La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § XII-1901
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
Section XII-1901 - GeneralA. Pursuant to a revision of the state's definition of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations(NPDWRs) published in the September 20, 1988 Louisiana Register (LR 14:630), the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) Office of Public Health (OPH) adopted by reference the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) revised Public Notification rule as published in the Federal Register dated October 28, 1987 (Volume 52, Number 208, pages 41534 through 41550). These revisions of the federal public notification regulations were as a result of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-339 dated June 19, 1986). Technical amendments were made to the public notification regulations in the Federal Register dated April 17, 1989 (Volume 54, Number 72, pages 15185 through 15188). These April 17, 1989 federal technical amendments were adopted by DHH-OPH by reference when the state's definition of the NPDWRs first included a reference to Part 141 of Title 40 of the July 1, 1997 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations. Amendments to a portion of the public notification regulations were also included when DHH-OPH adopted the federal Total Coliform Rule which was published in the Federal Register on June 29, 1989 (Volume 54, Number 124, pages 27562 through 27567) by reference. Amendments to a portion of the public notification regulations were also included when DHH-OPH adopted the federal Phase II Rule published in the Federal Register on January 30, 1991 (Volume 56, Number 20, pages 3578 through 3597), the federal Lead and Copper Rule published in Federal Register on June 7, 1991 (Volume 56, Number 110, pages 26547 through 26564), the federal Phase IIB Rule published in the Federal Register on July 1, 1991 (Volume 56, Number 126, pages 30274 through 30281), and the federal Phase V Rule published in the Federal Register on July 17, 1992 (Volume 57, Number 138, pages 31838 through 31849) by reference. Amendments to a portion of the federal public notification regulations as per the federal Technical Amendments and Clarifications for Phase I, II and V Rule published in the Federal Register on July 1, 1994 (Volume 59, Number 126, pages 34322 through 34325) were also adopted by DHH-OPH by reference when the state's definition of the NPDWRs first included a reference to Part 141 of Title 40 of the July 1, 1997 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations. 1. The federal public notification regulations were amended once again by the USEPA pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-182 dated August 6, 1996). Pursuant to yet another DHH-OPH revision of the definition of NPDWRs, published in the March 20, 2009 Louisiana Register (LR 35:486), and the provisions of §377 of this Part, the DHH-OPH adopted by reference the USEPA federal Public Notification Rule as published in the Federal Register dated May 4, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 87, pages 25981 through 26049) as well as additional technical corrections to the Public Notification Rule as published in the Federal Register dated June 21, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 120, pages 38629 through 38634), the Federal Register dated June 30, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 127, pages 40520 through 40522), and the Federal Register dated November 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 229, pages 70857 through 70858). The regulations in this Chapter are promulgated in order to clarify the state's discretionary decisions allowed by the federal requirements. [As stated in §377 of this Part, be advised that when the NPDWRs (as defined in this Part) and the state's own rules and/or regulations applicable to public water systems conflict, then the state's own rules and/or regulations shall govern.]La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § XII-1901
Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 35:485 (March 2009).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4(A)(8) and 40:5(2)(3)(5)(6)(17)(20).