Drinking Water Rules

1. Drinking Water Rules Authority Development/Adoption Policy

2. Etiquette: Yawning with Your Mouth Closed

3. Authority • Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) • Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) • Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) • Oregon Drinking Water Quality Act • Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) • State/EPA Agreement (SEA) • County/Agriculture Contracts

4. Safe Drinking Water Act- 1974 Administered by EPA’s Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water: • Develop and enforce rules/standards • Establish MCLGs, MCLs or Treatment Techniques, provide regulatory guidance • Primacy (delegation to states, etc.)

5. Code of Federal Regulations • Codification of rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. • National Primary Drinking Water Regulations • 40 CFR Ch.1 parts 141, 142 ,143 and 149

6. Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) ORS Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities, Water, and Sewage Systems. • ORS 448.131 authorizes DHS to adopt water quality standards, and prescribe construction and operation standards to insure safe drinking water for Oregon Public Water Systems. • ORS 448.150 Duties (surveys, water sampling) • ORS 448.153 State Drinking Water Advisory Committee • ORS 448.273 (SDWA) Oregon Primacy

7. Oregon Drinking Water Quality Act- 1981 • Enacted to Assure Safe Drinking Water at all Oregon Public Water Systems and to promote coordination with EPA for supervising water systems. • ORS 448.119 –285, 454.235 & 454.255

8. Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) • Authorized by ORS Chapter 448 to adopt water quality standards, prescribe construction and operation standards to insure safe drinking water (rules). • 1983 - First Rule Book under the Act • OAR 333-061: 0005 to 0098 Water System Rules 0205 to 0295 Operator Certification 0305 to 0335 Domestic Well Program

9. State/EPA Agreement (SEA) • Describes commitments/resources that comprise the cooperative state and federal management of Oregon’s Drinking Water Program. • Work Plan • Grant Application • Compliance Assurances

10. County/Ag Contracts • Formal Agreement with Counties/Dept. of Agriculture and Oregon Drinking Water Program. • Work Plan • Payment schedule • Assurances

11. Rule Development

12. Rule Coordination DWP Rule Coordinator DHS Rule Coordinator

13. DWP Rule coordinator Development Tasks • Track Comments (housekeeping changes, clarifications, amendments) • Draft Rule Changes (coordinate if multiple authors) for Hearings • Translate Federal Regulations (Federal Register) into OARs, if adopting SDWA changes. Complete Federal Crosswalk. • Prepare Final Rule Changes for Adoption

14. OAR Codification • OAR 333-061………….Chapter, Division • 0032…………….…………………...Rule • (1)………………………………...Section • (1)(a)……………………….…Subsection • (1)(a)(A)……………………….Paragraph • (1)(a)(A)(i),(I)…………….Subparagraphs • Water supplier shall……...New language • [Water supplier shall]…Deleted language

15. DHS Rule Coordinator It’s Brittany Sande LIVE!!

16. Adoption By Reference • We are considering adopting the SDWA requirements by reference rather than translating into OARs. • Would reduce the size of the OARs: • Federal rule references • State specific options under federal rules • State specific rules • Federal and or State guidance?

17. Rule Adoption

26. Rule Interpretations and Policies

27. Subject: Date: Unit: Revised: Purpose & Scope Procedure/Policy FormI:\procedures and rule Interpretations\procedureform.doc

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