Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part XII - Water Supplies
Chapter 19 - Public Notification Rule
Section XII-1901 - General

A. Pursuant to a revision of the state's definition of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs) published in the September 20, 1988 Louisiana Register (LR 14:630), the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) Office of Public Health (OPH) adopted by reference the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) revised Public Notification rule as published in the Federal Register dated October 28, 1987 (Volume 52, Number 208, pages 41534 through 41550). These revisions of the federal public notification regulations were as a result of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-339 dated June 19, 1986). Technical amendments were made to the public notification regulations in the Federal Register dated April 17, 1989 (Volume 54, Number 72, pages 15185 through 15188). These April 17, 1989 federal technical amendments were adopted by DHH-OPH by reference when the state's definition of the NPDWRs first included a reference to Part 141 of Title 40 of the July 1, 1997 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations. Amendments to a portion of the public notification regulations were also included when DHH-OPH adopted the federal Total Coliform Rule which was published in the Federal Register on June 29, 1989 (Volume 54, Number 124, pages 27562 through 27567) by reference. Amendments to a portion of the public notification regulations were also included when DHH-OPH adopted the federal Phase II Rule published in the Federal Register on January 30, 1991 (Volume 56, Number 20, pages 3578 through 3597), the federal Lead and Copper Rule published in Federal Register on June 7, 1991 (Volume 56, Number 110, pages 26547 through 26564), the federal Phase IIB Rule published in the Federal Register on July 1, 1991 (Volume 56, Number 126, pages 30274 through 30281), and the federal Phase V Rule published in the Federal Register on July 17, 1992 (Volume 57, Number 138, pages 31838 through 31849) by reference. Amendments to a portion of the federal public notification regulations as per the federal Technical Amendments and Clarifications for Phase I, II and V Rule published in the Federal Register on July 1, 1994 (Volume 59, Number 126, pages 34322 through 34325) were also adopted by DHH-OPH by reference when the state's definition of the NPDWRs first included a reference to Part 141 of Title 40 of the July 1, 1997 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations.