Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
Chapter 23 - INITIAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM EVALUATION (IDSE)
Section 179-23-003 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Universal Citation: 179 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 23 ยง 003
Current through March 20, 2024
003.01 Compliance Schedule
23-003.01A Systems (including those
that are part of a combined distribution system) that have been notified by the
Department to complete an IDSE must:
1.
Submit a standard monitoring plan or system specific study plan within 3 months
of notification by the Department of the requirement to comply.
a. If, within 12 months after the system
submits a standard monitoring plan or a system specific study plan, the
Department does not approve a system's plan or notify the system that it has
not yet completed its review, the system may consider the submitted plan as
approved. The plan must be implemented and standard monitoring or a system
specific study must be completed no later than the time frame identified in 179
NAC
23-003.01A item
2.
2. Complete standard
monitoring or system specific study within 24 months of submitting a standard
monitoring plan or system specific study plan to the Department.
3. Submit the IDSE report to the Department
within three months of completing the standard monitoring or system specific
study.
a. If, within three months after the
system submits its IDSE report to the Department, the Department does not
approve the system's IDSE report or notify the system that it has not yet
completed its review, the system may consider the submitted report as approved
and must implement 179 NAC 24 monitoring as required.
23-003.01B For the purpose of the
time frames in 179 NAC
23-003.01A, the
Department may determine that the combined distribution system does not include
certain consecutive systems based on factors such as receiving water from a
wholesale system only on an emergency basis or receiving only a small
percentage and small volume of water from a wholesale system. The Department
may also determine that the combined distribution system does not include
certain wholesale systems based on factors such as delivering water to a
consecutive system only on an emergency basis or delivering only a small
percentage and small volume of water to a consecutive system.
003.02 A system must conduct standard monitoring that meets the requirements in 179 NAC 23-004, or a system specific study that meets the requirements in 179 NAC 23-005.
003.03 A system must use only the analytical methods specified in 179 NAC 16-004 or otherwise approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for monitoring under this chapter to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
003.04 IDSE results will not be used for the purpose of determining compliance with maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in 179 NAC 2-002.04E1 and 2-002.04E2a(1).
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