All community and non-transient non-community systems that
are susceptible to asbestos contamination (e.g., source water contaminated by
asbestos or use of asbestos-cement pipe within the distribution system) shall
monitor to determine compliance with the maximum contaminant level for asbestos
specified in paragraph
62-550.310(1)(a),
F.A.C., according to the following:
(1) Each community and non-transient
non-community water system that is susceptible to asbestos contamination (e.g.,
source water contaminated by asbestos or use of asbestos-cement pipe within the
distribution system) shall monitor for asbestos during the year prescribed by
paragraph
62-550.500(3)(e),
F.A.C. Source waters in Florida are not considered to be susceptible to
asbestos contamination. The water system shall monitor source waters when
notified in writing by the Department that the system is susceptible to
asbestos contamination.
(a) A system
susceptible to asbestos contamination due solely to corrosion of
asbestos-cement pipe shall take one sample at a tap served by asbestos-cement
pipe and under conditions where asbestos contamination is most likely to
occur.
(b) A system susceptible to
asbestos contamination due solely to source water shall monitor in accordance
with the provision of paragraph
62-550.500(5)(a),
F.A.C.
(c) A system susceptible to
contamination due both to its source water supply and corrosion of
asbestos-cement pipe shall take one sample at a tap served by asbestos-cement
pipe and under conditions where asbestos contamination is most likely to
occur.
(2) Reports of the
result of asbestos sampling shall describe the location where the sample was
taken and the reason why that location was chosen.
(3) During the year the system is scheduled
to monitor, the system shall send the Department an asbestos sampling plan,
using Form
62-555.900(10)
detailing the location and the conditions under which the sample is to be
taken.
(4) A system without
asbestos-containing components shall certify to the Department in writing,
using Form
62-555.900(10),
that it is asbestos free. Certification shall satisfy the requirements of
subsections (1), (2) and (3) above, and shall be submitted each nine-year
compliance cycle during the specified year the system is required to
monitor.
(5) The Department shall
reduce the monitoring frequency to annually, for systems that exceeded the
maximum contaminant level for asbestos and are required to monitor quarterly as
prescribed by subsection
62-550.500(8),
F.A.C., if the running annual average is below the maximum contaminant level.
The Department shall reduce the monitoring frequency as provided in paragraph
62-550.500(3)(d),
F.A.C., when the average of three consecutive years of monitoring results is
less than 50% of the maximum contaminant level and no sample exceeds the
maximum contaminant level.
(6) If
the initial monitoring for asbestos was completed between January 1, 1990 and
December 31, 1992, and the results did not exceed the maximum contaminant level
specified in paragraph
62-550.310(1)(a),
F.A.C., the system may submit those results to the Department in lieu of
monitoring during the first compliance cycle.
(7) Compositing of samples is allowed as
provided in subsection
62-550.550(4),
F.A.C.
Notes
Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 62-550.511
Rulemaking Authority
403.853(3),
403.861(9) FS.
Law Implemented 403.853(1), (3),
(7),
403.861(16),
(17) FS.
New 1-1-93, Amended
7-4-93, Formerly 17-550.511, Amended 9-7-94, 2-7-95, 12-9-96, 4-14-03,
11-28-04.
New 1-1-93, Amended 7-4-93, Formerly 17-550.511, Amended
9-7-94, 2-7-95, 12-9-96, 4-14-03,
11-28-04.
