The Department may, upon written application, grant an exemption from drinking water standards not to include monitoring, based upon the following conditions and findings:
(a) The public water system was in operation on the date the MCL became effective.(b) The granting of the exemption will not result in an unreasonable risk to the public health.(c) No exemption from the E. coli MCL will be granted.(d) The exemption may be granted for a period not to exceed three years from the date of issuance.(e) The Department may require the applicant to obtain a bond in sufficient amount to correct a possible hazard to public health which may be created by the granting of this exemption.Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-7-1-.05
Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIII, Issue No. 01, October 31, 2014, eff. 11/25/2014.Author: Joe Alan Power
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-23-33, 22-23-35, 22-23-49, 22-22A-5, 22-22A-6.