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 3745-81-51,
3745-81-52, 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
this
chapter.
(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:
7/7/2025
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
4/2/2025 and
04/02/2030
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 6109.04
Rule
Amplifies: 6109.03,
6109.04
Prior
Effective Dates: 12/27/1978, 05/22/1989, 12/31/1990, 09/13/1993, 04/01/1996,
01/01/2002, 06/28/2003, 10/13/2008, 01/08/2010, 10/31/2010, 05/04/2015,
10/26/2020
