Analyte analyses conducted to determine
compliance with Chapters 3745-81, 3745-82, and 3745-83 of the Administrative
Code shall be performed by a laboratory certified by the director pursuant to
Chapter 3745-89 of the Administrative Code unless otherwise specified and shall
be made in accordance with methods listed in the 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(C.F.R.) parts 141, including Appendix A (Alternative Testing Methods Approved
for Analyses under the Safe Drinking Water Act) to Subpart C (Monitoring and
Analytical Requirements) of part 141, and 143 for the analytes referenced in
this rule.
(A)
Methods which have been determined to be equivalent to
an approved method, by "USEPA Alternative Test Procedure (ATP) program at the
Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water's Technical Support Center
(OGWDW/TSC)," may be used for compliance monitoring. Equivalent methods will be
referenced in the C.F.R. part 141 Appendix A (Alternative Testing Methods
Approved for Analyses under the Safe Drinking Water Act) to Subpart C
(Monitoring and Analytical Requirements) The letter of equivalence issued by
USEPA's ATP program at OGWDW/TSC must be maintained by the certified laboratory
and be available for verification.
(B)
Inorganic
chemical analyses for analytes identified in rules 3745- 81-11, 3745-81-23,
3745-81-80 to 3745-81-86, 3745-81-88, and 3745-83-01 of the Administrative
Code.
(C)
Organic chemical analyses for analytes identified in
rules 3745-81-12 and
3745-81-24 of the Administrative
Code.
(D)
Residual disinfection analyses for analytes identified
in rules 3745-81-10, 3745-81-43,
3745-81-70 to
3745-81-74 and
3745-83-01 of the Administrative
Code. Residual disinfectant concentrations for free chlorine, total chlorine,
combined chlorine and chlorine dioxide shall be measured by persons acceptable
to the director.
(E)
Treatment techniques analyses and operational
requirements (or plant control tests) analyses for analytes identified in rules
3745-81-77 and
3745-83-01 of the Administrative
Code, respectively. Turbidity shall be measured by a person designated on a
valid certificate of approval as required under rule
3745-89-03 of the Administrative
Code.
(F)
Microbiological analyses for analytes identified in
rules 3745-81-14, 3745-81-21, 3745-81-42, 3745-81-43, and
3745-81-50 to
3745-81-55 of the Administrative
Code.
(G)
Radioactivity analyses for analytes identified in rules
3745-81-15 and
3745-81-26 of the Administrative
Code.
(H)
Source water monitoring analyses for analytes
identified in rules
3745-81-64 to
3745-81-69 of the Administrative
Code. Analyses for analytes conducted to determine compliance with rules
3745-81-64 to
3745-81-69 of the Administrative
Code shall be performed by a laboratory certified by the director pursuant to
Chapter 3745-89 of the Administrative Code unless otherwise specified, and
shall be made in accordance with methods listed in the 40 C.F.R. part 136 and
141 for the analytes referenced in these rules.
(I)
Ground water
assessment analyses for analytes identified in rule
3745-81-42 of the Administrative
Code.
(J)
Control of lead and copper analyses for analytes
identified in rule
3745-81-89 of the Administrative
Code.
(K)
Harmful Algal Blooms analyses for analytes identified
in rule 3745-90-04 of the Administrative
Code.
(L)
Well Development and Pumping Test analyses for analytes
identified in rule
3745-9-09 of the Administrative
Code.
(M)
Water quality parameter analyses for analytes
identified in rule
3745-81-87 of the Administrative
Code -shall be analyzed in accordance with methods referenced in this rule but
are exempt from being analyzed at laboratories meeting requirements of rule
3745-89-02 of the Administrative
Code.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
3745-81-27
Effective:
10/26/2020
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
10/26/2025
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 6109.03,
6109.04
Rule
Amplifies: 6109.03,
6109.04
