Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 45, November 8, 2024
Section 64-61-1 - General1.1. Scope. -- This legislative rule establishes state standards and procedures and adopts national safe drinking water standards for capacity development. The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act amendments require states to ensure that all new community water systems and new nontransient noncommunity water systems demonstrate technical, managerial, and financial capacity to be able to comply with national drinking water regulations. Further, the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) amendments require states to develop a strategy to address the capacity of all public water systems to include: 1.1.a. Determining which public water systems need help and in what order of priority;1.1.b. Describing enhancers and inhibitors of developing capacity;1.1.c. Determining a plan of action to help systems in need comply with the SDWA;1.1.d. Establishing a baseline and measuring program; and1.1.e. Identifying, in as much as possible, all persons who are interested in or involved with capacity development.1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code ''16-13C-2(b) and 16-1-7.1.3. Filing Date. -- April 14, 1999.1.4. Effective Date. -- May 14, 1999.1.5. Administration. -- This rule is administered by the division of health of the department of health and human resources.[1]1.6. References. 1.6.a. W. Va. Code '16-1-9a.1.6.b. West Virginia Division of Health, Public Water Systems, 64CSR3.1.6.c. West Virginia Division of Health, Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund, 64CSR49.1.6.d. West Virginia Division of Health, Public Water Supply Operator Regulations, 64CSR4.1.6.e. West Virginia Division of Health, Water Well Regulations, 64CSR19.1.6.f. West Virginia Division of Health, Water Well Design Standards, 64CSR46.1.6.g. West Virginia Division of Health, Intended Use Plan for the West Virginia Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund.1.6.h. West Virginia Division of Health, Design Standards for Public Water Supply System, 64CSR42.1.6.i. West Virginia Division of Health, Mobile Home Parks, 64CSR40.1.6.j. West Virginia Public Service Commission, Rules and Regulations for the Government of Water Utilities, 150CSR7.1.6.k. West Virginia Division of Health, Design, Information, and Procedural Manual for Mobile Home Parks, 64CSR41. [1]The department of health and human resources (DHHR) was created by the Legislature's reorganization of the executive branch of state government in 1989. The department of health was renamed the division of health and made a part of the DHHR (W. Va. Code ' 5F-1-1 et seq.). Administratively, within the DHHR, the bureau for public health through its commissioner carries out the public health function of the division of health.