Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A.
All reports, final plans, specifications, and design criteria required by
§105 of this Part shall be submitted at
least 60 days prior to the date on which action by the state health officer is
desired. Environmental assessments, and permits for construction, to take
water, for waste discharges, for stream crossings, etc., may be required from
other federal, state, or local agencies.
B. No approval for construction can be issued
until final, complete, detailed plans and specifications have been submitted to
the state health officer and found to be satisfactory.
C. Documents submitted for formal approval
shall include but not be limited to:
1.
engineers report, where applicable;
2. summary of the design criteria;
3. operation requirements, where
applicable;
4. general
layout;
5. detailed
plans;
6. specifications;
7. cost estimates;
8. documentation of adequate source of supply
(e.g., water purchase contracts between water supplies, and/or inter-municipal
agreements), where applicable;
9.
evaluation of technical, managerial, and financial capacity where applicable:
a. public water systems are required by the
Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (LDH-OPH) to
demonstrate adequate capacity development under LAC 48:V.77, Subchapter
B;
b. except as may otherwise be
required under LAC 48:V.77, Subchapter B., the evaluation for existing public
water systems shall include:
i. a discussion
of the system's current technical capacity along with any project related
changes with respect to operator certification requirements and the operators
ability to implement any system changes that may be required upon project
completion;
ii. a discussion of the
system's current overall management and how the system's management will be
impacted by the project including but not limited to whether the system has an
asset management plan and, if so, how the project components will be
incorporated into that plan;
iii. a
discussion of the water system's overall financial capacity along with user
projected water rates including the system's outstanding obligations combined
with the anticipated debt from the current project under review and the overall
operation and maintenance. If applicable, the financial capacity discussion
should include details of any energy efficiency components included as part of
the project along with the estimated long term cost and energy savings
associated with them; and
iv. other
additional information as required by the state health officer.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of
R.S.
40:4.A.(8), 40:4.13.D.(1)(2) and
40:5.A.(2)(3)(5)(6)(7)(17).
