The Department may, upon written application, grant an exemption from drinking water standards not to include monitoring, based upon the following conditions and findings:

1. (a) The public water system was in operation on the date the MCL became effective.
2. (b) The granting of the exemption will not result in an unreasonable risk to the public health.
3. (c) No exemption from the E. coli MCL will be granted.
4. (d) The exemption may be granted for a period not to exceed three years from the date of issuance.
5. (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.

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.

History: May 23, 1977. Repealed and Readopted: January 4, 1989; October 31 1990; effective December 5, 1990. Amended: Filed October 21, 2014; effective November 25, 2014.