Chapter
208
2007 -- H 5578 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/02/07
A N A C T
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES
Introduced By: Representatives Ginaitt, Walsh, Naughton, and Sullivan
Date Introduced: February 28,
2007
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Chapter 46-13 of the General Laws entitled "Public Drinking Water
Supply" is hereby amended by
adding thereto the following section:
46-13-22.
Cross-connection control. – (a) The director is hereby authorized to
adopt
consistent
statewide regulations governing the content of cross-connection control plans
and to
require
that all community public water systems and all non-transient, non-community
public
water
systems prepare a cross-connection control plan. The purpose of these plans
shall be to
protect
the public water system distribution and transmission infrastructure from
contamination
through
cross-connections. All community public water systems and all non-transient,
non-
community
public water systems shall certify to the director that said plan complies with
the
regulations
in accordance with the following schedule:
(1)
Community and non-transient, non-community public water systems serving more
than
five hundred (500) people shall submit certification of compliance no later
than June 30,
2009
and implement said plan immediately thereafter.
(2)
Community and non-transient, non-community public water systems serving five
hundred
(500) people or fewer shall submit certification of compliance no later than
June 30,
2012
and implement said plan immediately thereafter.
(b)
The regulations governing cross-connection control plans adopted by the
director
shall
at a minimum include: the installation of cross-connection control valves at
all newly
constructed
service connections prior to the provision of water service; the installation
of cross
connection
control valves at all non-residential service connections; and the installation
of cross-
connection
control devices at all residential service connections; provided, however, that
installation
of cross-connection control devices shall not be made a mandatory condition of
a
transfer
of a residential property that exists as of the effective date of this act.
(c)
Public water supply systems shall be authorized to terminate water service to
any
customer
who fails to install the appropriate cross-connection control device upon due
notice.
(d)
The cross-connection control devices required to be installed shall be models
approved
by the Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research of the
University
of Southern California (FCCCHR, USC), the American Water Works Association
(AWWA),
and/or the American Society of Sanitary Engineers (ASSE).
(e)
The director may also adopt and enforce standards including the establishment
of fees
for
certification of persons engaged in cross-connection surveying or backflow
prevention,
assembly
training, repair and maintenance testing.
(f)
Any regulations and/or standards promulgated, amended and/or administered
pursuant
to
the provisions of this section shall conform to the requirements of chapter
42-35 (“The
Administrative
Procedures Act”.)
SECTION
2. Section 46-15.3-14 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-15.3 entitled
"Public
Drinking
Water Supply System Protection" is hereby repealed.
46-15.3-14.
Public water suppliers -- Control of backflow and cross-connections. --
(a) It
is the responsibility of all suppliers of public drinking water to protect the
potable water
system
from contamination or pollution due to cross-connection by requiring the
installation of an
approved
backflow device after the service meter. Suppliers may require that as a
condition to
being
provided water service that customers provide cross-connection control in a
manner
approved
by it. Backflow devices required to be installed shall be models approved by
the
foundation
for cross-connection control and hydraulic research of the University of
Southern
California
(FCCCHR, USC), the American water works association (AWWA), and/or the
American
society of sanitary engineers (ASSE).
(b) Suppliers are authorized to establish a cross-connection control program
and to
establish
rules and regulations for the program. The policies, procedures and criteria
for
determining
appropriate levels of protection shall be in accordance with the procedures
contained
in
the environmental protection agency cross-connection control manual, 1989
edition or any
superceding
editions. Suppliers shall have the authority to charge reasonable fees for the
administration
of the cross-connection control program.
(c) Authorized employees of suppliers with proper identification shall be given
access, at
reasonable
hours of the day, to all parts of all buildings to which water is supplied.
(d) Suppliers may refuse to provide water service or may terminate water service
to any
property
of a customer who refuses to allow necessary inspectors or who fails to install
or
maintain
the required backflow device or if the supplier determines that hazardous
conditions
exist.
SECTION
3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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