La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § XII-111

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XII-111 - General Requirements

A. All reports, final plans, specifications, and design criteria required by §105 of this Part shall be submitted at least 60 days prior to the date on which action by the state health officer is desired. Environmental assessments, and permits for construction, to take water, for waste discharges, for stream crossings, etc., may be required from other federal, state, or local agencies.

B. No approval for construction can be issued until final, complete, detailed plans and specifications have been submitted to the state health officer and found to be satisfactory.

C. Documents submitted for formal approval shall include but not be limited to:

1. engineers report, where applicable;

2. summary of the design criteria;

3. operation requirements, where applicable;

4. general layout;

5. detailed plans;

6. specifications;

7. cost estimates;

8. documentation of adequate source of supply (e.g., water purchase contracts between water supplies, and/or inter-municipal agreements), where applicable;

9. evaluation of technical, managerial, and financial capacity where applicable:

a. public water systems are required by the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (LDH-OPH) to demonstrate adequate capacity development under LAC 48:V.77, Subchapter B;

b. except as may otherwise be required under LAC 48:V.77, Subchapter B., the evaluation for existing public water systems shall include:

i. a discussion of the system's current technical capacity along with any project related changes with respect to operator certification requirements and the operators ability to implement any system changes that may be required upon project completion;

ii. a discussion of the system's current overall management and how the system's management will be impacted by the project including but not limited to whether the system has an asset management plan and, if so, how the project components will be incorporated into that plan;

iii. a discussion of the water system's overall financial capacity along with user projected water rates including the system's outstanding obligations combined with the anticipated debt from the current project under review and the overall operation and maintenance. If applicable, the financial capacity discussion should include details of any energy efficiency components included as part of the project along with the estimated long term cost and energy savings associated with them; and

iv. other additional information as required by the state health officer.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § XII-111

Promulgated by the Department of Health, Office of Public Health, LR 44297 (2/1/2018), effective 8/1/2018.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4.A.(8), 40:4.13.D.(1)(2) and 40:5.A.(2)(3)(5)(6)(7)(17).