Ohio § 6109.121

§ 6109.121.

(A) The director of environmental protection shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter

119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Require the owner or operator of a community or nontransient noncommunity water system

to conduct sampling of the system for lead and copper; (2) Establish a schedule for lead and copper sampling applicable to the owner or operator

of a community or nontransient noncommunity water system that, at a minimum, does

both of the following: (a) Allows the director, in establishing the schedule, to consider the following factors

when determining if a community or nontransient noncommunity water system must conduct

sampling at least once annually: (i) The age of the water system; (ii) Whether corrosion control requirements are met; (iii) Any other relevant risk factors, as determined by the director, including aging infrastructure

likely to contain lead service lines. (b) Requires the owner or operator of a system where such risk factors are identified

to conduct sampling at least once annually until the risk factors are mitigated in

accordance with rules. (3) Require the owner or operator of a community or nontransient noncommunity water system

to provide collected samples to a certified laboratory for analysis; (4) Authorize the director to require additional sampling for pH level and other water

quality parameters to determine if corrosion control requirements are met; (5) Authorize the director to establish corrosion control requirements for community

and nontransient noncommunity water systems; (6) Require the owner or operator of a community or nontransient noncommunity water system

to conduct a new or updated corrosion control treatment study and submit a new or

updated corrosion control treatment plan not later than eighteen months after any

of the following events: (a) The system changes or adds a source from which water is obtained. (b) The system makes a substantial change in water treatment. (c) The system operates outside of acceptable ranges for lead, copper, pH, or other corrosion

indicators, as determined by the director. (d) Any other event determined by the director to have the potential to impact the water

quality or corrosiveness of water in the system. (7) Authorize the director to waive the requirement to conduct a new or updated corrosion

control study established in rules adopted under division (A)(6) of this section in

appropriate circumstances; (8) When the owner or operator of a community or nontransient noncommunity water system

is required to complete a corrosion control treatment study and submit a plan in accordance

with rules adopted under division (A)(6) of this section, require the owner or operator

to complete the study and submit the plan to the director for approval even if sampling

results conducted subsequent to the initiation of the study and plan do not exceed

the lead action level established in rules adopted under this chapter; (9) When the owner or operator of a community or nontransient noncommunity water system

is required to complete a corrosion control treatment study and submit a plan in accordance

with rules adopted under division (A)(6) of this section, require the owner or operator

to submit to the director an interim status report of actions taken to implement the

corrosion control study six months and twelve months from the date of initiation of

the corrosion control study requirement; (10) Establish a lead threshold for individual taps; (11) Establish and revise content for public education materials; (12) Authorize the director to develop procedures and requirements to document that notices

were provided by the owner or operator of a community or nontransient noncommunity

water system as required under the rules adopted under division (A)(15) of this section; (13) Authorize the director to assess administrative penalties in accordance with section 6109.23 of the Revised Code for violations of the notice requirements established in rules adopted under divisions

(A)(15)(b) and (c)(i) of this section; (14) Require a laboratory that receives a lead or copper tap water sample from a community

or nontransient noncommunity water system to do both of the following: (a) Complete a lead or copper analysis of the sample, as applicable, not later than thirty

business days after the receipt of the sample; (b) Not later than the end of the next business day following the day the analysis of

the sample is completed, report the results of the analysis and all identifying information

about where the sample was collected to the community or nontransient noncommunity

water system and the director. (15) Require the owner or operator of a community or nontransient noncommunity water system

to do all of the following, as applicable, with regard to laboratory results received

under rules adopted under division (A)(14) of this section: (a) If the laboratory results show that a sample from an individual tap is below the

applicable lead threshold as established in rules adopted under this chapter, provide

notice of the results of each individual tap sample to the owner and persons served

at the residence or other structure where the tap was sampled within a time period

specified in rules that is not more than thirty business days after the receipt of

the laboratory results; (b) If the results show that a sample from an individual tap is above the applicable

lead threshold as established under rules adopted under this chapter, provide notice

of the results of each individual tap sample to the owner and persons served at the

residence or other structure where the tap was sampled within a time period specified

in rules that is not more than two business days after the receipt of the laboratory

results, and do all of the following, as applicable: (i) For the owner or operator of a nontransient noncommunity water system, immediately

remove from service all fixtures identified as contributing to elevated lead levels; (ii) For the owner or operator of a community water system, include in the system's annual

consumer confidence report the lead or copper laboratory results, an explanation of

the associated health risks, what actions consumers of the system can take to reduce

health risks, and the actions the system is taking to reduce public exposure; (iii) Not later than two business days after the receipt of the laboratory results, provide

information on the availability of health screening and blood lead level testing to

the owner and persons served at the residence or other structure where the sample

was collected and provide notice of the laboratory results to the applicable local

board of health. (c) If the laboratory results show that the community or nontransient noncommunity water

system exceeds the lead action level established in rules adopted under this chapter,

do all of the following, as applicable: (i) Not later than two business days after the receipt of the laboratory results, provide

notice to all of the system's water consumers that the system exceeds the lead action

level.  The owner or operator shall provide the notice in a form specified by the director. (ii) Not later than five business days after the receipt of the laboratory results by

the owner or operator of a community water system, provide information on the availability

of tap water testing for lead to all consumers served by the system who are known

or likely to have lead service lines, lead pipes, or lead solder as identified in

the map required to be completed by rules adopted under division (A)(18) of this section; (iii) Not later than thirty business days after the receipt of the laboratory results,

make an analysis of laboratory results available to all consumers served by the system,

comply with public education requirements established in rules adopted under this

chapter that apply when a public water system exceeds the lead action level, and provide

information to consumers served by the system about the availability of health screenings

and blood lead level testing in the area served by the water system; (iv) Subject to rules adopted under division (A)(7) of this section, perform a corrosion

control treatment study and submit a corrosion control treatment plan to the director

not later than eighteen months after the date on which laboratory results were received

by the owner or operator indicating that the system exceeded the lead action level. (16) Require that not later than five business days after the receipt of the laboratory

results, the owner or operator shall certify to the director that the owner or operator

has complied with the requirements of rules adopted under divisions (A)(15)(b), (A)(15)(c)(i),

and (A)(15)(c)(ii) of this section, as applicable. (17) Require that if the owner or operator of a community or nontransient noncommunity

water system fails to provide the notices required under rules adopted under division

(A)(15)(b) or (c)(i) of this section, the director shall provide those notices beginning

ten business days from the date that the director receives laboratory results under

the rules adopted under division (A)(14) of this section. (18) Require the owner or operator of a community or nontransient noncommunity water system

to submit a map to the director showing areas of the system that are known or are

likely to contain lead service lines and identifying characteristics of buildings

served by the system that may contain lead piping, solder, or fixtures.  The rules shall, at a minimum, require the owner or operator to do all of the following: (a) Submit a copy of the applicable map to the department of health and the department

of job and family services; (b) Submit a report to the director containing at least the applicable map and a list

of sampling locations that are tier I sites used to collect samples as required by

rules adopted under this chapter, including contact information for the owner and

occupant of each sampling site; (c) Update and resubmit the information required by divisions (A)(18)(a) and (b) of this

section according to a schedule determined by the director, but not less frequently

than required under the Safe Drinking Water Act. (B) The director shall post information on the environmental protection agency's web

site about sources of funding that are available to assist communities with lead service

line identification and replacement and schools with fountain and water-service fixture

replacement. (C) As required by the director, an owner or operator of a nontransient noncommunity

water system that is a school or child care center shall collect additional tap water

samples in buildings identified in the map required to be completed by rules adopted

under division (A)(18) of this section. (D) As used in this section: (1) “Child care center” has the same meaning as in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code . (2) “ School ” means a school operated by the board of education of a city, local, exempted village,

or joint vocational school district, the governing board of an educational service

center, the governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314.

of the Revised Code, the governing body of a science, technology, engineering, and

mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, the board

of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328.

of the Revised Code, or the governing authority of a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic

school. (3) “ Local board of health ” means the applicable board of health of a city or general health district or the

authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code .