Section Env-Ws 343.09 - Extension of Date for Compliance(a) The final date for compliance provided in any schedule in the case of an exemption shall be extended by the department for a period not to exceed 3 years after the date of the issuance of the exemption if the public water system establishes that:(1) The system cannot meet the standard without capital improvements which cannot be completed within the period of the exemption;(2) In the case of a system which needs financial assistance for the necessary improvements, the system has entered into an agreement to obtain such financial assistance but will not be able to complete the necessary improvements within the period of the exemption for reasons beyond the control of the water system; or(3) The system has entered into an enforceable agreement to become a part of a regional public water system and the system is taking all practicable steps to meet the standard.(b) In the case of a system which does not serve more than 500 service connections and which needs financial assistance for the necessary improvements, an extensiongranted under (a)(1) or (2), above, shall be renewed for one or more additional 2-year periods if the system establishes that it is taking all practicable steps to come into compliance.(c) If the department determines that a treatment method identified in Env-Ws 345 through Env-Ws 347 is technically feasible, the department shall require the system to install and use that treatment method in connection with a compliance schedule. The department's determination shall be based upon studies by the system and other relevant information.(d) The department shall require a public water system to use bottled water or point-of-use devices or other means as a condition for granting an exemption from the requirements of Env-Ws 312 through Env-Ws 316 to avoid an unreasonable risk to health.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Ws 343.09
(See Revision Note at chapter heading Env-Ws 300) #6521, eff 6-4-97; ss by #8360, INTERIM, eff 6-4-05, EXPIRES: 12 -1-05 ; ss by #8497, eff 11-30-05 (formerly Env-Ws 343.16 )