PURPOSE: This rule complies with section 536.023, RSMo which requires each agency to adopt as a rule a description of its operation and how the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests.

1. (1) The Public Drinking Water Program is part of the Division of Environmental Quality of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Its mission is to assure the provision of safe and adequate public drinking water supplies for residents of and transients in the state.
2. (2) Public Drinking Water Program activities include program administration; program planning and development; issuance of design guidelines; review of plans and specifications; data processing; maintenance of records; issuance of permits, variances and exemptions; technical assistance to regional offices, other state agencies and the director of the Department of Natural Resources; monitoring water quality; evaluating and reporting results of laboratory analysis; public information; requesting legal action; and grant administration.
3. (3) Drinking water activities in the regional offices of the Division of Environmental Quality include surveillance and evaluation of the adequacy and condition of public water systems. At a frequency to be determined by the department, the department shall conduct sanitary surveys and on-site inspection and surveillance observations of public water systems including, but not necessarily limited to, a review of the following: waterworks system physical facilities and equipment; administration and recordkeeping; training of operators; sampling techniques and monitoring activities for water quality; the maintenance program for the waterworks system; design and operation of the waterworks system; the competency of the supplier of water; a crossconnection control program; the reliability of the waterworks system; security measures provided to protect water quality and the operation of the water system; water quality; and the emergency operation plan.
4. (4) Laboratory services include the analysis of water samples for physical, chemical, radiological and microbiological parameters.

5. (5) The Department of Natural Resources—

   1. (A) Exercises general supervision of the administration and enforcement of regulations providing for the safety of public water systems and adequate amounts of safe drinking water for the people of this state;
   2. (B) Develops comprehensive plans and programs designed to assure safe public water systems and adequate amounts of safe drinking water for the people of this state;
   3. (C) Accepts and administers loans and grants from the federal government and from other sources, public or private, for carrying out any of its functions, which loans and grants shall not be expended for other than the purposes for which provided;
   4. (D) Encourages, participates in or conducts studies, surveys, sanitary surveys, investigations and research and demonstrations relating to safe drinking water as it may deem advisable for the discharge of its duties;
   5. (E) Through the Safe Drinking Water Commission, adopts, amends and rescinds rules, after due public notice and hearing, including primary and secondary drinking water regulations, to enforce, implement and effectuate the purposes or provisions of the Missouri Safe Drinking Water Act, or as the department may determine necessary to assure safe public water systems;
   6. (F) Issues, modifies or revokes orders, and prohibits or abates the dispensing of water from any public drinking water system which the department determines is not in compliance with maximum contaminant levels. The department may adopt other remedial measures to prevent the dispensing to the public water that is not of safe quality;
   7. (G) Holds hearings, issues notices of hearings and takes testimony as the department director deems necessary to perform the duties of the department under the Missouri Safe Drinking Water Act. Any of these powers may be exercised on behalf of the department director by a hearing officer designated by him/her; and
   8. (H) Enters into agreements, contracts or cooperative arrangements with other state agencies, federal agencies, interstate agencies, political subdivisions, educational institutions, local health departments or other organizations and individuals for the purpose of administering the state Public Drinking Water Program.

6. (6) Safe Drinking Water Commission.

   1. (A) Duties. The Safe Drinking Water Commission is charged with promulgating 10 CSR 60-1

rules necessary for the implementation, administration and enforcement of Missouri's safe drinking water statutes.

1. (B) Membership.

   1. 1. The nine (9) members of the com-

mission are appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate.

1. 2. Four (4) members of the commission

shall be associated with the operation of public water systems, as follows:

1. A. One (1) member shall be associat-

ed with a public water system serving less than or equal to seventy-five (75) persons;

1. B. One (1) member shall be associat-

ed with a public water system serving seventy-six (76) to two thousand five hundred (2,500) persons;

1. C. One (1) member shall be associat-

ed with a public water system serving two thousand five hundred one (2,501) to one hundred thousand (100,000) persons; and

1. D. One (1) member shall be associat-

ed with a public water system serving more than one hundred thousand (>100,000) persons.

1. 3. Five (5) members of the commission

shall represent the water-drinking public.

1. 4. To the greatest extent possible, the

various associations representing water suppliers of the size classes indicated in subparagraphs (4)(B)2.A.—D. of this rule shall be represented on the commission.

1. (C) Qualifications.

   1. 1. All members of the commission shall

have demonstrated an interest in and knowledge about water quality.

1. 2. All members shall be qualified by

interest, education, training or experience to provide, assess and evaluate scientific technical information concerning drinking water, financial requirements and the effects of the promulgation of standards and rules.

1. (D) Organization and Terms of Office.

   1. 1. All members shall serve a term of

four (4) years, and the term of office shall continue until their successors are selected and qualified. If a vacancy occurs, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoints a member for the remaining portion of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.

1. 2. Each January the members shall meet

and select from among themselves a chair and a vice chair.

1. 3. The commission shall hold at least

four (4) regular meetings per calendar year, and any additional regular meetings as the chair deems desirable. Special meetings may be called by the chair or the director of the Department of Natural Resources.

1. 4. Five (5) members of the commission

shall constitute a quorum. (7) Information may be obtained by contacting the Department of Natural Resources, Public Drinking Water Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102. Any submissions and requests from the public are to be sent to this address.

AUTHORITY: section 640.100, RSMo (1994).* Original rule filed June 14, 1976, effective Oct. 11, 1976. Rescinded: Filed May 4, 1979, effective Oct. 11, 1979. Refiled: May 4, 1979, effective Sept. 14, 1979. Amended: Filed Aug. 4, 1987, effective Jan. 1, 1988. Amended: Filed Dec. 4, 1990, effective July 8, 1991. Amended: Filed Feb. 1, 1996, effective Oct. 30, 1996. *Original authority 1939, amended 1978, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995.