25 Pa. Code § 109.606 - Chemicals, materials and equipment
(a) Chemicals, materials or equipment which
come in contact with the water or may affect the quality of the water may not
be used unless the chemicals, materials or equipment are acceptable to the
Department.
(b) Chemicals used by a
public water supplier which come in contact with the water or may affect the
quality of the water and which are certified for conformance with ANSI/NSF
Standard 60 (Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals-Health Effects-NSF) or meet the
food grade standards of the United States Pharmacopeia are
deemed acceptable to the Department.
(c) Materials or equipment used in the
construction or modification of a public water system, including waterline
extensions, mechanical devices and drinking water treatment equipment, which
come into contact with the water or may affect the quality of the water and
which are certified for conformance with ANSI/NSF Standard 61 (Drinking Water
System Components-Health Effects-NSF) are deemed acceptable to the
Department.
(d) Drinking water
treatment equipment used in the construction or modification of a public water
system which comes into contact with the water or may affect the quality of the
water and which is certified for inactivation, reduction or removal performance
in conformance with PDWEP is deemed acceptable to the Department.
(e) Acceptable certification under subsection
(b), (c) or (d) related to ANSI/NSF Standards 60 and 61 or PDWEP includes that
performed by NSF International or other certification organization acceptable
to the Department. To be acceptable to the Department, a certification
organization shall be accredited by ANSI as a third party certification
organization and meet the following requirements. The organization shall:
(1) Demonstrate it is independent of
manufacturers using the certification organization's services.
(2) Require that a registered mark or seal be
placed upon each product certified under ANSI/NSF Standard 60 or 61 or PDWEP,
as applicable.
(3) Maintain an
ongoing quality assurance and quality control program that includes, at a
minimum, the following:
(i) Periodic announced
and unannounced factory follow-ups and audits at sufficient frequency and in
sufficient detail to assure the product evaluated is the same as the product
being manufactured.
(ii)
Maintenance of or accessibility to a laboratory certified by the Department
meeting the minimum laboratory certification criteria for drinking water
analysis.
(iii) Maintenance of
staff toxicologists or accessibility to toxicologists to perform the
toxicological review and evaluation portions of the product
assessments.
(iv) Maintenance of
procedures for notification and recall of the use of the registered mark or
seal for previously certified products which do not meet the certification
requirements of ANSI/NSF Standards 60 and 61 or PDWEP.
(v) For equipment that is claimed to remove
or reduce a specific contaminant, the name of the organization that meets the
accreditation standards of the ANSI and that has certified the device to verify
its inactivation, reduction or removal performance for that contaminant, the
name of the testing protocol or standard used to test the device, a statement
from the testing laboratory giving the date of the test, a summary of the
results and the date, if any, by which the device shall be retested for
verification of the removal or reduction performance to remain
effective.
(4) Require
appropriate product reevaluation depending upon the results of the factory
follow-ups and audits and changes in the standards themselves.
(5) Perform certification evaluations for any
manufacturer or applicant.
(6)
Evaluate and certify an appropriately broad range of products-additives, direct
additives or indirect additives.
(7) Maintain and publish a listing of
certified products and distribute the listing to State regulatory agencies and
others, as appropriate, at least annually.
(f) Facilities or equipment, including, but
not limited to, pipes, pumping facilities and storage tanks, previously or
currently used for the treatment, storage or transportation of wastewater,
petroleum products or other nonfood products, except for facilities or
equipment used to store or transport chemicals used in treating drinking water,
may not be used for the treatment, transportation or storage of drinking
water.
Notes
The provisions of this § 109.606 amended under section 4(a) of the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P.S. § 721.4(a)); and section 1920-A(b) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 510-20(b)).
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