Ohio Admin. Code 3745-89-08 - [Effective until 7/7/2025] Analysis and Reporting
Analysis and reporting for samples used to determine compliance
with Chapters 3745-81, 3745-82 and 3745-90, and rules
3745-9-09 and
3745-91-06 of the Administrative
Code shall be completed by a laboratory certified by
the director
facilities meeting requirements
to perform drinking water testing as identified in paragraphs (A) to
to perform drinking water testing, or by a facility
acceptable to the director, including out of state laboratories that meet
paragraph (D) of rule
3745-89-02 of the Administrative
Code, as follows:
(A) Beginning
October 1, 2018, a complete analysis, including quality control, shall be
performed no later than thirty business days after receipt of the sample. For
radiological chemicals, a complete analysis, including quality control, shall
be performed no later than sixty business days after receipt of the
sample.
(B) Except as provided for
in paragraph (C) of this rule, results shall be reported to the director and to
public water systems by the tenth day following the date the analyses are
completed. All reports required under this rule shall be submitted
electronically via a method acceptable to the director.
(C) The following results shall be reported
by no later than the end of the next business day after the analysis is
completed:
(1) All positive and all repeat
sample results required by rules
3745-81-14 and
3745-81-21 of the Administrative
Code, and all microbial monitoring results required by rule
3745-81-42 of the Administrative
Code.
(2) All results at or above
any maximum contaminant level specified in rule 3745-81-11, 3745-81-12, or
3745-81-15 of the Administrative
Code, and all resample results to confirm MCL exceedances.
(3) All detections of total microcystins in
raw and finished water samples required by Chapter 3745-90 of the
Administrative Code, all results of microcystins samples collected in response
to an exceedance of the microcystins action level established in paragraph
(A)(1) or (A)(2) of rule
3745-90-02 of the Administrative
Code, and all results of cyanobacteria screening that indicate the potential
for cyanotoxins.production of cylindrospermopsin, saxitoxins or
anatoxin-a.
(4) Results of
lead and copper tap water sample analysis and all identifying information about
where the sample was collected to the water system and the director.
(5) All startup sample results for seasonal
public water systems required by rule
3745-81-51 of the Administrative
Code.
(D) All results
required to be reported under paragraph (C) of this rule
must
shall be
reported as follows:
(1) To the director
electronically via a method acceptable to the director.
(2) To public water systems either by fax,
electronically via a method acceptable to the director, or by overnight mail
delivery.
(E) Reports
required under
in
accordance with this rule shall be submitted on forms or in a form
acceptable to the director and shall be complete and correct. Each report shall
include at least the analytical data, the name and certification number of the
laboratory performing or reporting the analysis, the analytical method type,
the dates that the sample was collected and received as well as the date the
analysis was completed, the sample identification number as separately assigned
by the laboratory for each sample, the analyst number of the laboratory analyst
who performed the analyses, the sample collector's identification information,
and complete sample and public water system identification information
including sample location description, sample monitoring point and sample type.
Additional information may be required based on contaminant.
(F) The director may establish reporting
limits for any approved analytical method for contaminants listed in Chapters
3745-81 and 3745-90 of the Administrative Code. Laboratories shall report
analytical results in accordance with the reporting limits established in
the appendix B to rule
3745-89-03 of the Administrative
Code.
(G) Failure by a laboratory
to file appropriate, complete, correct, and timely reports of analytical
results required by this rule may be considered by the director as failure to
meet an acceptable level of performance and as failure to successfully meet the
requirements for renewal of a laboratory certification. Out of state
laboratories and in state facilities that fail to meet the requirements of this
rule may be removed from the list of acceptable analytical laboratories and
reporting facilities by the director.
(H) Analytical results required by rules
3745-81-73 to 3745-81-75, and
3745-83-01 and Chapter 3745-82
of the Administrative Code, except for paragraph (G)(1) of rule
3745-81-75 of the Administrative
Code, shall be reported to the director only when requested by the
director.
(I) A laboratory or a
facility that subcontracts, as defined in rule
3745-89-01 of the Administrative
Code, is responsible for meeting the reporting requirements in this rule. A
laboratory or facility may arrange with a subcontracted laboratory to perform
this reporting; however, the laboratory retains the ultimate responsibility for
these reporting requirements.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 6109.04, 6109.121
Rule Amplifies: 6109.04, 6109.121, 3745.50
Prior Effective Dates: 10/01/1995, 04/01/1999, 06/28/2003, 06/18/2009, 09/14/2009, 10/31/2010, 05/04/2015, 06/01/2016, 05/01/2018
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Analysis and reporting for samples used to determine compliance with Chapters 3745-81, 3745-82 and 3745-90, and rules 3745-9-09 and 3745-91-06 of the Administrative Code shall be completed by a laboratory certified by the director facilities meeting requirements to perform drinking water testing as identified in paragraphs (A) to to perform drinking water testing, or by a facility acceptable to the director, including out of state laboratories that meet paragraph (D) of rule 3745-89-02 of the Administrative Code, as follows:
(A) Beginning October 1, 2018, a complete analysis, including quality control, shall be performed no later than thirty business days after receipt of the sample. For radiological chemicals, a complete analysis, including quality control, shall be performed no later than sixty business days after receipt of the sample.
(B) Except as provided for in paragraph (C) of this rule, results shall be reported to the director and to public water systems by the tenth day following the date the analyses are completed. All reports required under this rule shall be submitted electronically via a method acceptable to the director.
(C) The following results shall be reported by no later than the end of the next business day after the analysis is completed:
(1) All positive and all repeat sample results required by rules 3745-81-14 and 3745-81-21 of the Administrative Code, and all microbial monitoring results required by rule 3745-81-42 of the Administrative Code.
(2) All results at or above any maximum contaminant level specified in rule 3745-81-11, 3745-81-12, or 3745-81-15 of the Administrative Code, and all resample results to confirm MCL exceedances.
(3) All detections of total microcystins in raw and finished water samples required by Chapter 3745-90 of the Administrative Code, all results of microcystins samples collected in response to an exceedance of the microcystins action level established in paragraph (A)(1) or (A)(2) of rule 3745-90-02 of the Administrative Code, and all results of cyanobacteria screening that indicate the potential for cyanotoxins.production of cylindrospermopsin, saxitoxins or anatoxin-a.
(4) Results of lead and copper tap water sample analysis and all identifying information about where the sample was collected to the water system and the director.
(5) All startup sample results for seasonal public water systems required by rule 3745-81-51 of the Administrative Code.
(D) All results required to be reported under paragraph (C) of this rule must shall be reported as follows:
(1) To the director electronically via a method acceptable to the director.
(2) To public water systems either by fax, electronically via a method acceptable to the director, or by overnight mail delivery.
(E) Reports required under in accordance with this rule shall be submitted on forms or in a form acceptable to the director and shall be complete and correct. Each report shall include at least the analytical data, the name and certification number of the laboratory performing or reporting the analysis, the analytical method type, the dates that the sample was collected and received as well as the date the analysis was completed, the sample identification number as separately assigned by the laboratory for each sample, the analyst number of the laboratory analyst who performed the analyses, the sample collector's identification information, and complete sample and public water system identification information including sample location description, sample monitoring point and sample type. Additional information may be required based on contaminant.
(F) The director may establish reporting limits for any approved analytical method for contaminants listed in Chapters 3745-81 and 3745-90 of the Administrative Code. Laboratories shall report analytical results in accordance with the reporting limits established in the appendix B to rule 3745-89-03 of the Administrative Code.
(G) Failure by a laboratory to file appropriate, complete, correct, and timely reports of analytical results required by this rule may be considered by the director as failure to meet an acceptable level of performance and as failure to successfully meet the requirements for renewal of a laboratory certification. Out of state laboratories and in state facilities that fail to meet the requirements of this rule may be removed from the list of acceptable analytical laboratories and reporting facilities by the director.
(H) Analytical results required by rules 3745-81-73 to 3745-81-75, and 3745-83-01 and Chapter 3745-82 of the Administrative Code, except for paragraph (G)(1) of rule 3745-81-75 of the Administrative Code, shall be reported to the director only when requested by the director.
(I) A laboratory or a facility that subcontracts, as defined in rule 3745-89-01 of the Administrative Code, is responsible for meeting the reporting requirements in this rule. A laboratory or facility may arrange with a subcontracted laboratory to perform this reporting; however, the laboratory retains the ultimate responsibility for these reporting requirements.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 6109.04, 6109.121
Rule Amplifies: 6109.04, 6109.121, 3745.50
Prior Effective Dates: 10/01/1995, 04/01/1999, 06/28/2003, 06/18/2009, 09/14/2009, 10/31/2010, 05/04/2015, 06/01/2016, 05/01/2018