ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

November 29, 1990

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MATTER

OF:

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DRINKING

WATER ACT   

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R90-21

(H~R~

CliONS

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(Rulemaking)

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ORDER. ADOPTED RULES.

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AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Anderson):

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August 9, 1990, the Board entered a final Opinion and Order in R88-26,

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involved adoption of regulations in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 

611

which are

in substance to USEPA regulations implementing the Safe Drinking

Wnt~Act (SDWA). On September 13, 1990, the Board proposed to make needed

‘l~’!C

Lions to the regulations adopted in R88-26. Following public comment,

Ui’

bu~rd is now adopting the proposed amendments.

Section 17.5 of the Act provides for quick adoption of ~-egulationswhich

‘identical in substance” to federal regulations; Section 17.5 provides

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litle VII of the Act and Section 5 of the Illinois Administrative

P~iHt~dureAct (APA) shall not apply. Because this rulemaking is not subject

t~

SNt’.or

5 of the APA, it is not subject to first notice or to second notice

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by

the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR).

.lhe SDWA program was drawn from 40 CFR 141, 142 and 143 (1989).

PUBLI C COMMENT

Board is 

aware of two areas in the R88—26 Order which require

(0’e( LIar.

First, on AuQust 6, 1990, the Environmental Protection Agency

:AU~y) liled a supplemental post-adoption comment, which included the text

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materials it asked to be incorporated by reference in its ,Juiy 20,

‘JU, comment.

(PC 14 ir R88—26) The August 6 comment did not arrive in time

I~1” reviewed in advance of the August 9 meeting. it is now necessary to

Kr the

titles of the incorporations by reference to conform with the

iutu~iI

titles in the documents.

St’cond, on September 2, 1990, the Board received a request from Access

~ Iy~ cai Systems, Inc. (Access) for inclusion of the “MMD—MUG” or “Col i lert”

tfhod~. for bacterial analysis. As was discussed on page 47 of the August 9,

Opinion in R88—26, these were omitted since 40 CFR 141.21(f) references

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journal articles which do not actually set forth the methods. Access h~

~rt~v~ded supplemental materials which actually describe the methods.

11w Board will make the August 6, 1990, Agency comment in ROh—26 PC ?

hi’

Docket, and the September 2, 1990, Access comment PC 1.

Al so, 01’

St’p~ember 22 , 1990, the Board recei ved a letter from the Agency “eque~

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lu~ior of the MMO—NUG test.

(PC

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The proposed rules appeared on October 5, 1990, at 14 Ill. Reg. 16215.

The Board received the following public comment following the September 13,

1990, Proposed Opinion and Order and publication:

PC 4    

Agency, October 8, 1990

PC 5    

Agency, October 23, 1990

PC 6   

Administrative Code Division, November 13, 1990

PC 7    

JCAR, November 19, 1990

Neither the Code Division nor JCAR had any suggestions for change. The

Agency comments are discussed below.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY OF P88-26 and R90-4

The

SDWA

rules were recently adopted in Docket R88-26. The Board entered

a Proposed Opinion and Order on October 5, 1989. The proposal appeared on

December 1, 1989, at 13 Ill. Reg. 18690. Following the public comment period,

the Board adopted a “Final” Opinion and Order on May 24, 1990. The Board then

allowed a post—adoption comment period. On August 9, 1990, the Board withdrew

the May 24 Opinion and Order, and substituted a new Opinion and Order. The

final rules appeared in the Illinois Reqister On October 5, 1990, at 14 Ill.

Reg. 16517.

In P88-26 the Board adopted regulations to correspond with USEPA rules

adopted through June 30, 1989. The Board reserved Docket R90-4 to update the

rules through December 31, 1989. However, on June 21, 1990, the Board

dismissed R90-4, after determining that the USEPA amendments affected only

language which was not to be adopted in P88-26.

On September 27, 1990, in P90-13, the Board proposed to update the SDWA

rules to include USEPA amendments during the period January I through June 30,

1990. That proposal appeared on October 19, 1990, at 14 111. Reg 17154.

APA AND INCORPORATIONS BY REFERENCE

The rulemaking concerns mainly mainly “incorporations by reference”. IP

Part 611 these are mainly references to analytical methods published by a

variety of sources. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act (APA), and

derived regulations, restrict the use of such references in rules. (Ill. Rev.

Stat. 1989, ch. 127, par. 1006.02) An Illinois agency may incorporate such

standards or guidelines into a rule without publishing the standard or

guideline in full if:

1.  The standard is from a federal agency or a nationally recognized

organization.

2.  The rule contains the address of the agency or organization for

purposes of ordering the standard.

3.  The agency or organization which adopted the standard makes copies

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readily available to the public.

~I. The rule includes the date of the standard.

The

rule states that it does not include later editions or

amendments.

6.  The agency maintains a copy of the standard in its files for public

inspection and copying.

Incorporations by reference have been

a major issue in several identical

in substance rulemakir.gs, including the

underground storage tank program

adopted in R88-27 (April 27, 1989; 13 

Ill. Reg. 9519, effective June 12,

1989.

Section 7.2(a)(4) authorizes the Board to incorporate USEPA rules by

reference where

it is possible to do so without causing confusion to the

public. Section 7.2(a)(4) concerns “normal” incorporatior’s by reference, in

which toe Board references a USEPA rule rather than adopting the verbatim

text. “Normal” incorporations are usually placed at the appropriate point in

the verbatim text. Section 611.102 concerns “abnormal” incorporations by

reference. These mainly consist of technical documents which are referenced

in the body of the verbatim text. “Abnormal” incorporations also include

USEPA rules which are referenced in the verbatim text, but which are not a

part of the program the Board is supposed to adopt. For example, in the

drinking water rules, USEPA may cite to analytical standards for wastewater.

The APA requirements on incorporation by reference are “enforced” by way

of JCAR review of the documents during the first and second notice periods

pursuant to Section 5 of the APA. Because Section 17.5 of the Act provides

that Section 5 of the APA does not apply to identical in substance rulemaking,

the Board is not required to obtain JCAR prior approval of these documents.

However, Section 17.5 does not include a specific exemption from the APA

limitations on incorporation by reference.

There is a potential conflict between the requirements of the APA and the

identical in substance mandate if a USEPA rule cites to a document which the

APA prohibits. In such a situation the Board balances the requirements of the

APA and the Act. The Board considers: whether the reference is really

necessary to the identical in substance program; whether the APA violation

amounts to a due process question; and, whether there are alternative ways,

such as setting forth the substance of the standard in the rule.

MMO—MUG TEST

For clarity and back—referencing purposes, we are below first summarizing

the history of the difficulties with including the MNIO—MUG test.

40 CFR 141.21 (f)(3)(iv) allows the use of the 

“MMO—MUG test” (“minlncil

medium ortho—nitrophenyl—beta—d—galactopyranoside 

4-rnethyl-umbeiI1fery)~~

beta—d—glucuronide test”) or “Autoanalysis Colilert System” as o method tOP

total col iform analysis. The corresponding Board rule is 35 1  11. I~dm~

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611.526. USEPA cites to a series of journal articles 

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tlit’se it’t~~

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initial problem was that the APA authorizes incorporation by reference of

“standards

or guidelines”, but not journal articles. This was discussed in

the October

5,

1989, R88-26 Proposed Opinion on page 13.

The Board received no response to this issue raised in the Proposed

Opinion. (See PC 5 in R88-26, items 25 through 27) The Board therefore

undertook to find the journal articles and attempt to obtain permission from

the publisher. This led to several discoveries: First, the the journal is in

fact published by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), rather than

AWWA as implied in the USEPA rule. Second, although the journal articles

discuss the “MMO—MUG” test, they do not tell a person how to perform the

test. Therefore, in the May 24, 1990, Opinion and Order, the Board dropped

this method from the rules. The discussion occurred on page 30, in which the

Board asked for clarification, as follows:

54 Fed. Peg. 29998, July 17, 1989, appears to be

the only USEPA action during the first update period

for these rules. (July 1 through December 31,

1989.) This adds to this reference additional journal

articles, which suffer the same flaws. The Board

requests clarification of the agencies’ position

during the final comment period. (P88—26 Opinion of

May 24, 1990, p. 30)

The Board received no response to this issue during the post-adoption

comment period. (See PC 14 in R88—26, p. 18 

21, 47) On August 9, 1990, the

Board therefore adopted the rules without reference to the lIMO—MUG test.

(R88-26 Opinion of August 

9, 1990, p. 47)

On June 21, 1990, the Board dismissed P90-4 (SDWA Update for July 1

through December 31, 1989) after determining that the journal articles would

not appear in the Board rules in the first place. The Board received no

comment on

P90-4.

Following the final adoption of P88—26, the Board was contacted by

Access. The lIMO—MUG test is a proprietary method in which Access sells tubes

containing the a culture

medium and the “Colilert reagent”. Coliform bacteria

metabolize the ortho-nitrophenyl-beta-d-galactopyranoside, freeing o-nitro-

phenol, which is detected through color change.

As noted above, the journal articles cited by USEPA discuss the MMO—MUG

test, but do not describe it. Rather, they

start with the assumption that the

reader is already familiar with the test itself. Access has provided the

Board with a number of documents describing the test. One of these is an

article describing the test, entitled “Rapid specific environmental coliform

monitoring”, by S. Stratman, American Laboratory, July, 1988. However, this

is still a journal article. The better reference appears to be the

instruction sheet which Access provides with the culture medium and reagent.

Although the instruction sheet has the format of a “standard or

guideline”, it comes from a private company. However, USEPA has incorporated

this method by reference. The Board will therefore accept Access as a

“nationally recognized organization” within the meaning of the APA for

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purposes of this identical in substance rulemaking.

There are two types of colilert test: a presence absence (P/A) test and

a most probable number (11PM) test. The latter actually exists in at least

three variations. All appear to be encompassed within the USEPA references.

A possible conflict exists between 40 CFR 141 and the colilert methods.

While the former requires sample collection in accordance with the 16th

Edition of Standard Methods, the latter requires the 17th Edition.

As discussed above, USEPA added additional references to the MMO-MUG test

in the July 17, 1989, Federal Register. However, these amendments appear to

amend JSEPA language which had been repealed on June 29, 1990.

The July 17

action amended 40 CFR 141.14(b)(3) and 141.21(a). However, on June 29, 1989,

at 54 Fed. Peg. 27562, 40 CFR 141.14 was repealed, and 141.21(a) was modified

in a manner such that it is impossible to make the July 17 changes. Since the

repealed language does not appear in the Board rules, there is no place to

insert these additional references. The Board therefore proposed no changes

in response to the July 17, 1989, USEPA amendments, but solicited comment.

The Agency reponded in PC 5. It is clear that the Agency supports

inclusion of the ONP—MUG test, and agrees that both the P/A and MPN variations

have been approved by USEPA. However, the Agency comment does not give

guidance as to the appropriate mechanism. The Agency asked the Board to

incorporate the journal articles cited in the June 29 and July 17, 1989,

Federal Registers, but did not provide any rationale for so doing. As is

discussed above, the APA does not authorize incorporation by reference of

journal articles. Moreover, the cited articles do not describe the test

methods in question. And, the July 17, 1989, Federal Register amended rules

which USEPA had repealed on June 29, so that there is no place to hang the

amendments.

The Agency also indicated that USEPA had approved only the 16th Edition

sample collection procedures for the colilert methods. (PC 5) However, the

Agency gave no citation for this USEPA action. The Board will not insert

language authorizing the use of 16th Edition methods, but will let the ONP-MUG

test speak for itself.

OTHER INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE QUESTIONS

In PC 14 in P88-26, the Agency indicated that certain out-of—date

analytical methods had to be referenced in Part 611. Or August 6, 1990, the

Agency provided the Board with a collection of many of the methods it wanted

referenced, but this was not received in time to aid in preparing the Order in

R88-26. The Board attempted to follow the Agency’s recomended Methods, but

many of the references were inaccurate or incomplete, since the Board did not

yet have the documents in front of it at the time the Order was drafted.

The Board has below corrected and completed the references to correspond

with the documents received from the Agency. The following items referenced

in R88-26 were 

still missing

from the materials provided in PC 14 in P88—26:

ASTM Ilethod D992-71

611.606(g)(1)(B)

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ASTI’l Method D1688-84D            

611.606(m)(1)

Standard Methods, 13th Edition:

Metnods 302, 303, 304, 305 and 306   

611.72O(a)(2)

Standard Methods, 14th Edition:

Metnods 4O4A and B(4)          

611.606(a)(2)(B)

Methods 4190 and D                

611.6O6(g)(2)(B)

Method 605                

611.606(g)(2)(C)

Standard Methods, 16th Edition:

Method 43A and C                  

611.606(j)(2)(A)

Methods 4080, D, E and F            

611.531(e)(1)

Method 4120               

611.606(o)(2)

Methods 413 B and E               

611.606(j)(2)

Method 9O8D               

611.531(a) and (b)

Method 909C               

611.531(a)

The Agency provided copies of these materials with PC

5. The Agency

pointed out that Methods “43A and C” should be “413A and C”. (PC 5) This

typo was copied from 40 CFR 141.23(f)(IO). This illustrates the importance of

assembling the actual documents, rather than relying on the USEPA citations.

SECTION-BY—SECTION DISCUSSION

Section 611.102

This is the incorporations by reference Section. lt includes the

complete “library-type” reference to the documents which are used in

subsequent Sections.

As is discussed in general above, the Board has added a definition of

“lIMO-MUG

test”, the term which will be used in the rules. The test is

available from Access, whose address and phone number are now 

the first entry

in subsection (b).

Most of the A5TM and Standard Methods references have been amended to

conform with the numbers and titles in the documents submitted by the

Agency. The Board has deleted ASTM Methods 01067, D1126 and 01293. These

were used in the corrosivity monitoring in Proposed Sections 611.621 et seq.

in the R88—26 Proposal. Corrosivity monitoring was dropped, as was discussed

on page 92 of the August 9, 1990 Opinion in R88-26. In that this was the only

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use made of these references, the Board has del eted them.

The Board has deleted the reference to Standard Methods, 16th Edition,

Method 912K. As was discussed on page 62 of the August 9, 1990, Opinion in

R88—26, this reference was used in the draft Guidance Manual for the

determination of “groundwater under the direct influence of surface water”,

which is reflected in Section 611.212. However, in that the reference was

dropped from the final version of the Guidance Manual, the Board dropped it

from Section 611.212. In that this was the only use of Method 912K, the Board

has deleted it from the incorporation by reference Section.

Section 611.526

To this Section is added the reference to the LIMO-MUG test discussed

above.

Section 611.606

In subsection (a), the reference to “ASTM 2972” has been modified to

“ASTM 2972A or B”, to conform with

the Agency documentation.

On November 9, 1990, in connection with its post—adoption review of P88-

26, JCAR noted a minor typographical error in Section 611.606(m)(2)(B), which

the Board has corrected in this Docket.

Section 611.610

in subsection (d;), Standard Methods, 14th Edition, “Method 325B” has been

modified to “Method 320 and 32OA’ to conform with the Agency documentation.

Section 611.720

In subsection (b)(1), “NTIS”

has been specified as the source of

“Procedures for Radiochemical Analysis...”, to conform with Section 611.102.

ORDER

The Board hereby amends 35 Ill. Adm. Code 611 to read as follows.

TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

SUBTITLE F: PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES

CHAPTER I: POLLUT1DN CONTROL BOARD

PART 611

PRIMARY DRINKING WATER STANDARDS

SUBPART A: GENERAL

Section

611.100

Purpose, Scope and Applicability

611.101

Definitions

611.102   

Incorporations by Reference

611.103

Severability

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611.108

Delegation to Local Government

611.109   

Enforcement

611.110

Special Exception Permits

611.111

Section 1415 Variances

611.112   

Section 1416 Variances

611.113

Alternative Treatment Techniques

611.114

Siting requirements

611.115

Source Water Quality

611.120   

Effective dates

611.121

Maximum Contaminant Levels

61~.125  

Fluoridation Requirement

611.126

Prohibition on Use of Lead

SUBPART B:

FILTRATION AND DISINFECTION

Section

611.201   

Requiring a Demonstratior

611.202   

Procedures for Agency Determinations

611.211   

Filtratior Required

611.212   

Groundwater under Direct Influence of Surface Water

611.213   

No Method of HPC Analysis

611.220   

General Requirements

611.230

Filtration Effective Dates

611.231   

Source Water Quality Conditions

611.232   

Site-specific Conditions

611.233   

Treatment Technique Violations

611.240

Disinfection

611.241   

Unfiltered PWSs

611.242

Filtered PWSs

611.250   

Filtration

611.261

Unfiltered PWS5: Reporting and Recordkeeping

611.262   

Filtered PWSs: Reporting and Pecordkeeping

611.271   

Protection during Repair Work

611.272   

Disinfection following Repair

SUBPART C:  USE OF NON-CENTRALIZED TREATMENT DEViCES

Section

611.280   

Point-of—Entry Devices

611.290   

Use of other Non-centralized Treatment Devices

SUBPART F: MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS (MCL’S)

Section

611.300

Inorganic Chemicals

611.310   

Organic Chemicals

611.311   

VOCs

611.320   

Turbidity

611.325   

Microbiological Contaminants

611.330   

Radium and Gross Alpha Particle Activity

611.331   

Beta Particle and Photon Radioactivity

SUBPART K:

GENERAL MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS

Section

611.480   

Alternative Analytical Techniques

611.490   

Certified Laboratories

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611.491

Laboratory Testing Equipment

611.500   

Consecutive PWSs

SUBPART L: MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS

Secti on

611.521   

Routine Coliform Monitoring

611.522

Repeat Coliform Monitoring

611.523

Invalidation of Total Coliforni Samples

611.524

Sanitary Surveys

611.525

Fecal Coliform and E. Coli Testing

611.526

Analytical Methodology

611.527

Response to Violation

611.531

Analytical Requirements

611.532

Unfiltered PWSs

611.533   

Filtered PWSs

SUBPART M: TURBIDITY MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS

Section

611.560   

Turbidity

SUBPART N: INORGANIC 

MONITORING

AND ANALYTICAL REQIJIREMENTS

Section

611.601

Requirements

611.602   

Violation of State MCL

611.603   

Frequency of State Monitoring

611.606   

Analytical Methods

611.607   

Fluoride Monitoring

611.610   

Special Monitoring for Sodium

SUBPART 0: ORGANIC MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS

Section

611.641   

Sampling and Analytical Requirements

611.645

Analytical Methods

611.648

Sampling for VOCs

611.650

Monitoring for 36 Contaminants

611.657

Analytical Methods for 36 Contaminants

SUBPART P: THM MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS

Section

611.680   

Sampling, Analytical and other Requirements

611.683   

Reduced Monitoring Frequency

611.684   

Averaging

611.685   

Analytical Methods

611.686   

Modification to System

SUBPART 

RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS

Secti on

611.720   

Analytical Methods

611.731

Gross Alpha

611.732   

Manmade Radioactivity

SUBPART T: REPORTING, PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND RECORDKEEPING

Section

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611.830   

Applicability

611.831   

Monthly Operating Report

611.832   

Notice by Agency

611.833

Cross Connection Reporting

611.840

Reporting

611.851   

Reporting MCL and other Violations

611.852

Reporting other Violations

611.853

Notice to New Billing Units

611.854

General Content of Public Notice

611.855

Mandatory Health Effects Language

611.856

Fluoride Notice

611.858   

Fluoride Secondary Standard

611.860   

Record Maintenance

611.870   

List of 36 Contaminants

Appendix A

Mandatory Health Effects Information

Appendix B   Percent Inactivation of G. Lamblia Cysts

Appendic C   Common Names of Organic Chemicals

Table A    

Total Coliform Monitoring Frequency

Table B

Fecal or Total Col iform Density Measurements

Table C     

Frequency of RDC Measurement

AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 17 and 17.5 and authorized by Section 27 of

the Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111 1/2, pars.

1017, 1017.5 and 1027.

SOURCE: Adopted in R88-26 at 14 Ill. Peg.   

effective

amended in R9O—21 at 14 Ill. Peg.   

effective

SUBPART A: GENERAL

Section 611.102  Incorporations by Reference

a)  Abbreviations. The following abbreviated names are used for

materials incorporated by reference:

“AEPA—l Polymer” is available from Advanced Polymer Systems.

“ASTM” means American Society for Testing and Materials

“Indigo

method” is as described in “Standard Methods”, 17th

Edition, Method 4500—03 B.

“Inductively Coupled Plasma Method” means “inductively Coupled

Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometric Method for Trace Element

Analysis in Water and Wastes 

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Method 200.7, with appendix”

See 40 CFR 136, Appendix C.

“Inorganic Methods” means “Methods for Chemical Analysis of

Water and Wastes”, available from NTIS

“Microbiological Methods” means “Microbiological Methods for

Monitoring the Environment, Water and Wastes”, available from

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N TI S.

“lIMO-MUG 

Test” means “minimal medium ortho—nitrophenyl—beta-d—

galactopyranoside — 4—niethyl-umbelliferyl—beta—d—glucuronide

test”, available from Access Analytical Systems, Inc.

“NCRP” means “National Council on Radiation Protection”.

“NTIS” means “National Technical Information Service”.

“Organic Methods” means “Methods for the Determination of

Organic Compounds in Drinking Water”, available from USEPA.

“Pesticide Methods” means “Methods for Organochlorine Pesticides

and Chloro-phenoxy Acid Herbicides in Drinking Water and Raw

Source Water”, available from USEPA.

“Radiochemical Methods” means “Interim Radiochemical Methodology

for Drinking Water”, available from NTIS.

“SPE Test Method” means “Solid Phase Extraction Test Method”,

available from J.T. Baker Chemical Company.

“Standard Methods”, means “Standard Methods for the Examination

of Water and Wastewater”, available from the American Waterworks

Associ ati on.

“Technicon Methods” means “Fluoride in Water and Wastewater”,

available from Technicon.

“USGS Method” means “United States Geological Survey Method”

b)  The Board incorporates the following publications by reference:

Access Analytical Systems, Inc., 21 Business Park Drive,

Branford, CT 06405 800/321-0207

MMO—MUG tests: Colilert P/A or Colilert 

MPN.

ASTM. American Society for Testing and Materials, 1976 Race

Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

ASTM Method D858-88, “Standard Test Methods for Manganese

in Water”, approved August 19, 1988.

ASTM Method 0992—71, “Standard Method of Test for Nitrate

Ion in Water”, effective October 

22, 1971.

-ASTh Methed Qi~—88~ 

taPd~F~

Test Met~e~s~ Ae~d*ty

ef Mka~.4~.4tye~WateF~app~eve~A~~st~ ~

ASTM L4et~e~~~2?—86; tap,~aF~Test Met~e~feF 

HaFOeSS

WateF~a~pFe~’e~AH~st 29~~988~—

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ASTM Method D1179-72A

or B “Standard Test Methods for

Fluoride in Water”, approved July 28, 1972, reapproved

1978.

-A~TMMet~e~

9~29~~84T

t~~BF~

Test Metl~e~s~ ~N e~

W~teF~appFe~e~Qete~eF

~6T 1984w-

ASTM Method 

01428-64, “Standard Test Methods for Sodium and

Potassium 

in Water and Water—Formed Deposits by Flame

Photometry”, approved August 31, 1964, reapproved 1977.

ASTM Method D1687-77D, “Standard Test Methods for Chromium

in Water”, approved February 18, 1977.

ASTM Method D1688-84D or E, “Standard

Test Methods for

Copper in Water”, approved November 30, 1984.

ASTM Method D1889-88a, “Standard 

Test Method for Turbidity

of Water”, approved June 24, 1988.

ASTLI Method D2459—72, “Standard Test Method for

Gamma

Spectronietry in Water,” 1975, reapproved 1981, discontinued

1988.

ASTM Method D29O7-83, “Standard Test Methods for

Llicroquartities of Uranium in Water by Fluorometry”,

approved May 27, 1983.

ASTM Method D2972-78A or B, “Standard Test Methods for

Arsenic in Water”, approved August 18, 1978.

ASTM Method 03086—79, “Standard Test Methods for

Organochlorine Pesticides In Water”, approved November 30,

1979.

ASTM Method D3223-79, “Standard Test Method for Total

Mercury in Water”, approved November 30, 1979.

ASTM Method D3478-85, “Standard Test Method for Chlorinated

Phenoxy Acid Herbicides in Water”, approved November 29,

1985.

ASTM Method D3557-78A or B, “Standard Test Methods for

Cadmium in Water”, approved July 28, 1978.

ASTM Method D3559-78A or B, “Standard Test Methods for Lead

in Water”, approved July 28, 1978.

ASTM Method D3859-79, “Standard Test Methods for Selenium

in Water”, approved November 30, 1979.

ASTM Method D3867-79A or B, “Standard Test Methods for

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Nitrite—Nitrate in Water”, approved November 30, 1979.

American Waterworks Association et al., 6666 West Quincy Ave.,

Denver, CO 80235 (303) 794-7711

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and

Wastewater, 13th Edition, 1971.

Method—s @2 3Q~~@4~3Q~~ ~@6—302, Gross Alpha

and Gross Beta Radioactivity in Water (Total,

Suspended and Dissolved.

Method 303, Total Radioactive Strontium and Strontium

in Water.

Method 304, Radium in Water by Precipitation.

Method 305, Radium 226 by Radon in Water (Soluble,

Suspended and Total).

Method 306, Tritium in Water.

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and

Wastewater, 14th Edition, 1976.

Method—s— 301A II, —I-I-I~I-V VI- a~ëV~I-—Determination

of Cadmium, etc. by Direct Aspiration into an A~r—

Acetylene Flame.

Method 3O1A III, Determination of Low Concentrations

of Cadmium, etc. by Chelation with Ammonium

Pyrrofidine Dithiocarbamate, and Extraction into

Methyl Isobutyl Ketone.

Method 301A IV, Determination of Aluminum, etc. by

Direct Aspiration into a Nitrous Oxide Acetylene

Flame.

Method 301A Vl, Determination of Mercury by Cold Vapor

(Flameless) Atomic Absorption.

Method 3O1A VII, Determination of Arsenic and Selenium

by Conversion to their Hydrides and Aspiration of the

Gas into the Argon—Hydrogen Flame.

Method —~2SB—32Oand 320A, Sodium, Flame Photometric

Method.

Method 404A —a~~

—,

Arsenic/ Silver

Diethyldithiocarbamate Method.

Method 4O4B(4) Arsenic/ Mercuric Bromide Stain 

Method

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Method 413D, Cyanide, Colorimetric Method.

Method 419C— ~d

—, Nitro?en (Nitrate), Cadmium

Reduction Method (Tentative).

Method 4190, Nitrogen (Nitrate), Brucine Method

(Tentati ye).

Method 5O9A— ~ B—, Organochlorine Pesticides

(Tentative).

Method 509B, Chlorinated Phenoxy Acid Herbicides

(Tentative).

Method 605, Nitro9en (Nitrate), Cadmium Reduction

Method (Tentative).

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and

Wastewater, 16th Edition, 1985.

-Met~ed4A a~

Method 212, Temperature.

Method 214A, Turbidity, Nephelometric Method 

—-

Nephelometric Turbidity Units.

Method-s— 303A— a~ B—, Determination of Antimony,

etc. by Direct Aspiration into 

an.

Air-Acetylene Flam~

Method 303B, Determination of Low Concentrations ot

Cadmium, etc. by Chelation with Ammonium Pyrrolidine

Dithiocarbamate (APDC) and Extraction into Methyl

lsobutyl Ketone (MIBK).

Method 304, Determination of Micro Quantities of

Aluminum, etc. by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption

Spectrometry.

Method 4O8C~TP.. E 

~pd ~—,

Chlorine (Residual),

Amperometric Titration Method.

Method 4080, Chlorine (Residual), DPD Ferrous

Titninietric Method.

Method 408E, Chlorine (Residual), DPD Colorimetric

Method.

Method 408F, Chlorine (Residual), Leuco Crystal Violet

Method.

Method 41DB- a~

~-,

Chlorine Dioxide, Aniperornetric

Method.

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Method 41OC, Chlorine Dioxide, DPD Method (Tentative).

Method 4120, Cyanide, Colorimetric Method.

Method 413—B e~ E-A, Fluoride, Preliminary

Distillation Step.

Method 413B, Fluoride, Electrode Method.

Method 413C, Fluoride, SPADNS Method.

Method 413E, Fluoride, Complexone Method.

Method 423, pH Value.

Method 907A, Pour Plate Method.

Method 908-; 998A B~G; ~ ~ E-, Multiple Tube

Fermentation Technique for Members of the Coliform

G ro up.

Method 908A, Standard Coliform Multiple—Tube (MPN)

Tests.

Method 9O8B, Application of Tests to Routine

Examinations.

Method 908C, Fecal Coliform 

MPN

Procedure.

Method 9080, Estimation of Bacterial Density.

Method 9O8E, Presence-Absence (P—A) Coliform Test

(Tentative).

Method 909—; 999A; B 

~ ~—,

Membrane Filter Technique

for Members of the Coliform Group.

Method 9O9A, Standard Total Coliform Membrane Filter

Procedu re.

Method 909B, Delayed Incubation Total Coliform

Procedure.

Method 909C, Fecal Coliform Membrane Filter Procedure.

-Met~e~9I-2K-

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and

Wastewater, 17th Edition, 1989.

Advanced Polymer Systems, 3696 Haven Avenue, Redwood City, CA

94063 415/ 366-2626:

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AEPA-1 Polymer. See 40 CFR 141.22(a). Also, as referenced

in

ASTM

D1889.

ERDA Health and Safety Laboratory, New York, 

HASL Procedure Manual, HASL 300, 1973. See 40 CFR

141.25(b) (2).

J.T. Baker Chemical Company, 22 Red School Lane, Phillipsburg,

NJ 08865:

Solid Phase Extract (SPE) Test Method Number SPE-55O. See

40 CFR 141.24(e), footnote 6.

NCRP. National Council on Radiation Protection, 7910 Woodmont

Ave., Bethesda, MD (301) 657-2652.

“Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible

Concentrations of Radionuclides in Air and in, Water for

Occupational Exposure”, NCRP Report Number 22, June 5,

1959.

NTiS. National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal

Road, Springfield, VA 22161 (703) 487—4600.

“Methods of for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes”, J.

Kopp and D. McGee, Third Edition, March, 1979. EPA-600/4-

79—020, Doc. 

No.

PB84-128677

‘Microbiological Methods for Monitoring the Environment:

Water

and Wastes”, P. Bodner and 3. Winter, 1978. EPA-

600/8-78-017, Dcc. 

No.

PB290-329/LP

“Procedures for Radiochernical Analysis of Nuclear Reactor

Aqueous Solutions”, H.L. Krieger and S. Gold, EPA-R4-73-

014, May, 1973, Dcc. No. PB222—154/7BA

Technicon Industrial Systems, Tarrytown, NY 10591

“Fluoride in Water and Wastewater”, Industrial Method #129-

71W, December, 1972 See 40 CFR 141.23(f)(1O), footnotes 6

and 7.

“Fluoride in Water and Wastewater”, #380—75WE, February,

1976. See 40 CFR 141.23(f)(1O), footnotes 6 and 7.

United States Environmental Protection Agency, (202) 382-4359

“The Analysis of Trihalomethanes in Drinking Waters by the

Purge and Trap Method”, Method 501.1. See 40 CFR 141,

Subpart C, Appendix C.

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“The Analysis of Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water by

Liquid/Liquid Extraction,” Method 501.2 See 40 CFR 141,

Subpart C, Appendix C.

“Inductively Coupled Plasma—Atomic Emission Spectrometric

Method for Trace Element Analysis in Water and Wastes 

-—

Method 200.7, with Appendix to Method 200.7” entitled,

“Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Analysis of

Drinking Water”, March 1987. See 40 CFR 136, Appendix C.

“Interim Radiochemical Methodology for Drinking Water”,

EPA—600/4—75-OO8 (Revised) March, 1976.

“Methods for the Determination of Organic Compounds in

Drinking Water”, EPA/600/4-88/O39, December, 1988.

“Methods for Organoch’lorine Pesticides and Chloro-phenoxy

Acid Herbicides in Drinking Water and Raw Source Water”

“Methods of for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes”.

See NTIS

Microbiological Methods for Monitoring the Environment,

Water and Wastes”. See NTIS

“Procedures for Radiochemical Analysis of Nuclear Reactor

Aqueous Solutions”. See 

NTIS

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Science and

Technology Branch, Criteria and Standards Division, Office of

Drinking Water, Washington D.C. 20460

“Guidance Manual for Compliance with the Filtration and

Disinfection Requirements for Public Water Systems using

Surface Water Sources”, October, 1989

USGS. United States Geological Survey.

Techniques of Water—Resources investigation of the United

States Geological Survey:

Book 5, Chapter A-i, “Methods for Determination of

Inorganic substances in Water and Fluvial Sediments”,

1979

Book 5, Chapter A-3, “Methods for Analysis of Oryani

Substances in Water,” 1971

r)  Tr~c Board incorporates the following federal regulations by

reference:

40 CFR 136, Appendix B and C (1989)

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CFR 141.22(a) (1989)

CFR 141.23(f)(1O), footnotes 6 and 7 (1989)

40 CFR 141.24(e), footnote 6 (1989)

40 CFR 141.25(b)(2) (1989)

40 CFR 141, Subpart C, Appendix C (1989).

d)  This Part incorporates no future amendments or editions.

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SUBPART L: MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS

Section 611.526 Analytical Methodology

a)  The standard sample volume required for total coliform analysis,

regardless of analytical method used, is 100 ml.

b)  Suppliers need only determine the presence or absence of total

coliforms, a determination 

total coliform density is not required.

c)  Suppliers shall conduct total coliform analyses in accordance with

one of the following analytical methods, incorporated by reference in

Section 611.102:

1)  Multiple—Tube Fermentation (MIF) Technique, as set forth in:

A)  Standard Methods, 16th Edition, Method 908, 908A and 9O8B,

except that 10 fermentation tubes must be used; or

B) Microbiological Methods, Part III, Section B 4.1—4.6.4, pp.

114-118, (Most Probable Number Method), except that 10

fermentation tubes must be used; or

2) Membrane Filter 

(MF)

Technique, as set forth in:

A)  Standard Methods, 16th Edition, Method 909, 909A and 9O9B;

or

B)  Microbiological Methods, Part Ill 

Section B.2.1—2.6, pp.

108-112; or

3)  P—A Coliform Test, as set forth in: Standard Methods, 16th

Edition, Method 908E—T—; or

LIMO-MUG test.

d) In lieu of the 10-tube MIF Technique specified in subsection (c)(1),

a supplier may use the MIF Technique using either five tubes (20—ml

sample portions or a sinqle culture bottle containing the culture

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medium for the MTF Technique, i.e., lauryl tryptose broth (formulated

as described in Standard Methoas, 16th Edition, Method 9O8A,

incorporated by reference in Section 611.102) as long as a 100-nil

water sample is used in the analysis.

e)  Suppliers shall conduct fecal coliforni analysis in accordance with

the following procedure:

1)  When the MTF Technique or P-A Coliform Test is used to test for

total coliforms, shake the lactose—positive presumptive tube or

P-A bottle vigorously and transfer the growth with a sterile 3-

mm loop or sterile applicator stick into brilliant green lactose

bile broth and EC medium, defined below, to determine the

presence of total and fecal coliforms, respectively.

2)  For Microbiological Methods, referenced above, which use a

membrance filter, remove the membrane containing the total

coliform colonies from the substrate with a sterile forceps and

carefully curl and insert the membrane into a tube of EC

medium. (The laboratory may first remove a small portion of

selected colonies for verification). Gently shake the

inoculated EC tubes to insure adequate mixing and incubate in a

waterbath at 44.5 

+/—

0.2 degrees C for 24 

+/-

2 hours. Gas

production of any amount in the inner fermentation tube of the

C medium indicates a positive fecal coliform test.

3)  The preparation of EC medium is described in Standard Methods,

16th Edition, Method 9O8C.

4)  Suppliers need only determine the presence or absence of fecal

coliforms, a determination of fecal coliform density is not

required.

BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.21(f) (1989), as amended at

54 Fed. Reg. 27562, June 29, 1989.

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effective

SUBPART N:  INORGANIC MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS

Section 611.606  Analytical Methods

Analyses conducted to determine compliance with Section 611.300 must be made

in accordance with the following methods, incorporated by reference in Section

611.102. For approved analytical procedures for metals, the technique

applicable to total metals must be used.

a)  Arsenic:

1)  ASTM Method D2972A or B or

2)  Standara Methods, 14th Edition:

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A)  Methoa 301A VII; or

B) Metnod 404A and 4048(4); or

3)  USGS Methods, Method 1-1062-78, pp. 61-63, Atomic Absorption 

Gaseous Hydride; or

4) Inorganic Methods:

A)  Method 206.2, Atomic Absorption Furnace Technique; or

B) Method 206.3; or

C) Method

206.4; or

5)  Inductively Coupled Plasma Method 200.7.

b)  Barium:

1~ Standard Methods, 14th Edition, Method 301A IV; or

2) inorganic Methods:

Al)   Method 208.1; or

B)

Method

208.2, Atomic Absorption Furnace Technique; or

Inductively Coupled Plasma Method 200.7.

ASTM Method 03557 A or B; or

Standard Methods, 14th Edition, Methods 301A II or III; or

Inorganic Methods:

Method 213.1; or

B)

Method 213.2, Atomic Absorption Furnace

Technique; or

4) Inductively Coupled Plasma Method 200.7.

d) Chromium:

1)  ASTM Method D 1687; or

2)  Standard Methods, 14th Edition, Methods 301A II or III; or

3)  Inorganic Methods:

A)  Method 218.1; or

3)

c)  Cadmium:

1)

2)

3)

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Method 2i8.2, Atomic Absorption Furnace Technique; or

4) Inductively Coupled Plasma Method 200.7.

e)  Lead:

1)  ASTM Method 0 3559 A or B; or

2)  Standard Methods, 14th Edition, Methods 301A II or III; or

Inorganic Methods:

Method 239.1; or

B)  Method 239.2, Atomic Absorption Furnace Technique.

4)  inductively Coupled Plasma 

Method 200.7.

f)  Mercury:

1)  ASTM Method 0 3223; or

2)  Standard Methods, 14th Edition, Method 301A VI, Cold Vapor

Technique; or

3)  Inorganic Methods:

Method 245.1; or

B) Method 245.2, Automated Cold Vapor Technique.

g)  Nitrate:

1)  ASTM:

Method D 3867 A or B; or

B)  Method D 992; or

2)  Standard Methods, 14th Edition:

Method 419C, Spectrometric, Cadmium Reduction;

B)  Method 419D, Colorimetric Brucine; or

C) Method 605, Automated Cadmium Reduction.

3)  Inorganic Methods:

A) Method 352.1; or

Method 353.1, Automated Hydrazine Reduction; or

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C) Method 353.2; or

D) Method 353.3; or

h)  Selenium:

1)  Inorganic Methods

A) Method 270.2, Atomic Absorption. Furnace Technique; or

B) Method 270.3; or

2)

USGS Methods, Method 1—1667—78, pp. 237—239; or

4

3)  ASTM Method 0 3859; or

4)

Standard methods, 14th Edition, Method 3O1A VII, Hydride

Generation 

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry.

i)  Silver:

1)  Standard Methods, 14th Edition, Methods 3O1A II; or

2)  Inorganic Methods:

A) Method 272.1; or

B~ Method 272.2, Atomic Absorption Furnace Technique; or

3) Inductively Coupled Plasma Method 200.7.

Fluoride:

1)  ASTM 0 1179 A or B; or

2)  Standard Methods, 16th Edition:

A) Methods 413A and 413C;

B)  4138; or

C)  413E; or

3)  inorganic Methods:

A) Method 340.1;

B)  Method 340.2;

C) Method 340.3; or

4)  Technicon Methods, Methods 129—71W or 380-75WE

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BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.23(f) (1989).

k)  Manganese:

1) ASTM D 858;

2)  Standard Methods, 16th Edition, Method 303A.

3)  Inorganic Methods: Methods 243.1 or 243.2; or

4)  Inductively Coupled Plasma Method 200.7.

BOARD NOTE: These methods are used for additional State

requi rements.

1)  Iron:

1)  Inorganic Methods: 236.1 or 236.2; or

2)  Inductively Coupled Plasma Method 200.7.

3)  Standard Methods, 16th Edition, Method 3O3A

BOARD NOTE: These methods are used for additional State

requi rements.

m) Copper:

1)  ASTM D 1688 D or E;

2) Standard Methods, 16th Edition:

A) Methods 303A or B;

B) Method 304-i eF—,

BOARD NOTE: These methods are used for additional State

requirements.

3)  Inorganic Methods: 220.1 or 220.2; or

4) Inductively Coupled Plasma Method 200.7.

n)  Zinc:

1)  Inorganic Methods 289.1 or 289.2; or

2)  Standard Methods, 16th Edition, Method 303A

BOARD NOTE: These methods are used for additional State

requi rements.

o)  Cyanide:

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1)  Inorganic Method 335.2; or

2)  Standard Methods, 16th Edition, Method 412D

BOARD NOTE: These methods are used for additional State

requi renents.

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effective

Section 611.610  Special Monitoring for Sodium

a)  CWS suppliers shall collect and analyze one sample per plant at the

entry point of the distribution system for the determination of

sodium concentration levels; samples must be collected and analyzed

annually for CWSs utilizing surface water sources in whole or in

part, and at least every three years for CWSs utilizing solely

groundwater sources. The minimum number of samples required to be

taken by tne supplier is based or the number of treatment plants used

by the supplier, except that multiple wells drawing raw water from a

single aquifer may, with the Agency approval, be considered one

treatment plant for determining the minimum number of samples. The

Agency shall require the supplier to collect and analyze water

samples for sodium more frequently in locations where the sodium

content is variable.

b)  The CWS supplier shall report to the Agency the results of the

analyses for sodium within the first 10 days of the month following

the month in which the sample results were received or within the

first 10 days following the end of the required monitoring period as

specified by special exception permit, whichever of these is first.

If more than annual sampling is required the supplier shall report

the average sodium concentration within 10 days of the month

following the month in which the analytical results of the last

sample used for the annual average was received.

c) The CWS supplier shall notify the Agency and appropriate local public

health officials of the sodium levels by written notice by direct

mail within three months. A copy of each notice required to be

provided by this subsection must be sent to the Agency within 10 days

of its issuance.

d) Analyses for sodium must be performed by the following methods,

incorporated by reference in Section 611.102:

1)  Standard Methods, 14th Edition, Method —~2BB—320and 320A, flame

photometric method;

2)  Inorganic Methods:

A) Method 273.1, Atomic Absorption 

Direct Aspiration; or

B) Method 273.2, Atomic Absorption 

Graphite Furnace; or

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ASTM Method D1428.

BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.41 (1989).

(Source: Amended at 14 Ill. Peg.   

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SUBPART 

RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL REQUiREMENTS

Section 611.720  Analytical Methods

a)  The methods specified below, incorporated by reference in Section

611.102, are to be used to determine compliance with Sections 611.330

and 611.331, except in cases where alternative methods have been

approved in accordance with Section 611.480.

1)  Padiochemical Methods;

2) Standard Methods, 13th Edition:

A)  Gross Alpha and Beta: Method 302;

B) Total Radium: 

Method 304;

C)  Radium-226: 

Method 305;

D) Strontium—89,90: Method 303;

E)

Tritiurn: Method 306.

3)  ASTM Methods:

A)  Cesium-134: ASTM D—2459;

B)  Uranium: ASTM D-29O7.

b)  When the identification and measurement of radionuclides other than

those listed in subsection (a) is required, the following methods,

incorporated 

reference in Section 611.102, are to be used, except

in cases where alternative methods have been approved in accordance

with Section 611.480:

1)  “Procedures for Radiochemical Analysis of Nuclear Reactor

Aqueous Solutions”, available from —~~PA—NTIS.

2)  HASL Procedure Manual 

HASL 300.

c) For the purpose of monitoring radioactivity concentrations in

drinking water, the required sensitivity of the radioanalysis is

defined in terms of a detection limit. The detection limit must be

that concentration which can be counted with a precision of plus or

minus 100 percent at the 95 percent confidence level (1.96 sigma

where sigma is the standard deviation of the net counting rate of the

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sample).

1)  To determine compliance with Section 611.330(a) the detection

limit must not exceed 1 pCi,’L. To determine compliance with

Section 611.330(b) the detection linlit must not exceed 3 pCi/L.

2)  To determine compliance with Section 611.331 the detection

limits must not exceed the concentrations listed in that

Secti on.

d) To judge compliance with the MCLs listed in Sections 611.330 and

611.331, averages of data must be used and must be rounded to the

same number 

significant figures as the MCL for the substance in

question.

BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.25 (1989).

(Source: Amended at 14 Ill. Peg.   

effective

IT IS SO ORDERED

I, Dorothy 11. Gum, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby

certify that the above Opinion and Order was adopted on the~~~day

of

1990, by a vote 

7—o

Dorothy M. Guy4(Clerk

A___

Illinois PolY~ionControl Board

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