Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
Except as follows, the definitions of "director," "gross alpha
particle activity," "gross beta particle activity," "total trihalomethanes,"
and all other terms defined in rules
3745-81-01
and
3745-90-01
of the Administrative Code shall apply to this chapter.
(A)
(1)
"Acceptance of certification" means a document
identifying a specific laboratory to perform specific drinking water analyses
based on their compliance with rule 3745-89-12 of the Administrative
Code.
(2)
"Analyte" means a substance which is undergoing
analysis. Analyte may be identified as, but is not limited to the following:
contaminant, cyanotoxin, disinfectant, disinfectant residual, disinfection by
product, haloacetic acid, inorganic chemical, metal, microbial contaminant,
organic chemical, parameter, particle, operational requirement testing as
prescribed in rule
3745-83-01
of the Administrative Code, radionuclide, trace metal, volatile organic
chemical or water quality parameters as prescribed in rule
3745-81-87
of the Administrative Code.
(C)
(1)
"Certificate" means a document identifying an individual
approved to perform specific drinking water analyses at a specific laboratory.
The certificate indicates the effective period and is non-transferable to
another laboratory or another analyst.
(2)
"Certificate of
Accreditation" means a certificate issued by an environmental laboratory
accreditation program for the analysis of environmental samples to a laboratory
demonstrating compliance to a set of standards
(F)
"Fields of
Accreditation" means the categories identified on a Certificate of
Accreditation for which a laboratory has demonstrated compliance with a set of
standards determined by the accrediting program issuing the certificate for the
examination of environmental samples. These categories may be identified as,
but not limited to the following: Drinking Water, Non-Potable Water or Solid
and Chemical Materials
(I)
(1) "Interim authorization for plant control
tests or MMO-MUG (SM 9223 B)" means granting an
analyst operational approval to conduct certain plant control tests for those
parameters defined in rule
3745-89-09
of the Administrative Code pending an on-site survey approval.
(2) "Interim authorization for new
contaminants and new methods" means granting a laboratory certification to
perform drinking water analyses using new methods or for new contaminants
pending implementation of new or amended regulations.
(M)
(1)
"Media" means nutrient and mineral complexes used in the growth and
identification of microorganisms.
(2) "Method detection limit" or "MDL" means
either the minimum measured concentration of a
substance that can be reported with ninety-nine percent confidence that the
measured concentration is distinguishable from method blank results, or, for
analyses performed in accordance with Chapter 3745-90 of the Administrative
Code, the minimum concentration of a substance that can be measured and
reported with ninety-nine per cent confidence that the analyte concentration is
greater than zero and is determined from analysis of a sample in a given matrix
containing the analyte.
(O)
(1)
"Operational certification" means certification granted by the director for an
analyst to perform one or more of the plant control tests for alkalinity,
alkalinity stability, chloride, chlorine, chlorite, chlorine dioxide, fluoride,
hardness, pH, or turbidity, including daily calibration and standardization,
but neither including the preparation of standards or reagents nor the required
monthly or quarterly calibration and standardization;
or for an analyst to perform MMO-MUG (SM 9223 B) and Quanti-Tray (SM 9223 B),
limited to set up and interpretation of samples, including positive and
negative controls..
(2)
"On-site survey" means a scheduled or unannounced on-location evaluation and
review of a laboratory and its personnel to determine compliance with this
chapter.
(P)
(1) "Plant control test" means measurement of
any or all of the following parameters that are used to monitor or control
drinking water plant treatment processes: alkalinity; alkalinity stability;
chloride, chlorine, chlorite, chlorine dioxide and other disinfectants;
fluoride; hardness; pH; total phosphorus; total dissolved solids; turbidity;
copper; iron; manganese; and nitrate.
(2) "Proficiency test" (PT) means a sample or
a group of samples provided to a laboratory by an approved provider of the
national environmental laboratory accreditation program (NELAP), used for the
purpose of determining the ability of a laboratory and its analysts to
successfully perform analyses within acceptable limits specified by the United
States environmental protection agency. The director may designate other
acceptable providers of proficiency test samples for analysis to meet this
requirement.
(R) "Reporting limit"
means the numerical value at and above which a laboratory is required to
quantify a contaminant.
(S)
(1) "Standard operating procedure" or "SOP"
means a document written by a laboratory that details the prescribed techniques
and steps necessary for the performance of a specific method by that
laboratory.
(2) "State Principal
Laboratory" means the laboratory designated by the director as required by the
United States environmental protection agency under
40
C.F.R. 142.10 (10/13/2005 edition) and
certified by the United States environmental protection agency.
(3) "Subcontract" means an arrangement
whereby a laboratory or facility obtains drinking water samples from a public
water system and directly provides the samples to a laboratory that is
certified to perform the required analyses.
(U) "Unacceptable data" means data that does
not meet quality control acceptance limits referenced in each approved
analytical method or as referenced in the "Ohio EPA Laboratory Manual for the
Microbiological Analyses of Public Drinking Water 2020" and the
"Ohio EPA Laboratory Manual for the Chemical Analyses of Public Drinking Water
2020."
(V)
"Violation" means any non-compliance with laboratory
certification requirements, which cover the physical facility, testing
equipment, analytical method, reporting, and all quality control requirements
whether they are in the method, the laboratory certification manuals for
chemical and microbiological analyses of public drinking water or 6109. of the
Revised Code, and rules adopted thereunder.
