No. 27913: R309-200. Monitoring and Water Quality: Drinking Water Standards

DAR File No.: 27913
Filed: 05/16/2005, 07:43
Received by: NL

 

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:

Title 19, Chapter 4, Safe Drinking Water Act, gives the Drinking Water Board the authority to promulgate rules that govern the construction of facilities and quality of water provided by public water systems.

 

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 written comments have been received by the Division on this rule.

 

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

This rule states the quality standards (maximum contaminant levels (MCLs)) for the contaminants that are required to be monitored by public water systems. The MCLs have been set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under authority of the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act to levels that are protective of public health for both short term (acute) and long term (chronic) health effects. The Drinking Water Board is required to adopt quality standards that are at least as stringent as the EPA (40 CFR 141 and 40 CFR 142). The continuation of this rule is necessary to protect the quality of the drinking water and thereby public health and to retain primacy of the drinking water program.

 

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:

Ken Bousfield or Patti Fauver at the above address, by phone at 801-536-4207 or 801-536-4196, by FAX at 801-536-4211 or 801-536-4211, or by Internet E-mail at [e-mail] or [e-mail]

 

Authorized by:

Kevin Brown, Director