[Dwopcert] Stakeholder Meetings - Safe Drinking Water Rulemaking

Tue Jul 10 10:36:44 MST 2007

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Notice of Stakeholder Meetings

Omnibus Safe Drinking Water Rulemaking

Title 18, Chapter 4, Ariz. Admin. Code

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) will hold several public meetings to present planned revisions to the Department's safe drinking water rules in 18 A.A.C. 4.  The draft rulemaking can be downloaded from the Department's web site at: 

http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/water/dw/rules.html. 

The impetus for this rulemaking is to maintain Arizona's primary enforcement authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act, under A.R.S. § 49-353(A)(2)(a), which states that ADEQ shall develop rules that meet "[t]he requirements established by the United States environmental protection agency for state primary enforcement responsibility of the safe drinking water act, including the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations parts 141 and 142." 

The rulemaking restructures the State's current drinking water rules by incorporating the federal rules by reference, thereby updating the state drinking water regulations so that they are as stringent as the federal rules rather than restating the federal regulations.  This will reduce the potential for conflict between state and federal law and ensure Arizona retains jurisdiction to implement the Safe Drinking Water Act. Utilization of incorporation by reference will also facilitate review and approval of Arizona's rules by applicable state and federal entities.

The draft rulemaking restructures Chapter 4 as follows: 

* Article 1, NPDWRs;

* Article 2, State Drinking Water Regulations (state rules with no federal equivalent); * Article 3, Monitoring Assistance Program; * Article 4, Repealed; * Article 5, Recodified; * Article 6, Capacity Development Requirements for a New Public Drinking Water System; * Article 7, Repealed; and * Article 8, Technical Assistance

The Department has scheduled the following meetings to present the draft rulemaking:

TUCSON

Tues., July 17, 2007

1:30 p.m.

ADEQ - Southern Regional Office

400 West Congress

Room 444 (DES Conf. Rm.)

Tucson, AZ  85701

SAFFORD

July 18, 2007

1:00 p.m.

Graham County General Services Bldg.

912 Thatcher Blvd.

Safford, AZ

FLAGSTAFF

July 31, 2007

1-5 p.m.

Main Branch, Coconino County Library

300 W. Aspen

Flagstaff, AZ

PHOENIX

Mon., Aug. 6, 2007

1:30 p.m.

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 1110 W. Washington St., Room 250 Phoenix, AZ  85007

LAKE HAVASU CITY

August 9, 2007

2 p.m.

100 Park Avenue

Rooms 155/156

Lake Havasu City, AZ

ADEQ is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act; if an individual with a disability needs any type of accommodation, please contact ADEQ at least 72 hours before the meeting. If you would like to submit written comments (which we encourage), please submit your comments by regular mail, fax, or e-mail to one of the following persons:

Sean P. McCabe

(602) 771-4600

mccabe.sean@azdeq.gov

Anna M. Ochoa

(602) 771-4626

ochoa.anna@azdeq.gov

In Arizona, ADEQ's toll-free number is (800) 234-5677

Address:

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 1110 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ  85007

Fax: (602) 771-4634

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