Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 252 - Department of Environmental Quality
Chapter 710 - Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification
Subchapter 3 - Certification
Section 252:710-3-31 - Certificate required
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 252:710-3-31
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) General requirement. The following shall hold certifications issued under the Act and this Chapter:
(1) All persons who
make decisions regarding the daily operational activities of:
(A) a public water system, water treatment
facility and/or distribution system that will directly impact the quality
and/or quantity of drinking water, including a nontransient noncommunity water
system; or
(B) a wastewater system,
wastewater treatment facility and/or collection system.
(2) All persons who program or maintain
telemetry/SCADA systems and also make process control/system integrity
decisions.
(3) All laboratory
operators who are in general supervision of waterworks/wastewater works
laboratory control tests.
(b) Exceptions. The following exceptions apply:
(1)
Plumbers and
contractors. Plumbers licensed by the Construction Industries Board and
contractors working under the general supervision of such plumbers are not
required to obtain certification for construction, maintenance, or renovation
of water/wastewater works systems. Such plumbers may also make connections to
public water systems or lines or sewer systems or lines. All work performed
shall be supervised and inspected by the responsible entity to ensure
compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, OAC 252:626; and OAC 252:656 and
27A O.S. § 2-6-101 et seq.
(2)
Noncommunity and minor
systems. Noncommunity or minor systems are not required to have
certified operators.
(3)
Small public sewage systems. Nonindustrial wastewater treatment
works which have an average flow of five thousand (5,000) gallons per day or
less are not required to have certified operators.
(4)
Populations of 1,500 or
less. For laboratory operators of distribution/collection systems or
chlorinated groundwater systems serving populations of 1,500 or less where
chlorination is used only for disinfection or total retention lagoons serving
populations of less than 1,500, laboratory operator certification is not
required. If DEQ determines that additional tests which must be performed by a
certified laboratory operator are necessary, the laboratory operator must
obtain the applicable certification or use the services of an associated
laboratory.
Added at 17 Ok Reg 2024, eff 6-12-00; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1491, eff 6-15-05; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1773, eff 6-15-06
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