No. 27960 (Amendment): R309-110-3. Acronyms

DAR File No.: 27960
Filed: 06/01/2005, 04:32
Received by: NL

 

RULE ANALYSIS

Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:

This rule change is to address the changes required by the federal Arsenic and Filter Backwash Recycling regulations. There are a total of eight rule filings that address these two regulations (R309-105, R309-110, R309-200, R309-205, R309-215, R309-220, R309-505, and R309-535). This rule adoption is necessary to maintain primacy. (DAR NOTE: The proposed amendments to: R309-105 is under DAR No. 27959, R309-110 is under DAR No. 27960, R309-200 is under DAR No. 27961, R309-205 is under DAR No. 27967, R309-215 is under DAR No. 27969, R309-220 is under DAR No. 27962, R309-505 is under DAR No. 27963, and R309-535 is under DAR No. 27965 in this issue.)

 

Summary of the rule or change:

These changes update the acronym list and definitions to include those used in the federal Arsenic and Filter Backwash Recycling rules.

 

State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:

Section 19-4-104; and Title XIV, Section 1419

 

Anticipated cost or savings to:

the state budget:

Costs for the state budget, local governments, and other persons will be based as an aggregate for the changes in Rules R309-105, R309-110, R309-200, R309-205, R309-215, R309-220, R309-505, and R309-535. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates state costs for the arsenic rule to be $1,000,000 annually. Using the percentage of Utah systems potentially affected, Utah's annual impact is approximately $45,000 to $50,000.

 

local governments:

For this aggregate rule change, costs will vary by water system size, sources utilized, and treatment applied. EPA estimates the total national annual cost at $180,000,000 for 2,387 community water systems. Utah has approximately 108 public water system potentially affected by this rule. The approximate annual cost of treatment to comply with this rule for Utah public water systems is $8,144,000. Individual system cost will range from $6,500 to $1,340,000 annually.

 

other persons:

Other persons that own and operate a public water system may have the same cost impact as listed under "local government" above. Costs to consumers will vary depending upon water system size, EPA estimates the cost to vary from $1 to $327 per household per year.

 

Compliance costs for affected persons:

Compliance costs for this aggregate rule change will vary depending upon the water system size, type of source, and type of treatment. EPA estimates the cost to vary from $1 to $327 per household per year. The highest costs are associated with the very small public water systems where there are very few connections to spread the cost of treatment across. In these cases, these rule changes will also allow for point-of-use treatment technology and will reduce the cost significantly in some cases.

 

Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:

The Department of Environmental Quality agrees with the comments in the cost and compliance summaries above. Dianne R. Nielson, Executive Director

 

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]

 

Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:

07/15/2005

 

This rule may become effective on:

07/16/2005

 

Authorized by:

Kevin Brown, Director

 

 

RULE TEXT

R309. Environmental Quality, Drinking Water.

R309-110. Administration: Definitions.

R309-110-3. Acronyms.

As used in R309:

"AF" means Acre Foot.

"AWOP" means Area Wide Optimization Program.

"AWWA" means American Water Works Association.

"BAT" means Best Available Technology.

"C" means Residual Disinfectant Concentration.

"CCP" means Composite Correction Program.

"CCR" means Consumer Confidence Report.

"CEU" means Continuing Education Unit.

"CFE" means Combined Filter Effluent.

"CFR" means Code of Federal Regulations.

"cfs" means Cubic Feet Per Second.

"CPE" means Comprehensive Performance Evaluation.

"CT" means Residual Concentration multiplied by Contact Time.

"CTA" means Comprehensive Technical Assistance.

"CWS" means Community Water System.

"DBPs" means Disinfection Byproducts.

"DE" means Diatomaceous Earth.

"DTF" means Data Transfer Format.

"DWSP" means Drinking Water Source Protection.

"EP" means Entry Point.

"EPA" means Environmental Protection Agency.

"ERC" means Equivalent Residential Connection.

"FBRR" means Filter Backwash Recycling Rule.

"fps" means Feet Per Second

"FR" means Federal Register.

"gpd" means Gallons Per Day.

"gpm" means Gallons Per Minute.

"gpm/sf" means Gallons Per Minute Per Square Foot.

"GWR" means Ground Water Rule.

"GWUDI" means Ground Water Under Direct Influence of Surface Water.

"HAA5s" means Haloacetic Acids (Five).

"HPC" means Heterotrophic Plate Count.

"ICR" means Information Collection Rule of 40 CRF 141 subpart M.

"IESWTR" means Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule.

"IFE" means Individual Filter Effluent.

"LT1ESWTR" means Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule.

"LT2ESWTR" means Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule.

"MCL" means Maximum Contaminant Level.

"MCLG" means Maximum Contaminant Level Goal.

"M&R" means Monitoring and Reporting.

"MDBP" means Microbial-Disinfection Byproducts.

"M/DBP Cluster" means Microbial-Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Cluster.

"MG" means Million Gallons.

"MGD" means Million Gallons Per Day.

"mg/L" means Milligrams Per Liter

"MRDL" means Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level.

"MRDLG" means Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal.

"NCWS" means Non-Community Water System.

"NTNC" means Non-Transient Non-Community.

"NTU" means Nephelometric Turbidity Unit.

"PN" means Public Notification.

"POE" means Point-of-Entry.

"POU" means Point-of-Use.

"PWS" means Public Water System.

"PWS-ID" means Public Water System Identification Number.

"RTC" means Return to Compliance.

"SDWA" means Safe Drinking Water Act.

"SDWIS/FED" means Safe Drinking Water Information System/Federal Version.

"SDWIS/STATE" means Safe Drinking Water Information System/State Version.

"SNC" means Significant Non-Compliance.

"Stage 1 DBPR" means Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule.

"Stage 2 DBPR" means Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule.

"Subpart H" means A PWS using SW or GWUDI.

"Subpart P" means A PWS using SW or GWUDI and serving at least 10,000 people.

"Subpart S" means Provisions of 40 CRF 141 subpart S commonly referred to as the Information Collection Rule.

"Subpart T" means A PWS using SW or GWUDI and serving less than 10,000 people.

"SUVA" means Specific Ultraviolet Absorption.

"SW" means Surface Water.

"SWAP" means Source Water Assessment Program.

"SWTR" means Surface Water Treatment Rule.

"T" means Contact Time.

"TA" means Technical Assistance.

"TCR" means Total Coliform Rule.

"TNCWS" means Transient Non-Community Water System.

"TNTC" means Too Numerous To Count.

"TOC" means Total Organic Carbon.

"TT" means Treatment Technique.

"TTHM" means Total Trihalomethanes.

"UAC" means Utah Administrative Code.

"UPDWR" means Utah Public Drinking Water Rules (R309 of the UAC).

"WCP" means Watershed Control Program.

"WHP" means Wellhead Protection.

 

KEY: drinking water, definitions

[April 21, 2004]2005

Notice of Continuation September 16, 2002

19-4-104

63-46b-4