179 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 3, § 002
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) means the Code of Federal Regulations as it existed on the effective date of these regulations, and any CFR citations mentioned in these regulations are hereby incorporated by reference. Copies of the CFR as it existed on the effective date of these regulations can be obtained on the DHHS website at http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/Pages/enh_pwsindex.aspx or by requesting a copy via email from the Department at: DHHS.drinking water@nebraska.gov or by calling 402-471-2541.
Compliance cycle means the nine-year calendar year cycle during which public water systems must monitor. Each compliance cycle consists of three three-year compliance periods. The first calendar year cycle began January 1, 1993 and ended December 31, 2001; the second began January 1, 2002 and ended December 31, 2010; the third began January 1, 2011 and ends December 31, 2019.
Compliance period means a three-year calendar year period within a compliance cycle. Each compliance cycle has three three-year compliance periods. Within the first compliance cycle, the first compliance period ran from January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1995; the second from January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1998; the third from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 2001.
Department means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Director means the Director of Public Health of the Division of Public Health or his/her authorized representative.
Ground water under the direct influence of surface water means any water beneath the surface of the ground with significant occurrence of insects or other macroorganisms, algae, or large-diameter pathogens such as Giardia lamblia or Cryptosporidium, or significant and relatively rapid shifts in water characteristics such as turbidity, temperature, conductivity, or pH which closely correlate to climatological or surface water conditions. Direct influence must be determined for individual sources in accordance with criteria established by the Department. The Department determination of direct influence may be based on site-specific measurements of water quality and/or documentation of well construction characteristics and geology with field evaluation as described in 179 NAC 13 Attachment 2.
Initial compliance period means the three-year compliance period which ended December 31, 1995 except as follows. For the contaminants listed in 179 NAC 2-002.04A(1), (5), (8), (11), (17); and in 2-002.04B1 (19), (20), (21); and in 2-002.04B2(19) to (33); the initial compliance period means the three-year compliance period which began January 1, 1993 and ended December 31, 1995 for systems with 150 or more service connections, and means the three-year compliance period which began January 1, 1996 and ended December 31, 1998 for systems having fewer than 150 service connections.
179 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 3, § 002