No. 33479 (5-year Review): Rule R309-215. Monitoring and Water Quality:Treatment Plant Monitoring Requirements

DAR File No.: 33479
Filed: 03/22/2010 04:48:19 PM

NOTICE OF REVIEW AND STATEMENT OF CONTINUATION

Concise explanation of the particular statutory provisions under which the rule is enacted and how these provisions authorize or require the rule:

Subsection 19-4-104(1)(a)(i) authorizes the Drinking Water Board to establish standards the prescribe the maximum contaminant levels in any public water system and provide for monitoring.

Summary of written comments received during and since the last five-year review of the rule from interested persons supporting or opposing the rule:

No comments have been received either in support or opposing this rule.

Reasoned justification for continuation of the rule, including reasons why the agency disagrees with comments in opposition to the rule, if any:

The continuation of this rule will ensure that public drinking water systems in Utah that treat the water do so appropriately and according to the standards set forth in this rule. This rule not only addresses surface water treatment and cryptosporidium treatment but also the protection of ground water. This effort will greatly assist in protecting the quality and safety of the drinking water from the source through vast distribution systems to the end consumer, the public.

The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:

Environmental Quality
Drinking Water
150 N 1950 W
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116-3085

Direct questions regarding this rule to:

• Rachael Cassady at the above address, by phone at 801-536-4467, by FAX at 801-536-4211, or by Internet E-mail at [e-mail]

Effective:

03/22/2010

Authorized by:

Ken Bousfield, Director

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