Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) A laboratory with a valid and unexpired
certification under this chapter may request that the director grant an
individual interim authorization to perform for the laboratory one or more of
the plant control tests for pH, turbidity, alkalinity, stability, hardness,
fluoride, chloride,
chlorite , or MMO-MUG (SM 9223
B) tests according to the following:
(1) The director shall grant interim
authorization only to an individual(s) who has performed acceptably during
parallel testing defined in paragraph (A)(3)(d) or (A)(3)(e) of this rule.
Acceptable performance .for plant control or MMO-MUG (SM 9223 B) tests is defined in
Chapter 5 Section B. of the Ohio EPA Laboratory Manual for Chemical Analyses of
Public Drinking Water 2020 and Ohio EPA Laboratory Manual for Microbiological
Analyses of Public Drinking Water 2020, respectively.
(2) The number of individuals requested for
interim authorization by the laboratory may
be limited due to number of
analyses requested.
(3) A
laboratory shall submit an application for interim authorization to the
director on a form provided by the director. The application shall include the
following information:
(a) The name, address
and telephone number of the laboratory and of the individual responsible for
the laboratory.
(b) The list of
analysts specified on the laboratory's applicable certificates and the plant
control tests which each analyst currently performs.
(c) The list of individuals and the plant
control tests or MMO-MUG (SM 9223 B) tests for
which interim authorization is sought.
(d) Documentation for each individual on each
plant control test requested for interim authorization of at least twenty days
of analytical results generated in parallel testing with an analyst included on
a certificate for those same plant control tests. The previous certification of
an individual to perform plant control tests may be considered for
reducing
this requirement.
(e)
Documentation for each individual requesting interim authorization for MMO-MUG
(SM 9223 B) must include seven samples per day
totaling at least twenty-one samples, including the required quality control
samples, with results generated in parallel testing with an analyst included on
a certificate for MMO-MUG (SM 9223 B) tests. The
previous certification of an individual to perform MMO-MUG (SM 9223
B) tests may be considered for satisfying this
requirement.
(B) In order for an individual to be granted
interim authorization for any plant control or MMO-MUG (SM 9223 B) tests, the results required by paragraphs (A)(3)(d)
and (A)(3)(e) of this rule shall indicate the individual has an acceptable
performance as defined in paragraph (A)(1) of this rule.
(C) The analytical results produced by the
individual with interim authorization shall be independently reviewed by an
analyst included on a certificate for the same tests as those granted for
interim authorization.
(D) Within
six months of an interim authorization, an on-site survey will be scheduled.
Interim authorization shall remain in effect for a period not to exceed six
months, unless an extension is granted or, if an on-site survey is scheduled or
has been conducted, until the on-site survey report is issued.
(E) The laboratory shall demonstrate an
acceptable level of performance, by all individuals for which interim
authorization is sought, during an on-site survey as described in paragraph
(A)(5) of rule
3745-89-03
of the Administrative Code.
