La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § V-7713

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-7713 - New Systems

A. Business Plan. All community and non-transient non-community public water systems wanting to commence operation after January 1, 1999 shall be required to submit a business plan to the department to aid in the department's determination of technical, managerial and financial capacity. Required information for the business plan shall be provided by the department. The Office of Public Health (OPH) will exempt from the requirement for submission of the business plan all new public water systems funded by either the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and/or the Division of Administration's (DOA) Louisiana Community Development Block Grant (LCDBG) program, provided those public water systems are certified by RUS and/or LCDBG as meeting the respective agency's minimum capacity requirements. OPH staff will continue to review plans and specifications for all new public water systems.

B. Operator Requirement. All such prospective public water systems meeting the population requirement to require a certified operator must have an operator who holds a certificate in the appropriate classes) of certification for the population serviced by the system. The system must have an operator on duty at all times, or the operator must be available to respond and be on-site within an hour of notification. Any such prospective public water system not meeting the population requirements at the time of request to commence operation must have an operator who has had at least 16 hours of operator training which meets the guidelines of the State Committee of Certification, and must have at least 16 hours of continuing training yearly. The system must provide such an operator on duty at all times, or the operator must be available to respond and be on-site within an hour of notification. Such requirements for systems not meeting the population requirement for systems not meeting the population requirements for a certified operator shall remain in effect until such time as the United States Environmental (USEPA) requires that all public water systems have certified operators or the state requires same, whichever occurs first. At such time, the then current requirement would be applied.

C. Management Training. As a part of meeting the managerial capacity requirements, all appropriate personnel, e.g., board members, council members, mayors, owners, etc., of new public water systems wanting to commence operation after January 1, 1999, shall attend the next scheduled training session provided by the state, its contractors or other state recognized trainers. Such arrangements shall be made upon making application to the department for approval to commence operation.

D. Financial Audit. A financial audit will be conducted on the system as one means of determining financial capacity of the public water system.

E. Approval for Operation. After January 1, 1999, written approval to commence operation, i.e., issuance of the permit to construct and operate, for such new public water systems will be given by the department only after the department is satisfied that technical, managerial, and financial capacity requirements are being met, in addition to all other applicable regulations. The Office of Public Health (OPH) will issue the permit to construct and operate a new public water system funded by the RUS and/or the LCDBG program, provided those public water systems are certified by RUS and/or LCDBG as meeting the respective funding agency's minimum capacity requirements and the plans and specifications are reviewed and approved by OPH staff.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § V-7713

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 24:1768 (September 1998), amended LR 27:1521 (September 2001), repromulgated LR 27:1692 (October 2001).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4.