ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
February 4, 1999
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
)
SDWA UPDATE, USEPA REGULATIONS
)
R99-6
(January 1, 1998, through June 30, 1998)
)
(Identical-in-Substance Rulemaking -
)
Public Water Supplies)
Adopted Rule. Final Order.
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by R.C. Flemal):
Under Section 17.5 of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/17.5
(1996)), the Board adopts amendments to the Illinois regulations that are “identical-in-
substance” to National Primary Drinking Water regulations (NPDWRs) adopted by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). These regulations implement sections
1412(b), 1414(c), 1417(a), and 1445(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C
§§ 300g-1(b), 300g-3(c), 300g-6(a) & 300j-4(a). The nominal timeframe of this consolidated
docket includes federal SDWA amendments that USEPA adopted in the period January 1,
1998, through June 30, 1998. USEPA undertook two actions during this period: a revision to
the state primacy requirements that included an expansion of the definition of the term “public
water system,” and the removal of the prohibition against the use of point-of-use devices to
achieve compliance with an NPDWR.
Section 17.5 provides for quick adoption of regulations that are “identical-in-
substance” to federal regulations that USEPA adopts to implement sections 1412(b), 1414(c),
1417(a), and 1445(a) of SDWA. Section 17.5 also provides that Title VII of the Act and
Section 5 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 ILCS 100/5-35 & 5-40 (1996)) do not
apply to the Board’s adoption of identical-in-substance regulations. The federal SDWA
regulations are found at 40 C.F.R. 141 and 142.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In July 1998, the Board reserved docket R99-6 for amendments to the federal SDWA
primary drinking water regulations that USEPA adopted in the period of January 1, 1998,
through June 30, 1998. Under Section 7.2 of the Act, the deadline for Board adoption of
amendments under docket R99-6 is April 28, 1999, which is one year after the earliest federal
amendments that occurred in the timeframe of the docket.
The Board adopted a proposal for public comment in this matter on November 19,
1998. A Notice of Proposed Amendments appeared in the December 11, 1998 issue of the
Illinois Register
, at 22 Ill. Reg. 21236, beginning the 45-day public comment period. The
public comment period expired on January 25, 1999, leaving the Board free to adopt
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amendments based on the November 19, 1998 proposal for public comment. This we do with
the present opinion and order.
The Board will file these adopted amendments with the Office of the Secretary of State
as soon as possible and cause a Notice of Adopted Amendments to appear in the
Illinois
Register
.
FEDERAL ACTION CONSIDERED IN THIS RULEMAKING
USEPA amended the federal SDWA regulations twice during the period of January 1,
1998, through June 30, 1998. Those actions are summarized as follows:
63 Fed. Reg. 23361 (April 28, 1998)
USEPA adopted amendments to the requirements for authorization of state SDWA
programs,
i.e.
, the state primacy requirements. The primary aspects of this action
relate to state civil penalty authority, the time within which the state must adopt
amendments corresponding to federal amendments, and the primacy status of the state
pending a final USEPA determination on its primacy application. Accompanying
amendments clarify the NPDWR definition of “non-community water system,” expand
the definition of “public water system,” and add a definition of “service connection.”
63 Fed. Reg. 31932 (June 11, 1998)
USEPA adopted amendments that allow the use of point-of-entry devices to meet the
NPDWRs. USEPA did this by removing the prohibition against doing so.
The Board is proposing to amend the Illinois regulations to incorporate the two sets of
federal amendments.
In addition to the amendments that are driven by USEPA amendments to the NPDWRs,
the Board has added amendments derived from a federal statutory amendment. Those
amendments are derived from amendments to section 1417(a) of SDWA (42 U.S.C. § 300g-
6(a) (1996)) made by Congress in the 1986 SDWA amendments (Pub. L. 104-182, Title I,
§ 118, 110 Stat. 1645, 1691) that prohibit the use of lead-containing fixtures.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
The Board kept the record open to receive public comments on the November 19, 1998
proposal until January 25, 1999, which was 45 days following the publication of the Notice of
Proposed Amendments in the
Illinois Register
. During the public comment period, the Board
received no public comments. However, the Board did receive a document from the Joint
Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) on December 17, 1998, which outlines a number
of corrections to the text of the amendments that are recommended by JCAR staff. The
JCAR-recommended revisions are considered in the discussion segments of this opinion. The
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discussion of the JCAR-recommended revisions appear in the tables that begin of pages 10 and
11 below.
DISCUSSION
The federal actions that underlie this proceeding require amendment of the Illinois
SDWA regulations. However, not all of the federal amendments resulted in corresponding
change in the Illinois rules, since some segments of those amendments extend beyond the
scope of the Illinois SDWA rules as adopted pursuant to Section 17.5 of the Act. The Board
considers the two sets of federal amendments separately.
State Primacy Requirements and NPDWR Definitions—Section 611.101
USEPA adopted amendments to the state primacy requirements on April 28, 1998. The
state primacy amendments relate to state civil penalty authority, the time within which the state
must adopt amendments corresponding to federal amendments, and the primacy status of the
state pending a final USEPA determination on its primacy application. Amendments
accompanying those pertaining to state primacy affect the NPDWR definitions of “non-
community water system” and “public water system,” and they add a definition of “service
connection.” The Board directs attention to the April 28, 1998 issue of the
Federal Register
for a fuller discussion of the federal amendment. The Board’s discussion here will focus on
our incorporation of those amendments into the Illinois SDWA regulations.
The federal-state primacy requirements set forth what USEPA will require of state
SDWA programs. When granted primacy pursuant to section 1413 of SDWA, 42 U.S.C.
§ 300g-2 (1996), a state has the primary authority for enforcement of the SDWA program
NPDWRs within its borders. 40 C.F.R. 141 sets forth the NPDWRs, and 40 C.F.R. 142 sets
forth the requirements for implementation of the NPDWRs, including the requirements for
state primacy.
When assessing federal amendments in the course of completing our SDWA regulation
updates, the Board includes all USEPA amendments to 40 C.F.R. 141, and we evaluate the
amendments to 40 C.F.R. 142 for their effect on the substance of the NPDWRs. If the
USEPA amendments to 40 C.F.R. 142 affect little more than the state primacy
requirements—
i.e.
, they constitute requirements on the states only, the Board does not include
them in the affected SDWA update docket. On the other hand, if the amendments affect the
application of the NPDWRs on water suppliers, the Board includes amendments that
incorporate that affect into the Illinois SDWA rules.
The primary impact of the federal SDWA amendments of April 28, 1998, is to amend
the requirements for state primacy at 40 C.F.R. 142.2 and 142.10 through 142.12.
Examination of each of the USEPA amendments indicates that no Board action is required on
any of them. All the amendments relate to requirements imposed on the State of Illinois, and
none relate to requirements imposed on drinking water suppliers. Thus, they do not affect the
substance of the NPDWRs.
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Amendments to the 40 C.F.R. 141.2 definitions accompanying the state primacy
amendments did affect a segment of the NPDWR rules. The Board has included amendments
to corresponding 35 Ill. Adm. Code 611.101 in this proposal for public comment. We have
made the required amendments with minimal deviation from the federal text. The tables
beginning on page 5 indicate the revisions made in the verbatim wording of the federal
amendments and to the base text of the regulations. The minor nature of most of these revisions
does not warrant discussion. On the other hand, a small number of the revisions merit explanation.
The Board has omitted the effective date of August 5, 1998, from the definition of August 5, 1998,
since that date is now past. In the definitions of “service connection” and “special irrigation
district,” we have designated the usage “domestic use and similar uses” in place of “domestic and
similar uses.”
In the definitions of “service connection” and “special irrigation district,” the Board has
proposed the use of the mechanism of the special exception permit (SEP) for the Agency to make
certain findings. The exclusion from the definition of “service connection” and inclusion in the
definition of “special irrigation district” require a necessary finding by the State that alternative
water is available or treatment is provided that would achieve the NPDWRs. The mechanism of
the SEP is the established mode for the Agency to make necessary findings and permit an activity
that constitutes an aberration from a generally-applicable rule.
The Board notes that USEPA borrowed the conditional language from section
1401(4)(B)(i)(II) and (4)(B)(i)(III) of SDWA (42 U.S.C. § 300f(4)(B)(i)(II) & (4)(B)(i)(III)
(1996)) nearly verbatim when drafting the definition of “service connection.” USEPA
required compliance with the conditions of SDWA section 1401(4)(B)(i)(II) or (4)(B)(i)(III) in
the definition of “special irrigation district.” Rather than reference SDWA section 1401(4)(B)(i)(II)
and (4)(B)(i)(III) in the definition, the Board inserted language parallel to that used in the definition
of “service connection,” which USEPA repeated from this SDWA provision. Since the necessary
findings that would allow the exception are to be made by the State, incorporating the conditional
language is more desirable than would be incorporating section 1401(4)(B)(i)(II) and (4)(B)(i)(III)
by reference. Further, owing to the ultimate source of the conditions set forth in the definition of
“service connection,” the Board has added a reference to section 1401(4)(B)(i)(II) and (4)(B)(i)(III)
of SDWA to the Board note following the definition.
The Board requested public comment on the proposed amended definitions. We
particularly directed attention to the specific issues discussed above. We received no comments in
response.
End of the Prohibition against the Use of Point of Use Devices—Section 611.290
USEPA lifted the prohibition against the use of point-of-entry devices to achieve
compliance with an NPDWR on June 11, 1998. The Board directs attention to the June 11,
1998, issue of the
Federal Register
for a fuller discussion of the federal amendment. The
Board proposes the federal amendment verbatim in Section 611.290(a) by removing the
reference to point-of-use devices.
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The Board requested public comment on the removal of the prohibition against the use of
point-of-use devices to achieve compliance with an NPDWR. We received no comments in
response.
Prohibition against the Use of Lead-Containing Fixtures—Section 611.126
Section 611.126 is a requirement for the use of lead-free solder and pipe in drinking water
systems. It was derived from 40 C.F.R. 141.43. It is apparent that USEPA derived 40 C.F.R.
141.43 nearly verbatim from section 1417(a)(1) of SDWA (42 U.S.C. § 300g-6(a)(1) (1998)).
The Congress amended SDWA section 1417(a)(1) in the 1996 SDWA reauthorization legislation
(Pub. L. 104-182, Title I, § 118, 110 Stat. 1645, 1691) to further require the use of lead-free
pipe, fittings, and fixtures. The legislation prohibits the distribution of fixtures and fittings in
commerce for drinking water use that are not lead-free after August 6, 1998. The legislation
defines “lead-free,” as it relates to plumbing fittings and fixtures, to mean articles that comply with
voluntary third-party standards and testing protocols that were to be derived based on information
and assistance provided by USEPA. On August 22, 1997, USEPA published a notice in the
Federal Register
(62 Fed. Reg. 44684) stating its position that the National Sanitation Foundation
(NSF) has established the required voluntary standard in September 1994: NSF Standard 61,
section 9. The standard is available from the NSF International, 3475 Plymouth Road, PO Box
130140, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48113-0140 (telephone: 313-769-8010).
Although USEPA has not amended 40 C.F.R. 141.43 to incorporate the statutory
requirement for the use of lead-free fittings and fixtures, the Board is proposing to amend Section
611.126 to incorporate the requirement based on the 1996 SDWA amendments to section
1417(a)(1). We do so because Section 611.126 might be misleading without incorporating the ban.
In proposing this amendment, we note that Section 17.5 of the Act specifically authorizes the Board
to adopt federal amendments made pursuant to section 1417(a) of SDWA. The requirement of
SDWA section 1417(a) is essentially self-implementing after the August 8, 1998, effective date; in
announcing its determination on the NSF standard, USEPA stated that it preferred implementation
of the lead ban by use of the standard than by adoption of a regulation. It appears that USEPA will
not amend 40 C.F.R. 141.43 to incorporate the new ban. Unless the Board incorporates the federal
legislative ban into the Illinois regulations, the Illinois SDWA rules will not be identical-in-
substance to federal law governing the use of lead plumbing fittings and fixtures. In fact, Illinois
law would be less stringent that the minimum federal requirements.
In incorporating NSF standard 61 by reference, the Board notes that the current version of
the standard is dated November 1998. This is the only one currently available. The NSF intends
to publish an updated version in February 1999, which will replace the 1998 version and render it
unavailable from the NSF. We have incorporated the November 1998 version by reference, since
that is the version that the Board has available for public inspection pursuant to Section 5-75 of the
Administrative Procedure Act, 415 ILCS 100/5-75 (1998).
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The Board requested public comment on the proposed addition of the requirement for use of
lead-free fixtures and fittings to the ban on lead solder and pipe. We received no comments in
response.
DEVIATIONS FROM THE FEDERAL AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS TO
THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSAL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
In the following tables, the Board indicates the location and nature of the deviations
from the literal text of the federal amendments involved in this proceeding and revisions to the
text of the proposal for public comment. The first table includes deviations made in the
Proposal for Public Comment from the verbatim text of the federal amendments that are
driving this docket. The second table indicates corrections and clarifications that the Board
had discovered and
made i
n the base text involved the proposal. The amendments listed in this
second table are not directly derived from the current federal amendments. The second table
begins on page 7 of this opinion. The third table, which begins on page 10 of this opinion,
indicates the revisions made to the text of these amendments as proposed in our November 19,
1998, opinion and order. The associated fourth table beginning on page 11 indicates the
recommended changes to the proposed text that the Board has not accepted. The source of
each recommendation for changes to the proposed text are indicated in the center column of
the third and fourth tables. Some of the entries in these tables are discussed further in
appropriate segments of the general discussions beginning on page 3 of this opinion and order.
Deviations from the Text of the Federal Amendments
Illinois Section
40 C.F.R. Section
Revision(s)
611.101 “public
water system”
141.2 “public
water system”
Omitted “August 5, 1998” past effective date
611.101 “service
connection”
141.2 “service
connection”
Added quotation marks to defined term; added “any of
the following is true;” added “by issuing a SEP”
(twice); used “residential use or similar uses” in place
of “residential or similar uses” (twice); moved “is
provided;” moved “to achieve . . . regulations;”
changed to plural “regulation;” added Board note and
references to SDWA provisions
611.101 “special
irrigation district”
141.2 “special
irrigation district”
Added quotation marks to defined term; used
“residential use or similar uses” in place of
“residential or similar uses;” used “residential users or
similar users” in place of “residential or similar
users;” added “either of,” “following exclusion
conditions,” and language from definition of “service
connection” in place of citation to SDWA provisions;
added Board note and references to SDWA provisions
611.126(b)(3)
SDWA section
1417(d)(3)
Added reference to “NSF Standard 61, paragraph 9
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Board Amendments Not Federally-Derived
Section
Revision(s)
611.101 “approved source of
bottled water” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “best available
technology” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “CT” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “best available
technology” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “CT
99.9
” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “coagulation” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “community water
system” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “compliance cycle”
Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “compliance period”
Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “confluence growth”
Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “contaminant” Board
Note
Update C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “conventional filtration
treatment” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “diatomaceous earth
filtration” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “direct filtration” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “disinfectant” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “disinfectant contact
time” Board Note
Added comma at end of indented paragraph; updated
C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “disinfection” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “distribution system”
Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “domestic or other non-
distribution system plumbing
problem” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “dose equivalent” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “filtration” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
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611.101 “flocculation” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “gross alpha particle
activity” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “gross beta particle
activity” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “groundwater under the
direct influence of surface water”
Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “GWS” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “halogen” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “inactivation ratio”
Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “initial compliance
period” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “legionella” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “man-made beta particle
and photon emitters” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “man-made beta particle
and photon emitters” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “man-made beta particle
and photon emitters” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “maximum contaminant
level” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “maximum total
trihalomethane potential” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “MFL” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “mixed system” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “near the first service
connection” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “non-community water
system” Board Note
deleted reference to the definition of “public water
system;” updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “non-transient non-
community water sytem” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “performance evaluation
sample” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “person” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “picocurie” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “point of disinfectant
application” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
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611.101 “point-of-entry treatment
device” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “point-of-use treatment
device” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “public water system”
Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “reliably and
consistently” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “rem” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “repeat compliance
period” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “representative” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “residual disinfectant
concentration” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “Safe Drinking Water
Act” Board Note
Added bill title, “Safe Drinking Water Act;” updated
C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “sanitary survey” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “sedimentation” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “slow sand filtration”
Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “standard sample” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “supplier of water”
Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “surface water” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “SWS” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “system with a single
service connection” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “too numerous to count”
Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “total trihalomethanes”
Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “transient, non-
community water system” Board
Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “treatment” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “VOC” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.101 “waterborne disease
outbreak” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
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611.101 “wellhead protection
program” Board Note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.102(b) American Waterworks
Association
Removed duplicate entry for “Standard Methods” 18th
edition
611.102(b) NTIS
Added quotation marks in Board note following
“Technical
Notes on Drinking Water Methods”
611.102(c)
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
611.126(a)
Corrected subsection designation from “d” to “b”
611.126(a)(1)
Corrected “which” to “that”
611.126(b)
Corrected subsection designation from “d” to “b”
611.126 Board Note
Changed correlation reference to indicate 40 CFR
141.43(a) and (d);” added reference to “42 U.S.C. § 300g-
6(a)(1)”
611.290 Board note
Updated C.F.R. edition cited
Revisions to the Text of the Proposed Amendments in Final Adoption
Section Revised
Source(s) of
Revision(s)
Revision(s)
611.101 “Approved source of
bottled water”
JCAR
Corrected “U.S.C.” to “USC;” removed section
symbols “§§”
611.101 “Best available
technology”
JCAR
Corrected “U.S. EPA” to “USEPA”
611.101 “Best available
technology”
JCAR
Corrected “U.S. EPA” to “USEPA”
611.101 “Phase I”
JCAR
Corrected “U.S. EPA” to “USEPA”
611.101 “Phase II”
JCAR
Corrected “U.S. EPA” to “USEPA”
611.101 “Phase IIB”
JCAR
Corrected “U.S. EPA” to “USEPA”
611.101 “Phase V”
JCAR
Corrected “U.S. EPA” to “USEPA”
611.101 “public water
system”
JCAR
Corrected ending punctuation of first
subparagraph to a semicolon; removed
unnecessary ending semicolon
611.101 “Safe Drinking
Water Act”
JCAR
Corrected “U.S.C.” to “USC”
611.101 “service connection”
Board note
JCAR
Corrected “U.S.C.” to “USC;” removed section
symbol “§”
611.101 “special irrigation
district” Board note
JCAR
Corrected “U.S.C.” to “USC;” removed section
symbol “§”
611.101 “total
trihalomethanes” Board note
JCAR
Corrected “U.S. EPA” to “USEPA”
611.101 “transient, non-
community water system”
JCAR
Corrected “U.S.C.” to “USC;” removed section
symbol “§”
611.101 “USEPA”
JCAR, Board
Added “USEPA or”
611.101 “VOC”
JCAR
Corrected “U.S. EPA” to “USEPA”
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611.101 “wellhead protection
program”
JCAR
Corrected “U.S. EPA” to “USEPA”
611.102(b) “NSF”
Board
Corrected telephone area code; corrected edition
of NSF standard 61 incorporated by reference to
the current edition
611.126(a)
JCAR
Removed comma after date “1986”
611.126(b)(3)
JCAR
Capitalized “when;” corrected “U.S.C.” to
“USC;” removed section symbol “§”
Requested Revision to the Text of the Proposed Amendments Not Made in Final
Adoption
Section Affected
Source(s) of
Revision(s)
Requested Revision(s): Explanation
611.101 “USEPA”
JCAR
Change “U.S. EPA” to “USEPA”: The Board
prefers to retain the defined term “U.S. EPA”
until all such references in the text of Part 611 are
converted to “USEPA” to avoid any confusion to
the regulated community
ORDER
The complete text of the adopted amendments follows:
TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE F: PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES
CHAPTER I: POLLUTION 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
611.107
Agency Inspection of PWS Facilities
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
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611.115
Source Water Quantity
611.120
Effective dates
611.121
Maximum Contaminant Levels and Finished Water Quality
611.125
Fluoridation Requirement
611.126
Prohibition on Use of Lead
611.130
Special Requirements for Certain Variances and Adjusted Standards
SUBPART B: FILTRATION AND DISINFECTION
Section
611.201
Requiring a Demonstration
611.202
Procedures for Agency Determinations
611.211
Filtration 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 PWSs: Reporting and Recordkeeping
611.262
Filtered PWSs: Reporting and Recordkeeping
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 Point-of-Use Devices or Bottled Water
SUBPART D: TREATMENT TECHNIQUES
Section
611.295
General Requirements
611.296
Acrylamide and Epichlorohydrin
611.297
Corrosion Control
SUBPART F: MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS (MCL's)
Section
611.300
Old MCLs for Inorganic Chemicals
611.301
Revised MCLs for Inorganic Chemicals
611.310
Old MCLs for Organic Chemicals
611.311
Revised MCLs for Organic Contaminants
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611.320
Turbidity
611.325
Microbiological Contaminants
611.330
Radium and Gross Alpha Particle Activity
611.331
Beta Particle and Photon Radioactivity
SUBPART G: LEAD AND COPPER
Section
611.350
General Requirements
611.351
Applicability of Corrosion Control
611.352
Corrosion Control Treatment
611.353
Source Water Treatment
611.354
Lead Service Line Replacement
611.355
Public Education and Supplemental Monitoring
611.356
Tap Water Monitoring for Lead and Copper
611.357
Monitoring for Water Quality Parameters
611.358
Monitoring for Lead and Copper in Source Water
611.359
Analytical Methods
611.360
Reporting
611.361
Recordkeeping
SUBPART K: GENERAL MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL
REQUIREMENTS
Section
611.480
Alternative Analytical Techniques
611.490
Certified Laboratories
611.491
Laboratory Testing Equipment
611.500
Consecutive PWSs
611.510
Special Monitoring for Unregulated Contaminants
SUBPART L: MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL
REQUIREMENTS
Section
611.521
Routine Coliform Monitoring
611.522
Repeat Coliform Monitoring
611.523
Invalidation of Total Coliform 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
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Section
611.560
Turbidity
SUBPART N: INORGANIC MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL
REQUIREMENTS
Section
611.591
Violation of State MCL
611.592
Frequency of State Monitoring
611.600
Applicability
611.601
Monitoring Frequency
611.602
Asbestos Monitoring Frequency
611.603
Inorganic Monitoring Frequency
611.604
Nitrate Monitoring
611.605
Nitrite Monitoring
611.606
Confirmation Samples
611.607
More Frequent Monitoring and Confirmation Sampling
611.608
Additional Optional Monitoring
611.609
Determining Compliance
611.610
Inorganic Monitoring Times
611.611
Inorganic Analysis
611.612
Monitoring Requirements for Old Inorganic MCLs
611.630
Special Monitoring for Sodium
611.631
Special Monitoring for Inorganic Chemicals
SUBPART O: ORGANIC MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL
REQUIREMENTS
Section
611.640
Definitions
611.641
Old MCLs
611.645
Analytical Methods for Organic Chemical Contaminants
611.646
Phase I, Phase II, and Phase V Volatile Organic Contaminants
611.647
Sampling for Phase I Volatile Organic Contaminants (Repealed)
611.648
Phase II, Phase IIB, and Phase V Synthetic Organic Contaminants
611.650
Monitoring for 36 Contaminants (Repealed)
611.657
Analytical Methods for 36 Contaminants (Repealed)
611.658
Special Monitoring for Organic Chemicals
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
611.687
Sampling for THM Potential
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SUBPART Q: RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL
REQUIREMENTS
Section
611.720
Analytical Methods
611.731
Gross Alpha
611.732
Manmade Radioactivity
SUBPART T: REPORTING, PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND
RECORDKEEPING
Section
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
611.Appendix A
Mandatory Health Effects Information
611.Appendix B
Percent Inactivation of G. Lamblia Cysts
611.Appendix C
Common Names of Organic Chemicals
611.Appendix D
Defined Substrate Method for the Simultaneous Detection of Total
Coliforms and Eschericia Coli from Drinking Water
611.Appendix E
Mandatory Lead Public Education Information
611.Table A
Total Coliform Monitoring Frequency
611.Table B
Fecal or Total Coliform Density Measurements
611.Table C
Frequency of RDC Measurement
611.Table D
Number of Lead and Copper Monitoring Sites
611.Table E
Lead and Copper Monitoring Start Dates
611.Table F
Number of Water Quality Parameter Sampling Sites
611.Table G
Summary of Monitoring Requirements for Water Quality Parameters
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611.Table Z
Federal Effective Dates
AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 17 and 17.5 and authorized by Section 27 of the
Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/17, 17.5 and 27].
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SOURCE: Adopted in R88-26 at 14 Ill. Reg. 16517, effective September 20, 1990; amended in
R90-21 at 14 Ill. Reg. 20448, effective December 11, 1990; amended in R90-13 at 15 Ill. Reg.
1562, effective January 22, 1991; amended in R91-3 at 16 Ill. Reg. 19010, effective December 1,
1992; amended in R92-3 at 17 Ill. Reg. 7796, effective May 18, 1993; amended in R93-1 at 17 Ill.
Reg. 12650, effective July 23, 1993; amended in R94-4 at 18 Ill. Reg. 12291, effective July 28,
1994; amended in R94-23 at 19 Ill. Reg. 8613, effective June 20, 1995; amended in R95-17 at 20
Ill. Reg. 14493, effective October 22, 1996; amended in R98-2 at 22 Ill. Reg. 5020, effective
March 5, 1998; amended in R99-6 at 23 Ill. Reg. ________, effective ______________________.
Note: Capitalization denotes statutory language.
SUBPART A: GENERAL
Section 611.101
Definitions
As used in this Part, the term:
“Act” means the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5].
“Agency” means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
BOARD NOTE: The Department of Public Health (“Public Health”) regulates
non-community water supplies (“non-CWSs”, including non-transient, non-
community water supplies (“NTNCWSs”) and transient non-community water
supplies (“transient non-CWSs”)). For the purposes of regulation of supplies by
Public Health by reference to this Part, “Agency” shall mean Public Health.
“Ai” means “inactivation ratio”.
“Approved source of bottled water”, for the purposes of Section 611.130(e)(4),
means a source of water and the water therefrom, whether it be from a spring,
artesian well, drilled well, municipal water supply, or any other source, that has
been inspected and the water sampled, analyzed, and found to be a safe and sanitary
quality according to applicable laws and regulations of State and local government
agencies having jurisdiction, as evidenced by the presence in the plant of current
certificates or notations of approval from each government agency or agencies
having jurisdiction over the source, the water it bottles, and the distribution of the
water in commerce.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 142.62(g)(2) and 21 CFR 129.3(a)
(19948). The Board cannot compile an exhaustive listing of all federal, state, and
local laws to which bottled water and bottling water may be subjected. However,
the statutes and regulations of which the Board is aware are the following: the
Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act [410 ILCS 620], the Bottled Water Act [815
ILCS 310], the DPH Water Well Construction Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 920), the
DPH Water Well Pump Installation Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 925), the federal
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bottled water quality standards (21 CFR 103.35), the federal drinking water
processing and bottling standards (21 CFR 129), the federal Good Manufacturing
Practices for human foods (21 CFR 110), the federal Fair Packaging and Labeling
Act (15 U.S.C. USC §§ 1451 et seq.), and the federal Fair Packaging and Labeling
regulations (21 CFR 201).
“Best available technology” or “BAT” means the best technology, treatment
techniques or other means that U.S. EPA USEPA has found are available for the
contaminant in question. BAT is specified in Subpart F of this Part.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Board” means the Illinois Pollution Control Board.
“CAS No” means “Chemical Abstracts Services Number”.
“CT” or “CT
calc
” is the product of “residual disinfectant concentration” (RDC or C)
in mg/L determined before or at the first customer, and the corresponding
“disinfectant contact time” (T) in minutes. If a supplier applies disinfectants at
more than one point prior to the first customer, it shall determine the CT of each
disinfectant sequence before or at the first customer to determine the total percent
inactivation or “total inactivation ratio”. In determining the total inactivation ratio,
the supplier shall determine the RDC of each disinfection sequence and
corresponding contact time before any subsequent disinfection application point(s).
(See “CT
99.9
”)
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“CT
99.9
” is the CT value required for 99.9 percent (3-log) inactivation of Giardia
lamblia cysts. CT
99.9
for a variety of disinfectants and conditions appear in Tables
1.1-1.6, 2.1 and 3.1 of Section 611.Appendix B. (See “Inactivation Ratio”.)
BOARD NOTE: Derived from the definition of “CT” in 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Coagulation” means a process using coagulant chemicals and mixing by which
colloidal and suspended materials are destabilized and agglomerated into flocs.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Community Water System” or “CWS” means a public water system (PWS) that
serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly
serves at least 25 year-round residents.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948). This definition differs
slightly from that of Section 3.05 of the Act.
“Compliance cycle” means the nine-year calendar year cycle during which public
water systems (PWSs) must monitor. Each compliance cycle consists of three three-
year compliance periods. The first calendar cycle begins January 1, 1993, and ends
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December 31, 2001; the second begins January 1, 2002 and ends December 31,
2010; the third begins January 1, 2011, and ends December 31, 2019.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Compliance period” means a three-year calendar year period within a compliance
cycle. Each compliance cycle has three three-year compliance periods. Within the
first compliance cycle, the first compliance period runs from January 1, 1993, to
December 31, 1995; the second from January 1, 1996, to December 31, 1998; the
third from January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2001.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Confluent growth” means a continuous bacterial growth covering the entire
filtration area of a membrane filter or a portion thereof, in which bacterial colonies
are not discrete.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological or radiological substance
or matter in water.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Conventional filtration treatment” means a series of processes including
coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation and filtration resulting in substantial
particulate removal.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Diatomaceous earth filtration” means a process resulting in substantial particulate
removal in which:
A precoat cake of diatomaceous earth filter media is deposited on a support
membrane (septum); and
While the water is filtered by passing through the cake on the septum,
additional filter media known as body feed is continuously added to the feed
water to maintain the permeability of the filter cake.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Direct filtration” means a series of processes including coagulation and filtration
but excluding sedimentation resulting in substantial particulate removal.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Disinfectant” means any oxidant, including but not limited to chlorine, chlorine
dioxide, chloramines and ozone added to water in any part of the treatment or
distribution process, that is intended to kill or inactivate pathogenic microorganisms.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
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“Disinfectant contact time” or “T” means the time in minutes that it takes for water
to move from the point of disinfectant application or the previous point of RDC
measurement to a point before or at the point where RDC is measured.
Where only one RDC is measured, T is the time in minutes that it takes for
water to move from the point of disinfectant application to a point before or
at where RDC is measured.
Where more than one RDC is measured, T is:
For the first measurement of RDC, the time in minutes that it takes
for water to move from the first or only point of disinfectant
application to a point before or at the point where the first RDC is
measured, and
For subsequent measurements of RDC, the time in minutes that it
takes for water to move from the previous RDC measurement point
to the RDC measurement point for which the particular T is being
calculated.
T in pipelines must be calculated based on “plug flow” by dividing the
internal volume of the pipe by the maximum hourly flow rate through that
pipe.
T within mixing basins and storage reservoirs must be determined by tracer
studies or an equivalent demonstration.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Disinfection” means a process that inactivates pathogenic organisms in water by
chemical oxidants or equivalent agents.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Distribution system” includes all points downstream of an “entry point” to the
point of consumer ownership.
“Domestic or other non-distribution system plumbing problem” means a coliform
contamination problem in a PWS with more than one service connection that is
limited to the specific service connection from which the coliform-positive sample
was taken.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Dose equivalent” means the product of the absorbed dose from ionizing radiation
and such factors as account for differences in biological effectiveness due to the type
of radiation and its distribution in the body as specified by the International
Commission on Radiological Units and Measurements (ICRU).
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BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Entry point” means a point just downstream of the final treatment operation, but
upstream of the first user and upstream of any mixing with other water. If raw
water is used without treatment, the “entry point” is the raw water source. If a
PWS receives treated water from another PWS, the “entry point” is a point just
downstream of the other PWS, but upstream of the first user on the receiving PWS,
and upstream of any mixing with other water.
“Filtration” means a process for removing particulate matter from water by passage
through porous media.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Flocculation” means a process to enhance agglomeration or collection of smaller
floc particles into larger, more easily settleable particles through gentle stirring by
hydraulic or mechanical means.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“GC” means “gas chromatography” or “gas-liquid phase chromatography”.
“GC/MS” means gas chromatography (GC) followed by mass spectrometry (MS).
“Gross alpha particle activity” means the total radioactivity due to alpha particle
emission as inferred from measurements on a dry sample.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Gross beta particle activity” means the total radioactivity due to beta particle
emission as inferred from measurements on a dry sample.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Groundwater under the direct influence of surface water” is as determined in
Section 611.212.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“GWS” means “groundwater system”, a public water supply (PWS) that uses only
groundwater sources.
BOARD NOTE: Drawn from 40 CFR 141.23(b)(2) & 141.24(f)(2) note (19948).
“Halogen” means one of the chemical elements chlorine, bromine or iodine.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“HPC” means “heterotrophic plate count”, measured as specified in Section
611.531(c).
“Inactivation Ratio” (Ai) means:
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Ai = CT
calc
/CT
99.9
The sum of the inactivation ratios, or “total inactivation ratio” (B) is
calculated by adding together the inactivation ratio for each disinfection
sequence:
B =
Σ
(Ai)
A total inactivation ratio equal to or greater than 1.0 is assumed to provide a
3-log inactivation of Giardia lamblia cysts.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from the definition of “CT” in 40 CFR 141.2
(19948).
“Initial compliance period” means the three-year compliance period that begins
January 1, 1993, except for the MCLs for dichloromethane, 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene,
1,1,2-trichloroethane, benzo[a]pyrene, dalapon, di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate, di(2-ethyl-
hexyl)phthalate, dinoseb, diquat, endothall, endrin, glyphosate, hexachlorobenzene,
hexachlorocyclopentadiene, oxamyl, picloram, simazine, 2,3,7,8-TCDD, antimony,
beryllium, cyanide, nickel, and thallium as they apply to suppliers whose supplies
have fewer than 150 service connections, for which it means the three-year
compliance period that begins on January 1, 1996.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“L” means “liter”.
“Legionella” means a genus of bacteria, some species of which have caused a type
of pneumonia called Legionnaires Disease.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Man-made beta particle and photon emitters” means all radionuclides emitting beta
particles and/or photons listed in Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and
Maximum Permissible Concentrations of Radionuclides in Air and in Water for
Occupational Exposure, NCRP Report Number 22, incorporated by reference in
Section 611.102, except the daughter products of thorium-232, uranium-235 and
uranium-238.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Maximum contaminant level” (“MCL”) means the maximum permissible level of
a contaminant in water that is delivered to any user of a public water system. See
Section 611.121.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
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“Maximum Total Trihalomethane Potential” or “MTP” means the maximum
concentration of total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) produced in a given water
containing a disinfectant residual after 7 days at a temperature of 25
°
C or above.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“MFL” means millions of fibers per liter larger than 10 micrometers.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.23(a)(4)(i) (19948).
“mg” means milligrams (1/1000th of a gram).
“mg/L” means milligrams per liter.
“Mixed system” means a PWS that uses both groundwater and surface water
sources.
BOARD NOTE: Drawn from 40 CFR 141.23(b)(2) and 141.24(f)(2) note (19948).
“MUG” means 4-methyl-umbelliferyl-beta-d-glucuronide.
“Near the first service connection” means at one of the 20 percent of all service
connections in the entire system that are nearest the public water system (PWS)
treatment facility, as measured by water transport time within the distribution
system.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“nm” means nanometer (1/1,000,000,000th of a meter).
“Non-community water system” or “NCWS” or “non-CWS” means a public water
system (PWS) that is not a community water system (CWS). A non-community
water system is either a “transient non-community water system (TWS)” or a
“non-transient non-community water system (NTNCWS).”
BOARD NOTE: Derived from the definition of “public water system” in 40 CFR
141.2 (19948).
“Non-transient non-community water system” or “NTNCWS” means a public
water system (PWS) that is not a community water system (CWS) and that regularly
serves at least 25 of the same persons over 6 months per year.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“NPDWR” means “national primary drinking water regulation”.
“NTU” means “nephelometric turbidity units”.
“Old MCL” means one of the inorganic maximum contaminant levels (MCLs),
codified at Section 611.300, or organic MCLs, codified at Section 611.310,
including any marked as “additional state requirements.”
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BOARD NOTE: Old MCLs are those derived prior to the implementation of the
U.S. EPA “Phase II” regulations. The Section 611.640 definition of this term,
which applies only to Subpart O of this Part, differs from this definition in that the
definition does not include the Section 611.300 inorganic MCLs.
“P-A Coliform Test” means “Presence-Absence Coliform Test”.
“Performance evaluation sample” means a reference sample provided to a
laboratory for the purpose of demonstrating that the laboratory can successfully
analyze the sample within limits of performance specified by the Agency; or, for
bacteriological laboratories, Public Health; or, for radiological laboratories, the
Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety. The true value of the concentration of the
reference material is unknown to the laboratory at the time of the analysis.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Person” means an individual, corporation, company, association, partnership,
State, unit of local government, or federal agency.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Phase I” refers to that group of chemical contaminants and the accompanying
regulations promulgated by U.S. EPA USEPA on July 8, 1987, at 52 Fed. Reg.
25712.
“Phase II” refers to that group of chemical contaminants and the accompanying
regulations promulgated by U.S. EPA USEPA on January 30, 1991, at 56 Fed.
Reg. 3578.
“Phase IIB” refers to that group of chemical contaminants and the accompanying
regulations promulgated by U.S. EPA USEPA on July 1, 1991, at 56 Fed. Reg.
30266.
“Phase V” refers to that group of chemical contaminants promulgated by U.S. EPA
USEPA on July 17, 1992, at 57 Fed. Reg. 31776.
“Picocurie” or “pCi” means the quantity of radioactive material producing 2.22
nuclear transformations per minute.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Point of disinfectant application” is the point at which the disinfectant is applied
and downstream of which water is not subject to recontamination by surface water
runoff.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
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“Point-of-entry treatment device” is a treatment device applied to the drinking water
entering a house or building for the purpose of reducing contaminants in the
drinking water distributed throughout the house or building.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Point-of-use treatment device” is a treatment device applied to a single tap used for
the purpose of reducing contaminants in drinking water at that one tap.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Public Health” means the Illinois Department of Public Health.
BOARD NOTE: The Department of Public Health (“Public Health”) regulates
non-community water supplies (“non-CWSs”, including non-transient, non-
community water supplies (“NTNCWSs”) and transient non-community water
supplies (“transient non-CWSs”)). For the purposes of regulation of supplies by
Public Health by reference to this Part, “Agency” shall mean Public Health.
“Public water system” or “PWS” means a system for the provision to the public of
piped water for human consumption or other constructed conveyances, if such
system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves an average of at
least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year. A PWS is either a
community water system (CWS) or a non-community water system (non-CWS).
Such term includes:
Any collection, treatment, storage and distribution facilities under control of
the operator of such system and used primarily in connection with such
system,; and;
Any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under such control that
are used primarily in connection with such system.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Reliably and consistently” below a specified level for a contaminant means an
Agency determination based on analytical results following the initial detection of a
contaminant to determine the qualitative condition of water from an individual
sampling point or source. The Agency shall base this determination on the
consistency of analytical results, the degree below the MCL, the susceptibility of
source water to variation, and other vulnerability factors pertinent to the
contaminant detected that may influence the quality of water.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.23(b)(9), 141.24(f)(11)(ii), and
141.24(f)(11)(iii) (19948).
“Rem” means the unit of dose equivalent from ionizing radiation to the total body
or any internal organ or organ system. A “millirem (mrem)” is 1/1000 of a rem.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
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“Repeat compliance period” means a compliance period that begins after the initial
compliance period.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Representative” means that a sample must reflect the quality of water that is
delivered to consumers under conditions when all sources required to supply water
under normal conditions are in use and all treatment is properly operating.
“Residual disinfectant concentration” (“RDC” or “C” in CT calculations) means the
concentration of disinfectant measured in mg/L in a representative sample of water.
For purposes of the requirement of Section 611.241(d) of maintaining a detectable
RDC in the distribution system, “RDC” means a residual of free or combined
chlorine.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Safe Drinking Water Act” or “SDWA” means the Public Health Service Act, as
amended by the Safe Drinking Water Act, Pub. L. 93-523, 42 U.S.C. USC 300f et
seq.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Sanitary survey” means an onsite review of the water source, facilities, equipment,
operation and maintenance of a public water system (PWS) for the purpose of
evaluating the adequacy of such source, facilities, equipment, operation and
maintenance for producing and distributing safe drinking water.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Sedimentation” means a process for removal of solids before filtration by gravity
or separation.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“SEP” means special exception permit (Section 611.110).
“Service connection,” as used in the definition of public water system, does not
include a connection to a system that delivers water by a constructed
conveyance other than a pipe if any of the following is true:
The water is used exclusively for purposes other than residential use
(consisting of drinking, bathing, and cooking, or other similar uses);
The Agency determines by issuing a SEP that alternative water for
residential use or similar uses for drinking and cooking is provided to
achieve the equivalent level of public health protection provided by the
applicable national primary drinking water regulations; or
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The Agency determines by issuing a SEP that the water provided for
residential use or similar uses for drinking, cooking, and bathing is
centrally treated or treated at the point of entry by the provider, a
pass-through entity, or the user to achieve the equivalent level of
protection provided by the applicable national primary drinking water
regulations.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (1998). See sections
1401(4)(B)(i)(II) and (4)(B)(i)(III) of SDWA (42 USC 300f(4)(B)(i)(II)
& (4)(B)(i)(III) (1996)).
“Slow sand filtration” means a process involving passage of raw water through a
bed of sand at low velocity (generally less than 0.4 meters per hour (m/h)) resulting
in substantial particulate removal by physical and biological mechanisms.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“SOC” or “Synthetic organic chemical contaminant” refers to that group of
contaminants designated as “SOCs”, or “synthetic organic chemicals” or “synthetic
organic contaminants”, in U.S. EPA regulatory discussions and guidance
documents. “SOCs” include alachlor, aldicarb, aldicarb sulfone, aldicarb sulfoxide,
atrazine, benzo[a]pyrene, carbofuran, chlordane, dalapon, dibromoethylene
(ethylene dibromide or EDB), dibromochloropropane (DBCP), di(2-ethylhexyl)-
adipate, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, dinoseb, diquat, endothall, endrin, glyphosate,
heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorocyclopentadiene,
lindane, methoxychlor, oxamyl, pentachlorophenol, picloram, simazine, toxaphene,
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 2,4-D, 2,3,7,8-TCDD, and 2,4,5-TP.
“Source” means a well, reservoir, or other source of raw water.
“Special irrigation district” means an irrigation district in existence prior to May
18, 1994 that provides primarily agricultural service through a piped water
system with only incidental residential use or similar use, where the system or
the residential users or similar users of the system comply with either of the
following exclusion conditions:
The Agency determines by issuing a SEP that alternative water is
provided for residential use or similar uses for drinking or cooking to
achieve the equivalent level of public health protection provided by the
applicable national primary drinking water regulations; or
The Agency determines by issuing a SEP that the water provided for
residential use or similar uses for drinking, cooking, an bathing is
centrally treated or treated at the point of entry by the provider, a pass-
through entity, or the user to achieve the equivalent level of protection
provided by the applicable national primary drinking water regulations.
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BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (1998) and sections
1401(4)(B)(i)(II) and (4)(B)(i)(III) of SDWA (42 USC 300f(4)(B)(i)(II)
& (4)(B)(i)(III) (1996)).
“Standard sample” means the aliquot of finished drinking water that is examined for
the presence of coliform bacteria.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Supplier of water” or “supplier” means any person who owns or operates a public
water system (PWS). This term includes the “official custodian”.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Surface water” means all water that is open to the atmosphere and subject to
surface runoff.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“SWS” means “surface water system”, a public water supply (PWS) that uses only
surface water sources, including “groundwater under the direct influence of surface
water”.
BOARD NOTE: Drawn from 40 CFR 141.23(b)(2) and 141.24(f)(2) note (19948).
“System with a single service connection” means a system that supplies drinking
water to consumers via a single service line.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Too numerous to count” means that the total number of bacterial colonies exceeds
200 on a 47-mm diameter membrane filter used for coliform detection.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Total trihalomethanes” or “TTHM” means the sum of the concentration of
trihalomethanes (THMs), in milligrams per liter (mg/L), rounded to two significant
figures.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from the definition of “total trihalomethanes” in 40 CFR
141.2 (19948). See the definition of THMs for a listing of the four compounds that
U.S. EPA USEPA considers TTHMs to comprise.
“Transient, non-community water system” or “transient non-CWS” means a non-
CWS that does not regularly serve at least 25 of the same persons over six months
of the year.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948). The federal regulations
apply to all “public water systems”, which are defined as all systems having at least
15 service connections or regularly serving water to at least 25 persons. See 42
U.S.C. USC §300f(4). The Act mandates that the Board and the Agency regulate
“public water supplies”, which it defines as having at least 15 service connections or
regularly serving 25 persons daily at least 60 days per year. See Section 3.28 of the
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Act [415 ILCS 5/3.28]. The Department of Public Health regulates transient non-
community water systems.
“Treatment” means any process that changes the physical, chemical,
microbiological, or radiological properties of water, is under the control of the
supplier, and is not a “point of use” or “point of entry treatment device” as defined
in this Section. “Treatment” includes, but is not limited to aeration, coagulation,
sedimentation, filtration, activated carbon treatment, disinfection, and fluoridation.
“Trihalomethane” or “THM” means one of the family of organic compounds,
named as derivatives of methane, in which three of the four hydrogen atoms in
methane are each substituted by a halogen atom in the molecular structure. The
THMs are:
Trichloromethane (chloroform),
Dibromochloromethane,
Bromodichloromethane and
Tribromomethane (bromoform)
BOARD NOTE: Derived from the definitions of “total trihalomethanes”
and “trihalomethanes” in 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“
μ
g” means micrograms (1/1,000,000th of a gram).
“USEPA” or “U.S. EPA” means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“Virus” means a virus of fecal origin that is infectious to humans by waterborne
transmission.
“VOC” or “volatile organic chemical contaminant” refers to that group of
contaminants designated as “VOCs”, or “volatile organic chemicals” or “volatile
organic contaminants”, in U.S. EPA USEPA regulatory discussions and guidance
documents. “VOCs” include benzene, dichloromethane, tetrachloromethane
(carbon tetrachloride), trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane
(methyl chloroform), 1,1-dichloroethylene, 1,2-dichloroethane, cis-1,2-dichloro-
ethylene, ethylbenzene, monochlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene, styrene, 1,2,4-
trichlorobenzene, 1,1,2-trichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene, toluene, trans-1,2-di-
chloroethylene, xylene, and 1,2-dichloropropane.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Waterborne disease outbreak” means the significant occurrence of acute infectious
illness, epidemiologically associated with the ingestion of water from a public water
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system (PWS) that is deficient in treatment, as determined by the appropriate local
or State agency.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.2 (19948).
“Wellhead Protection Program” means the wellhead protection program for the
State of Illinois, approved by U.S. EPA USEPA under Section 1428 of the SDWA.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.71(b) (19948). The wellhead
protection program will include the “groundwater protection needs assessment”
under Section 17.1 of the Act, and regulations to be adopted in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
615 et seq.
(Source: Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. ________, effective ______________________)
Section 611.102
Incorporations by Reference
a)
Abbreviations and short-name listing of references. The following names and
abbreviated names, presented in alphabetical order, are used in this Part to refer to
materials incorporated by reference:
“Amco-AEPA-1 Polymer” is available from Advanced Polymer Systems.
“ASTM Method” means a method published by and available from the
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).
“Colisure Test” means “Colisure Presence/Absence Test for Detection and
Identification of Coliform Bacteria and Escherichia Coli in Drinking
Water”, available from Millipore Corporation, Technical Services
Department.
“Dioxin and Furan Method 1613” means “Tetra- through Octa-
Chlorinated Dioxins and Furans by Isotope-Dilution HRGC/HRMS”,
available from NTIS.
“GLI Method 2” means GLI Method 2, “
Turbidity”, Nov. 2, 1992,
available from Great Lakes Instruments, Inc.
“Guidance Manual for Compliance with the Filtration and Disinfection
Requirements for Public Water Systems Using Surface Water Sources”,
available from USEPA Science and Technology Branch.
“HASL Procedure Manual” means HASL Procedure Manual, HASL 300,
available from ERDA Health and Safety Laboratory.
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“Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible
Concentrations of Radionuclides in Air and in Water for Occupational
Exposure”, NCRP Report Number 22, available from NCRP.
“NCRP” means “National Council on Radiation Protection”.
“NTIS” means “National Technical Information Service”.
“New Jersey Radium Method” means “Determination of Radium 228 in
Drinking Water”, available from the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection.
“New York Radium Method” means “Determination of Ra-226 and Ra-
228 (Ra-02)”, available from the New York Department of Public Health.
“ONGP-MUG Test” (meaning “minimal medium ortho-nitrophenyl-beta-d-
galactopyranoside-4-methyl-umbelliferyl-beta-d-glucuronide test”), also
called the “Autoanalysis Colilert System”, is Method 9223, available in
“Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater”, 18th
ed., from American Public Health Association.
“Procedures for Radiochemical Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Aqueous
Solutions”, available from NTIS.
“Radiochemical Methods” means “Interim Radiochemical Methodology for
Drinking Water”, available from NTIS.
“Standard Methods”, means “Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater”, available from the American Public Health
Association or the American Waterworks Association.
“Technical Bulletin 601” means “Technical Bulletin 601, Standard Method
of Testing for Nitrate in Drinking Water”, July, 1994, available from
Analytical Technology, Inc.
“Technicon Methods” means “Fluoride in Water and Wastewater”,
available from Technicon.
“USDOE Manual” means “EML Procedures Manual”, available from the
United State Department of Energy.
“USEPA Asbestos Methods-100.1” means Method 100.1, “Analytical
Method for Determination of Asbestos Fibers in Water”, available from
NTIS.
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“USEPA Asbestos Methods-100.2” means Method 100.2, “Determination
of Asbestos Structures over 10-mm in Length in Drinking Water”,
available from NTIS.
“USEPA Environmental Inorganics Methods” means “Methods for the
Determination of Inorganic Substances in Environmental Samples”,
available from NTIS.
“USEPA Environmental Metals Methods” means “Methods for the
Determination of Metals in Environmental Samples”, available from NTIS.
“USEPA Organic Methods” means “Methods for the Determination of
Organic Compounds in Drinking Water”, July, 1991, for Methods 502.2,
505, 507, 508, 508A, 515.1, and 531.1; “Methods for the Determination of
Organic Compounds in Drinking Water--Supplement I”, July, 1990, for
Methods 506, 547, 550, 550.1, and 551; and “Methods for the
Determination of Organic Compounds in Drinking Water--Supplement II”,
August, 1992, for Methods 515.2, 524.2, 548.1, 549.1, 552.1, and 555,
available from NTIS. Methods 504.1, 508.1, and 525.2 are available from
EPA EMSL.
“USGS Methods” means “Methods of Analysis by the U.S. Geological
Survey National Water Quality Laboratory--Determination of Inorganic
and Organic Constituents in Water and Fluvial Sediments”, available from
NTIS and USGS.
“USEPA Interim Radiochemical Methods” means “Interim Radiochemical
Methodology for Drinking Water”, EPA 600/4-75-008 (revised), March
1976. Available from NTIS.
“USEPA Radioactivity Methods” means “Prescribed Procedures for
Measurement of Radioactivity in Drinking Water”, EPA 600/4-80-032,
August 1980. Available from NTIS.
“USEPA Radiochemical Analyses” means “Radiochemical Analytical
Procedures for Analysis of Environmental Samples”, March 1979.
Available from NTIS.
“USEPA Radiochemistry Methods” means “Radiochemistry Procedures
Manual”, EPA 520/5-84-006, December 1987. Available from NTIS.
“USEPA Technical Notes” means “Technical Notes on Drinking Water
Methods”, available from NTIS.
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“Waters Method B-1011” means “Waters Test Method for the
Determination of Nitrite/Nitrate in Water Using Single Column Ion
Chromatography”, available from Millipore Corporation, Waters
Chromatography Division.
b)
The Board incorporates the following publications by reference:
Access Analytical Systems, Inc., See Environetics, Inc.
Advanced Polymer Systems, 3696 Haven Avenue, Redwood City, CA
94063 415-366-2626:
Amco-AEPA-1 Polymer. See 40 CFR 141.22(a) (1995). Also, as
referenced in ASTM D1889.
American Public Health Association, 1015 Fifteenth Street NW,
Washington, DC 20005 800-645-5476:
“Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater”, 17th Edition 1989 (referred to as “Standard
Methods, 17th ed.”).
“Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater”, 18th Edition, 1992, including “Supplement to the
18th Edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater”, 1994 (collectively referred to as “Standard
Methods, 18th ed.”). See the methods listed separately for the
same references under American Water Works Association.
“Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater”, 19th Edition, 1995 (referred to as “Standard
Methods, 19th ed.”).
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 (referred to as “Standard Methods, 13th ed.”).
Method 302, Gross Alpha and Gross Beta Radioactivity in
Water (Total, Suspended and Dissolved).
Method 303, Total Radioactive Strontium and Strontium 90
in Water.
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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,
18th Edition, 1992 (referred to as “Standard Methods, 18th ed.”):
Method 2130 B, Turbidity, Nephelometric Method.
Method 2320 B, Alkalinity, Titration Method.
Method 2510 B, Conductivity, Laboratory Method.
Method 2550, Temperature, Laboratory and Field Methods.
Method 3111 B, Metals by Flame Atomic Absorption
Spectrometry, Direct Air-Acetylene Flame Method.
Method 3111 D, Metals by Flame Atomic Absorption
Spectrometry, Direct Nitrous Oxide-Acetylene Flame
Method.
Method 3112 B, Metals by Cold-Vapor Atomic Absorption
Spectrometry, Cold-Vapor Atomic Absorption
Spectrometric Method.
Method 3113 B, Metals by Electrothermal Atomic
Absorption Spectrometry, Electrothermal Atomic
Absorption Spectrometric Method.
Method 3114 B, Metals by Hydride Generation/Atomic
Absorption Spectrometry, Manual Hydride
Generation/Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Method.
Method 3120 B, Metals by Plasma Emission Spectroscopy,
Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Method.
Method 3500-Ca D, Calcium, EDTA Titrimetric Method.
Method 4110 B, Determination of Anions by Ion
Chromatography, Ion Chromatography with Chemical
Suppression of Eluent Conductivity.
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Method 4500-CN
-
C, Cyanide, Total Cyanide after
Distillation.
Method 4500-CN
-
E, Cyanide, Colorimetric Method.
Method 4500-CN
-
F, Cyanide, Cyanide-Selective Electrode
Method.
Method 4500-CN
-
G, Cyanide, Cyanides Amenable to
Chlorination after Distillation.
Method 4500-Cl D, Chlorine (Residual), Amperometric
Titration Method.
Method 4500-Cl E, Chlorine (Residual), Low-Level
Amperometric Titration Method.
Method 4500-Cl F, Chlorine (Residual), DPD Ferrous
Titrimetric Method.
Method 4500-Cl G, Chlorine (Residual), DPD Colorimetric
Method.
Method 4500-Cl H, Chlorine (Residual), Syringaldazine
(FACTS) Method.
Method 4500-Cl I, Chlorine (Residual), Iodometric
Electrode Technique.
Method 4500-ClO
2
C, Chlorine Dioxide, Amperometric
Method I.
Method 4500-ClO
2
D, Chlorine Dioxide, DPD Method.
Method 4500-ClO
2
E, Chlorine Dioxide, Amperometric
Method II (Proposed).
Method 4500-F
-
B, Fluoride, Preliminary Distillation Step.
Method 4500-F
-
C, Fluoride, Ion-Selective Electrode
Method.
Method 4500-F
-
D, Fluoride, SPADNS Method.
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Method 4500-F
-
E, Fluoride, Complexone Method.
Method 4500-H
+
B, pH Value, Electrometric Method.
Method 4500-NO
2
-
B, Nitrogen (Nitrite), Colorimetric
Method.
Method 4500-NO
3
-
D, Nitrogen (Nitrate), Nitrate Electrode
Method.
Method 4500-NO
3
-
E, Nitrogen (Nitrate), Cadmium
Reduction Method.
Method 4500-NO
3
-
F, Nitrogen (Nitrate), Automated
Cadmium Reduction Method.
Method 4500-O
3
B, Ozone (Residual) (Proposed), Indigo
Colorimetric Method.
Method 4500-P E, Phosphorus, Ascorbic Acid Method.
Method 4500-P F, Phosphorus, Automated Ascorbic Acid
Reduction Method.
Method 4500-Si D, Silica, Molybdosilicate Method.
Method 4500-Si E, Silica, Heteropoly Blue Method.
Method 4500-Si F, Silica, Automated Method for
Molybdate-Reactive Silica.
Method 4500-SO
4
2-
C, Sulfate, Gravimetric Method with
Ignition of Residue.
Method 4500-SO
4
2-
D, Sulfate, Gravimetric Method with
Drying of Residue.
Method 4500-SO
4
2-
F, Sulfate, Automated Methylthymol
Blue Method.
Method 6610, Carbamate Pesticide Method.
Method 6651, Glyphosate Herbicide (Proposed).
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Method 7110 B, Gross Alpha and Beta Radioactivity
(Total, Suspended, and Dissolved), Evaporation Method for
Gross Alpha-Beta.
Method 7110 C, Gross Alpha and Beta Radioactivity
(Total, Suspended, and Dissolved), Coprecipitation Method
for Gross Alpha Radioactivity in Drinking Water
(Proposed).
Method 7500-Cs B, Radioactive Cesium, Precipitation
Method.
Method 7500-3H, B, Tritium, Liquid Scintillation
Spectrometric Method.
Method 7500-I B, Radioactive Iodine, Precipitation
Method.
Method 7500-I C, Radioactive Iodine, Ion-Exchange
Method.
Method 7500-I D, Radioactive Iodine, Distillation Method.
Method 7500-Ra B, Radium, Precipitation Method.
Method 7500-Ra C, Radium, Emanation Method.
Method 7500-Ra D, Radium, Sequential Precipitation
Method (Proposed).
Method 7500-U B, Uranium, Radiochemical Method
(Proposed).
Method 7500-U C, Uranium, Isotopic Method (Proposed).
Method 9215 B, Heterotrophic Plate Count, Pour Plate
Method.
Method 9221 A, Multiple-Tube Fermentation Technique for
Members of the Coliform Group, Introduction.
Method 9221 B, Multiple-Tube Fermentation Technique for
Members of the Coliform Group, Standard Total Coliform
Fermentation Technique.
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Method 9221 C, Multiple-Tube Fermentation Technique for
Members of the Coliform Group, Estimation of Bacterial
Density.
Method 9221 D, Multiple-Tube Fermentation Technique for
Members of the Coliform Group, Presence-Absence (P-A)
Coliform Test.
Method 9222 A, Membrane Filter Technique for Members
of the Coliform Group, Introduction.
Method 9222 B, Membrane Filter Technique for Members
of the Coliform Group, Standard Total Coliform Membrane
Filter Procedure.
Method 9222 C, Membrane Filter Technique for Members
of the Coliform Group, Delayed-Incubation Total Coliform
Procedure.
Method 9223, Chromogenic Substrate Coliform Test
(Proposed).
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,
18th Edition Supplement, 1994 (Referred to as “Standard Methods,
18th ed.”):
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,
19th Edition, 1995 (referred to as “Standard Methods, 19th ed.”):
Method 7120-B, Gamma Spectrometric Method.
Method 7500-U C, Uranium, Isotopic Method.
Analytical Technology, Inc. ATI Orion, 529 Main Street, Boston, MA
02129:
Technical Bulletin 601, “Standard Method of Testing for Nitrate in
Drinking Water”, July, 1994, PN 221890-001 (referred to as
“Technical Bulletin 601”).
ASTM. American Society for Testing and Materials, 1976 Race Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-299-5585:
ASTM Method D511-93 A and B, “Standard Test Methods for
Calcium and Magnesium in Water”, “Test Method A--
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complexometric Titration” & “Test Method B--Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometric”, approved 1993.
ASTM Method D515-88 A, “Standard Test Methods for
Phosphorus in Water”, “Test Method A--Colorimetric Ascorbic
Acid Reduction”, approved August 19, 1988.
ASTM Method D859-88, “Standard Test Method for Silica in
Water”, approved August 19, 1988.
ASTM Method D1067-92 B, “Standard Test Methods for Acidity
or Alkalinity in Water”, “Test Method B--Electrometric or Color-
Change Titration”, approved May 15, 1992.
ASTM Method D1125-91 A, “Standard Test Methods for
Electrical Conductivity and Resistivity of Water”, “Test Method A-
-Field and Routine Laboratory Measurement of Static (Non-
Flowing) Samples”, approved June 15, 1991.
ASTM Method D1179-93 B “Standard Test Methods for Fluoride
in Water”, “Test Method B--Ion Selective Electrode”, approved
1993.
ASTM Method D1293-84 “Standard Test Methods for pH of
Water”, “Test Method A--Precise Laboratory Measurement” &
“Test Method B--Routine or Continuous Measurement”, approved
October 26, 1984.
ASTM Method D1688-90 A or C, “Standard Test Methods for
Copper in Water”, “Test Method A--Atomic Absorption, Direct” &
“Test Method C--Atomic Absorbtion, Graphite Furnace”, approved
March 15, 1990.
ASTM Method D2036-91 A or B, “Standard Test Methods for
Cyanide in Water”, “Test Method A--Total Cyanides after
Distillation” & “Test Method B--Cyanides Amenable to
Chlorination by Difference”, approved September 15, 1991.
ASTM Method D2459-72, “Standard Test Method for Gamma
Spectrometry in Water,” approved July 28, 1972, discontinued
1988.
ASTM Method D2460-90, “Standard Test Method for
Radionuclides of Radium in Water”, approved 1990.
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ASTM Method D2907-91, “Standard Test Methods for
Microquantities of Uranium in Water by Fluorometry”, “Test
Method A--Direct Fluorometric” & “Test Method B—Extraction”,
approved June 15, 1991.
ASTM Method D2972-93 B or C, “Standard Test Methods for
Arsenic in Water”, “Test Method B--Atomic Absorption, Hydride
Generation” & “Test Method C--Atomic Absorption, Graphite
Furnace”, approved 1993.
ASTM Method D3223-91, “Standard Test Method for Total
Mercury in Water”, approved September 23, 1991.
ASTM Method D3454-91, “Standard Test Method for Radium-226
in Water”, approved 1991.
ASTM Method D3559-90 D, “Standard Test Methods for Lead in
Water”, “Test Method D--Atomic Absorption, Graphite Furnace”,
approved August 6, 1990.
ASTM Method D3645-93 B, “Standard Test Methods for
Beryllium in Water”, “Method B--Atomic Absorption, Graphite
Furnace”, approved 1993.
ASTM Method D3649-91, “Standard Test Method for High-
Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectrometry of Water”, approved 1991.
ASTM Method D3697-92, “Standard Test Method for Antimony in
Water”, approved June 15, 1992.
ASTM Method D3859-93 A, “Standard Test Methods for Selenium
in Water”, “Method A--Atomic Absorption, Hydride Method”,
approved 1993.
ASTM Method D3867-90 A and B, “Standard Test Methods for
Nitrite-Nitrate in Water”, “Test Method A--Automated Cadmium
Reduction” & “Test Method B--Manual Cadmium Reduction”,
approved January 10, 1990.
ASTM Method D3972-90, “Standard Test Method for Isotopic
Uranium in Water by Radiochemistry”, approved 1990.
ASTM Method D4107-91, “Standard Test Method for Tritium in
Drinking Water”, approved 1991.
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ASTM Method D4327-91, “Standard Test Method for Anions in
Water by Ion Chromatography”, approved October 15, 1991.
ASTM Method D4785-88, “Standard Test Method for Low-Level
Iodine-131 in Water”, approved 1988.
ASTM Method D5174-91, “Standard Test Method for Trace
Uranium in Water by Pulsed-Laser Phosphorimetry”, approved
1991.
ERDA Health and Safety Laboratory, New York, NY:
HASL Procedure Manual, HASL 300, 1973. See 40 CFR
141.25(b)(2) (1995).
Great Lakes Instruments, Inc., 8855 North 55th Street, Milwaukee, WI
53223:
GLI Method 2, “Turbidity”, Nov. 2, 1992.
Millipore Corporation, Technical Services Department, 80 Ashby Road,
Milford, MA 01730 800-654-5476:
Colisure Presence/Absence Test for Detection and Identification of
Coliform Bacteria and Escherichia Coli in Drinking Water,
February 28, 1994 (referred to as “Colisure Test”).
Millipore Corporation, Waters Chromatography Division, 34 Maple St.,
Milford, MA 01757 800-252-4752:
Waters Test Method for the Determination of Nitrite/Nitrate in
Water Using Single Column Ion Chromatography, Method B-1011
(referred to as “Waters Method B-1011”).
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.
NSF.
National Sanitation Foundation International, 3475 Plymouth Road,
PO Box 130140, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48113-0140 (telephone: 734-769-
8010):
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NSF Standard 61, section 9, November 1998.
NTIS. National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161 (703) 487-
4600 or 800-553-6847:
“Interim Radiochemical Methodology for Drinking Water”, EPA
600/4-75-008 (revised), March 1976 (referred to as “USEPA
Interim Radiochemical Methods”). (Pages 1, 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 24,
29, 34)
Method 100.1, “Analytical Method for Determination of Asbestos
Fibers in Water”, EPA-600/4-83-043, September, 1983, Doc. No.
PB83-260471 (referred to as “USEPA Asbestos Methods-100.1”).
Method 100.2, “Determination of Asbestos Structures over 10-mm
in Length in Drinking Water”, EPA-600/4-83-043, June, 1994,
Doc. No. PB94-201902 (Referred to as “USEPA Asbestos
Methods-100.2”).
“Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes”, March,
1983, Doc. No. PB84-128677 (referred to as “USEPA Inorganic
Methods”). (Methods 150.1, 150.2, and 245.2, which formerly
appeared in this reference, are available from USEPA EMSL.)
“Methods for the Determination of Metals in Environmental
Samples”, June, 1991, Doc. No. PB91-231498 (referred to as
“USEPA Environmental Metals Methods”).
“Methods for the Determination of Organic Compounds in
Drinking Water”, December, 1988, revised July, 1991, EPA-600/4-
88/039 (referred to as “USEPA Organic Methods”). (For methods
502.2, 505, 507, 508, 508A, 515.1 and 531.1.)
“Methods for the Determination of Organic Compounds in
Drinking Water--Supplement I”, July, 1990, EPA-600-4-90-020
(referred to as “USEPA Organic Methods”). (For methods 506,
547, 550, 550.1, and 551.)
“Methods for the Determination of Organic Compounds in
Drinking Water--Supplement II”, August, 1992, EPA-600/R-92-
129 (referred to as “USEPA Organic Methods”). (For methods
515.2, 524.2, 548.1, 549.1, 552.1 and 555.)
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“Prescribed Procedures for Measurement of Radioactivity in
Drinking Water”, EPA 600/4-80-032, August 1980 (referred to as
“USEPA Radioactivity Methods”). (Methods 900, 901, 901.1, 902,
903, 903.1, 904, 905, 906, 908, 908.1)
“Procedures for Radiochemical Analysis of Nuclear Reactor
Aqueous Solutions”, H.L. Krieger and S. Gold, EPA-R4-73-014,
May, 1973, Doc. No. PB222-154/7BA.
“Radiochemical Analytical Procedures for Analysis of
Environmental Samples”, March, 1979, Doc. No. EMSL LV
053917 (referred to as “USEPA Radiochemical Analyses”). (Pages
1, 19, 33, 65, 87, 92)
“Radiochemistry Procedures Manual”, EPA-520/5-84-006,
December, 1987, Doc. No. PB-84-215581 (referred to as “USEPA
Radiochemistry Methods”). (Methods 00-01, 00-02, 00-07, H-02,
Ra-03, Ra-04, Ra-05, Sr-04)
“Technical Notes on Drinking Water Methods”, EPA-600/R-94-
173, October, 1994, Doc. No. PB-104766 (referred to as “USEPA
Technical Notes”).
BOARD NOTE: USEPA made the following assertion with regard
to this reference at 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1) and 141.24(e) and (n)(11)
(1995): “This document contains other analytical test procedures
and approved analytical methods that remain available for
compliance monitoring until July 1, 1996.”
“Tetra- through Octa- Chlorinated Dioxins and Furans by Isotope
Dilution HRGC/HRMS”, October, 1994, EPA-821-B-94-005
(referred to as “Dioxin and Furan Method 1613”).
New Jersey Department of Environment, Division of Environmental
Quality, Bureau of Radiation and Inorganic Analytical Services, 9 Ewing
Street, Trenton, NJ 08625:
“Determination of Radium 228 in Drinking Water”, August 1990.
New York Department of Health, Radiological Sciences Institute, Center
for Laboratories and Research, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201:
“Determination of Ra-226 and Ra-228 (Ra-02)”, January 1980,
Revised June 1982.
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Technicon Industrial Systems, Tarrytown, NY 10591:
“Fluoride in Water and Wastewater”, Industrial Method #129-71W,
December, 1972 (referred to as “Technicon Methods: Method
#129-71W”). See 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1), footnote 11 (1995).
“Fluoride in Water and Wastewater”, #380-75WE, February, 1976
(referred to as “Technicon Methods: Method #380-75WE”). See
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1), footnote 11 (1995).
United States Department of Energy, available at the Environmental
Measurements Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, 376 Hudson
Street, New York, NY 10014-3621:
“EML Procedures Manual”, 27th Edition, Volume 1, 1990.
United States Environmental Protection Agency, EMSL, Cincinnati, OH
45268 513-569-7586:
“Interim Radiochemical Methodology for Drinking Water”, EPA-
600/4-75-008 (referred to as “Radiochemical Methods”). (Revised)
March, 1976.
“Methods for the Determination of Organic Compounds in Finished
Drinking Water and Raw Source Water” (referred to as “USEPA
Organic Methods”). (For methods 504.1, 508.1, and 525.2 only).
See NTIS.
“Procedures for Radiochemical Analysis of Nuclear Reactor
Aqueous Solutions”. See NTIS.
USEPA, 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. Books and Open-File Reports Section, United States Geological
Survey, Federal Center, Box 25425, Denver, CO 80225-0425:
Methods available upon request by method number from “Methods
of Analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality
Laboratory--Determination of Inorganic and Organic Constituents
in Water and Fluvial Sediments”, Open File Report 93-125 or Book
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5, Chapter A-1, “Methods for Determination of Inorganic
Substances in Water and Fluvial Sediments”, 3d ed., Open-File
Report 85-495, 1989, as appropriate (referred to as “USGS
Methods”).
I-1030-85
I-1062-85
I-1601-85
I-1700-85
I-2598-85
I-2601-90
I-2700-85
I-3300-85
Methods available upon request by method number from”Methods
for Determination of Radioactive Substances in Water and Fluvial
Sediments”, Chapter A5 in Book 5 of “Techniques of Water-
Resources Investigations of the United States Geological Survey”,
1997.
R-1110-76
R-1111-76
R-1120-76
R-1140-76
R-1141-76
R-1142-76
R-1160-76
R-1171-76
R-1180-76
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R-1181-76
R-1182-76
c)
The Board incorporates the following federal regulations by reference:
40 CFR 136, Appendix B and C (199598).
d)
This Part incorporates no later amendments or editions.
(Source: Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. ________, effective ______________________)
Section 611.126
Prohibition on Use of Lead
a)
In general. Prohibition. Any pipe, any pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder
or flux, shall be lead free, as defined by subsection (d) (b), if it is used after June
19, 1986, in the installation or repair of:
1)
Any PWS, or
2)
Any plumbing in a residential or nonresidential facility providing water for
human consumption which that is connected to a PWS. This subsection (a)
does not apply to leaded joints necessary for the repair of cast iron pipes.
d)b)
Definition of lead free. For purposes of this Section, the term “lead free”:
1)
When used with respect to solders and flux, refers to solders and flux
containing not more than 0.2 percent lead, and;
2)
When used with respect to pipes and pipe fittings, refers to pipes and pipe
fittings containing not more than 8.0 percent lead.; and
3) When used with respect to plumbing fittings and fixtures, refers to plumbing
fittings and fixtures in compliance with NSF Standard 61, section 9,
incorporated by reference in Section 611.102.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.43(a) and (d) (198998) and 42
USC 300g-6(a)(1) (1998).
(Source: Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. ________, effective ______________________)
SUBPART C: USE OF NON-CENTRALIZED TREATMENT DEVICES
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Section 611.290
Use of Point-of-Use Devices or Bottled Water
a)
Suppliers shall not use bottled water or point-of-use devices to achieve compliance
with an MCL.
b)
Bottled water or point-of-use devices may be used on a temporary basis to avoid an
unreasonable risk to health pursuant to a SEP granted by the Agency under Section
611.110.
c)
Any use of bottled water must comply with the substantive requirements of Section
611.130(e), except that the supplier shall submit its quality control plan for Agency
review as part of its SEP request, rather than for Board review.
BOARD NOTE: Derived from 40 CFR 141.101 (19928).
(Source: Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. ________, effective ______________________)
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, do hereby certify that the
above opinion and order was adopted on the 4th day of February 1999 by a vote of 7-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
