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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 17-933

NOTICES

Availability of Technical Guidance

[47 Pa.B. 3153]
[Saturday, June 3, 2017]

 Technical guidance documents are available on the Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) web site at http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/HomePage. The ''Technical Guidance Final Documents'' heading is the link to a menu of the various Department bureaus where each bureau's final technical guidance documents are posted. The ''Technical Guidance Draft Documents'' heading is the link to the Department's draft technical guidance documents.

Ordering Paper Copies of Department Technical Guidance

 The Department encourages the use of the Internet to view and download technical guidance documents. When this option is not available, persons can order a paper copy of any of the Department's draft or final technical guidance documents by contacting the Department at (717) 783-8727.

 In addition, bound copies of some of the Department's documents are available as Department publications. Check with the appropriate bureau for more information about the availability of a particular document as a publication.

Changes to Technical Guidance Documents

 Following is the current list of recent changes. Persons who have questions or comments about a particular document should call the contact person whose name and phone number is listed with each document.

 Final Technical Guidance Document: New Guidance. DEP ID: 390-3301-001. Title: Cryptosporidia, E. coli, and Turbidity LT2ESWTR Laboratory Reporting Instructions for Public Water Systems Using Surface Water or Groundwater Under the Direct Influence of Surface Water (GUDI) Sources. Description: The Long-term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2ESWTR) describes source water quality monitoring and additional treatment requirements for higher risk water systems, to enhance public health protection against pathogenic microbial contaminants, especially Cryptosporidia. For the LT2ESWTR, public water systems (PWS) that use surface water or GUDI sources must monitor their sources to determine treatment requirements and report the results under the Safe Drinking Water Program. This manual establishes uniform instructions and protocol for completing the electronic forms and for implementing the public drinking water reporting for PWSs using surface water or GUDI sources. Laboratories and PWSs must now report data electronically, according to 25 Pa. Code § 109.810 (relating to reporting and notification requirements). The new technical guidance also provides instructions for submitting Cryptosporidia in source water results into the Drinking Water Electronic Lab Reporting application by means of a new CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS form for reporting. In addition, this new guidance introduces source water reporting of E. coli by enumeration. A notice of availability of the draft technical guidance was published at 47 Pa.B. 730 (February 4, 2017) for a 30-day public comment period. No public comments were received. There were two internal changes: 1) the word- ing on page 16 was changed in the SDWA-1 Form Description/Explanation table as follows: ''Location ID 2: Leave this column blank. If using a blended source sample, contact DEP.''; and 2) the contact list was updated.

 Contact: Questions regarding this technical guidance document should be directed to Pauline Risser at parisser@pa.gov or (717) 772-5970.

 Effective Date: June 3, 2017.

PATRICK McDONNELL, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 17-933. Filed for public inspection June 2, 2017, 9:00 a.m.]


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