the operation of the public water system has degraded to create
			 an imminent health threat, or violations that pose an acute risk to human
			 health remain unaddressed.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-85 - Contingency Plans › Section 3745-85-01 - Contingency plans

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Except as otherwise noted, the
			 definitions in rule
			 3745-81-01
			 of the Administrative Code shall apply to this chapter.
(B) Each community water system and wholesale
			 system shall prepare and maintain a 
								hardcopy contingency plan. When routine methods
			 of delivery or treatment are compromised, the contingency plan shall provide
			 for the protection of public health to the extent possible, through actions
			 including but not limited to the notification of users, including the direct
			 notification of critical users, the provision of alternate sources of water and
			 the restoration of service.
(C)
			 Location of copies of contingency plan.
(1)
									At least one
			 hardcopy
									 of the contingency plan
			 shall be kept at an accessible, secure location at the water treatment plant
			 and be available to the professional operator of
			 record or any designated staff. If there is no plant, the
			 professional operator of record shall keep a copy
			 of the plan in an accessible, secure location. This copy of the contingency
			 plan shall be available onsite for twenty-four hour inspection by
			 representatives of the director or emergency response personnel.
(2) One hardcopy or
			 electronic copy shall be kept in the public water system
			 administrator's/owner's office, if
			 applicable.
(3) Public water
			 systems serving a population of more than two hundred fifty shall also supply a
			 hardcopy
			 of the plan to the county emergency management agency (EMA).
(4) Within five days of a request by the Ohio
			 EPA, a copy of the contingency plan shall be submitted in a format acceptable
			 to Ohio EPA.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-86 - Drinking Water Protection Fund › Section 3745-86-01 - Emergency loans

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Except as otherwise noted, the
			 definitions in rule
			 3745-81-01
			 of the Administrative Code shall apply to this chapter.
(1) "Fund" means the drinking water
			 protection fund created by section
			 6109.30
			 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Fiscal
			 year" means the state of Ohio fiscal year which commences on July first.
(3) "Threat of
			 contamination" means anything that is preventing or
			 could reasonably be expected to
									prevent a
			 public water system from supplying adequate quantities of safe, potable water
			 to its existing water users.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-87 - New Community or Non-Transient Non-Community Public Water Systems › Section 3745-87-01 - Asset management definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except as otherwise noted, the
				definitions in rule
				3745-81-01
				of the Administrative Code shall apply to this chapter.
(A)
(1)
									"Asset" means a component of a facility with an
			 independent physical and functional identity and age as defined by the water
			 system. This includes items of substantial value and critical to the delivery
			 of potable water.
(2)
									"Asset management program" means the development of a
			 program that demonstrates the managerial, technical, and financial capability
			 of a public water system, by the implementation of the tracking documents,
			 programs or systems that will assist with the management and replacement of
			 infrastructure assets to achieve metrics at the least cost and risk to the
			 water system.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-87 - New Community or Non-Transient Non-Community Public Water Systems › Section 3745-87-02 - Applicability and general requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In order to ensure the long-term
				viability of public water systems, all public water systems shall demonstrate
				the managerial, technical, and financial capability of the public water system
				to comply with this chapter and rules adopted thereunder. Demonstration of
				capability shall be made through a written description of an asset management
				program that is acceptable to the director.
(A)
								A public water
			 system shall submit a written description of the public water system's asset
			 management program description and supporting documents in accordance with the
			 following:
(1)
									New public water systems shall submit an outline describing
			 what the asset management program will entail prior to operation. Thereafter,
			 the public water system shall submit a written description and supporting
			 documents upon request of the director in accordance with rule
			 3745-87-04 of
			 the Administrative Code and in accordance with any schedule prescribed by the
			 director.
(2)
									For existing public water systems other than those
			 receiving a loan, the director may require public water systems to make the
			 asset management program available for review based on enforcement proceedings,
			 compliance history including violations and deficiencies identified as part of
			 the sanitary survey or limited scope site visits, or on the results of a
			 capability screening. A written description of the asset management program
			 meeting all of the requirements of this rule, shall be submitted in accordance
			 with a schedule prescribed by the director.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-87 - New Community or Non-Transient Non-Community Public Water Systems › Section 3745-87-04 - Evaluation criteria

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The written
			 description of the asset management program and all supporting documents shall
			 be available for inspections by representatives of the director.
(B)
								The
			 director may request a public water system to submit a written description of
			 the public water system's asset management program. The public water system
			 shall submit the written description within thirty days of the request.
(C)
								If a
			 public water system's written desccription of the asset management program does
			 not comply with the requirements of this chapter, the director may require the
			 owner or operator to revise and resubmit the written description of the asset
			 management program.
(D)
								The director may only grant acceptance of the asset
			 management program at the time of review if the program meets the requirements
			 set forth in this chapter.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-87 - New Community or Non-Transient Non-Community Public Water Systems › Section 3745-87-05 - Long-term implementation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The water system
			 shall annually review and update the asset management program.
(B)
								Metrics shall be
			 kept onsite and available for review at the discretion of the director.
Metrics shall be reviewed and
				documented annually by the public water system, unless otherwise required by
				the director. The following operational metrics will be required for the
				specified system type:
(1)
									Community public water systems.
(a)
										Operating
			 ratio.
(b)
										Operating cost to produce water per service
			 connection.
(c)
										Breaks per ten miles of distribution
			 pipe.
(d)
										Non-revenue water (percentage loss).
(e)
										Maintenance tasks
			 per year (planned vs. unplanned) on vertical assets.
(f)
										One additional
			 customer service metric to be tracked shall be determined by the water
			 system.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-88 - Disadvantaged Assistance › Section 3745-88-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in this rule, the definitions in
				rule
				3745-81-01
				of the Administrative Code shall apply to this chapter.
(A) "Applicant" means an entity referenced in
			 paragraphs (E)(1) to (E)(4) of this rule .
(B)
			 "Application for loan assistance" means the application and any additional
			 information necessary to award financial assistance from the water supply
			 revolving loan account in accordance with section
			 6109.22 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Disadvantaged
			 assistance" means a loan to a disadvantaged community from the water supply
			 revolving loan account with a term greater than twenty years and not to exceed
			 
								the
			 maximum term allowed by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) or the
			 expected design life of the project, whichever is less. The terms and
			 conditions of all disadvantaged assistance shall be determined by the
			 director.
(D) "Disadvantaged community" means the service area,
			 or portion thereof, of one of the following entities that applies for and is
			 eligible, or that the director expects to become eligible as a result of
			 the loan
			 project, for loan assistance under this chapter  pursuant to the affordability criteria
			 established by the director:
(1) A nonprofit
			 public water system that operates or provides water to a community water
			 system.
(2) A
			 public water system that is regulated by the public utilities commission of
			 Ohio ("PUCO") and that operates or provides water to a community water
			 system.
(3) A
			 political subdivision, as defined by division (B) of section
			 6119.011 of the Revised Code,
			 that operates or provides water to a community water system.
(4) A nonprofit noncommunity public water
			 system.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-88 - Disadvantaged Assistance › Section 3745-88-02 - Disadvantaged community loans

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Applications.
(1) Requirements.
			 To be eligible for disadvantaged community loan assistance for a given program
			 year, an applicant 
									shall be
on the project
				priority list or have submitted a nomination to be on the project priority list by the
				nomination deadline specified by the director.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-89 - Laboratory Approval › Section 3745-89-01 - Laboratory certification definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except as follows, the definitions of "director," "gross alpha
				particle activity," "gross beta particle activity," "total trihalomethanes,"
				and all other terms defined in rules
				3745-81-01
				and
				3745-90-01
				of the Administrative Code shall apply to this chapter.
(A)
(1)
									"Acceptance of certification" means a document
			 identifying a specific laboratory to perform specific drinking water analyses
			 based on their compliance with rule 3745-89-12 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(2)
									"Analyte" means a substance which is undergoing
			 analysis. Analyte may be identified as, but is not limited to the following:
			 contaminant, cyanotoxin, disinfectant, disinfectant residual, disinfection by
			 product, haloacetic acid, inorganic chemical, metal, microbial contaminant,
			 organic chemical, parameter, particle, operational requirement testing as
			 prescribed in rule
			 3745-83-01
			 of the Administrative Code, radionuclide, trace metal, volatile organic
			 chemical or water quality parameters as prescribed in rule
			 3745-81-87
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-89 - Laboratory Approval › Section 3745-89-02 - Analyses requiring laboratory certification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For the purpose of determining compliance with Chapters
				3745-81, 3745-82 and 3745-90, and rules
				3745-91-06
				and
				3745-9-09
				of the Administrative Code, and as specified by paragraph (B) of rule
				3745-83-01
				of the Administrative Code, including plant control tests but excluding water
				quality parameter determinations, or for other analyses required by the
				director, only those analyses may be acceptable to the director that are
				performed in one of the following facilities:
(A) A laboratory located in the state of Ohio
			 and holding a valid and unexpired laboratory certification under this chapter,
			 and by an individual conducting analyses as designated on the laboratory
			 certificate.
(B) "The State
			 Principal Laboratory."
(C)
								With the exception of
			 those analytes required in Chapter 3745-90 of the Administrative Code, a
			 laboratory certified by the United States environmental protection agency
			 (USEPA), the national environmental laboratory accreditation program (NELAP),
			 or by another environmental laboratory accreditation program for the Field of
			 Accreditation of drinking water may be acceptable to the director to perform
			 required analyses for drinking water analytes.
(D)
								With the
			 exception of analytes required in Chapter 3745-90 of the Administrative
			 Code,
								
								an
			 out of state laboratory 
								may be accepted to analyze drinking water samples by
			 meeting the analytical and reporting requirements of this chapter in order for
			 those analyses to be acceptable to the director but only if any of the
			 following conditions  apply.
(1) For
			 those 
									analytes and during those times for which no Ohio
			 laboratory is certified under this chapter of the Administrative Code for the
			 analyses.
(2) During those times
			 when the director determines there is insufficient laboratory
			 capacity.
(3) For
			 
									analytes which Ohio has determined not to certify
			 laboratories.
(4) For samples
			 collected from a public water system located outside the state of Ohio which
			 provides water to a consecutive water system located in the state of
			 Ohio.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-89 - Laboratory Approval › Section 3745-89-03 - Procedure for laboratory certification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) General requirements. Laboratories
			 applying for certification to perform analyses to determine compliance with
			 Chapters 3745-81, 3745-82 and 3745-90, and rules
			 3745-91-06
			 and
			 3745-9-09,
			 and as specified by paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-83-01
			 of the Administrative Code, and with plant control tests for one or more public
			 water systems, shall meet the following:
(1)
			 The laboratory shall submit, for approval by the director, a detailed
			 laboratory plan which includes the following:
(a) The analyses for which certification is
			 sought and the number of individuals proposed to perform each
			 analysis.
(b) Plans meeting the
			 facility requirements as defined in the "Ohio EPA Laboratory Manual for the
			 Microbiological Analyses of Public Drinking Water 
										2020" and the
			 "Ohio EPA Laboratory Manual for the Chemical Analyses of Public Drinking Water
			 
										2020."
(c)
			 The equipment proposed to be used in the laboratory, including specifications
			 or names, descriptions, manufacturers, and model numbers for each type of
			 equipment.
(d) The inventory of
			 standards, reagents and media to be used in analyses for which certification is
			 sought.