North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Subchapter C - WATER SUPPLIES
Section .1600 - VARIANCES AND EXEMPTIONS
Section 18C .1608 - REQUIREMENTS FOR AN EXEMPTION

Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 18C .1608

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

The Secretary may exempt any public water system in the state from any requirement respecting a maximum contaminant level or any treatment technique requirement, or from both, of an applicable rule of this Subchapter upon a finding that:

(1) Due to compelling factors (which may include economic factors), the public water system is unable to comply with such contaminant level or treatment technique requirement;

(2) The public water system was in operation on the effective date of federal promulgation of such contaminant level or treatment technique requirement; and

(3) The granting of the exemption will not result in an unreasonable risk to health.

Authority G.S. 130A-315; 130A-321; P.L. 93-523; 40 C.F.R. 142;
Eff. September 1, 1979;
Amended Eff. December 19, 1979;
Transferred and Recodified from 10 NCAC 10D .2506 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1993;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. November 23, 2015.

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