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The American Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA), which amended the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, was passed in late 2018. AWIA outlined requirements for some community water systems to complete a Risk and Resilience Assessment and also to develop an Emergency Response Plan. In August 2019, EPA released details of the federal compliance requirements in its “Emergency Response Plan Template and Instructions.” Evaluation of the EPA template and instructions revealed significant overlap with the state’s .1305 rule for source water protection planning. To reduce regulatory burden and allow public water systems to create and maintain one plan, rather than two separate plans addressing essentially the same, but not identical, state and federal requirements, the Commission for Public Health is proposing to revise the requirements for source water protection planning for systems that: (i) comply with AWIA requirements, and (ii) assess risk from potential contaminant sources within the state-specified areas currently codified in this rule. These revisions will eliminate unnecessary duplication for many of the state’s public water systems.
Public Comment Period
December 2, 2019 to January 31, 2020
Public Hearing
January 7, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Archdale Building
Ground Floor Hearing Room
512 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27604
Submit Email Comments To:
Mail Written Comments To:
Jay Frick
NC DEQ Division of Water Resources
Public Water Supply Section
1634 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1634
Proposed Effective Date:
April 1, 2020
Division of Water Resources houses the proposed rule.
Keywords: 15A NCAC 18C .1305 Source Water Protection Planning