Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 109.418 - Special notice for failure to conduct source water Cryptosporidium monitoring or failure to determine bin classification(a)Special notice for repeated failure to conduct monitoring of the source water for Cryptosporidium and for failure to determine bin classification or Cryptosporidium level. The owner or operator of a community or noncommunity water system that is required to monitor source water under § 109.1202 (relating to monitoring requirements) shall notify persons served by the water system that monitoring has not been completed as specified no later than 30 days after the system has failed to collect any 3 months of monitoring as specified in § 109.1202(c). The notice shall be repeated as specified in § 109.409(b)(3) (relating to Tier 2 public notice-categories, timing and delivery of notice).(b)Delivery of the special notice for failure to determine bin classification or Cryptosporidium level. The owner or operator of a community or noncommunity water system that is required to determine a bin classification under § 109.1203 (relating to bin classification and treatment technique requirements), or to determine Cryptosporidium level under § 109.1203(i) and (j), shall notify persons served by the water system that the determination has not been made as required no later than 30 days after the system has failed to report the determination as specified in § 109.1206(h) (relating to reporting and recordkeeping requirements) or § 109.1203(i) and (j), initial round and second round, respectively. The notice shall be repeated as specified in § 109.409(b)(3). The notice is not required if the system is complying with a Department-approved schedule to address the violation.(c)Form and manner of the special notice.(1) The form and manner of the public notice must follow the requirements for a Tier 2 public notice prescribed in § 109.409(c). The public notice shall be presented as required in § 109.411(d) (relating to content of a public notice).(2) The notice must contain the following language, including the language necessary to fill in the blanks. (i) The special notice for repeated failure to conduct monitoring must contain the following language: "We are required to monitor the source of your drinking water for Cryptosporidium. Results of the monitoring are to be used to determine whether water treatment at the (treatment plant name) is sufficient to adequately remove Cryptosporidium from your drinking water. We are required to complete this monitoring and make this determination by (required bin determination date). We 'did not monitor or test' or 'did not complete all monitoring or testing' on schedule and, therefore, we may not be able to determine by the required date what treatment modifications, if any, must be made to ensure adequate Cryptosporidium removal. Missing this deadline may, in turn, jeopardize our ability to have the required treatment modifications, if any, completed by the deadline required, (date). For more information, please call (name of water system contact) of (name of water system) at (phone number)."
(ii) The special notice for failure to determine bin classification or Cryptosporidium level must contain the following language: "We are required to monitor the source of your drinking water for Cryptosporidium to determine by (date) whether water treatment at the (treatment plant name) is sufficient to adequately remove Cryptosporidium from your drinking water. We have not made this determination by the required date. Our failure to do this may jeopardize our ability to have the required treatment modifications, if any, completed by the required deadline of (date). For more information, please call (name of water system contact) of (name of water system) at (phone number)."
(3) Each special notice must also include a description of what the system is doing to correct the violation and when the system expects to return to compliance or resolve the situation.The provisions of this §109.418 adopted December 24, 2009, effective 12/26/2009, 39 Pa.B. 7279.The provisions of this §109.418 adopted under section 4 of the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. § 721.4); and sections 1917-A and 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §§ 510-17 and 510-20), unless otherwise noted.