Final Guidelines
for the Certification and Recertification of the Operators of Community
and Noncommunity Public Water Systems
The Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 require EPA, in cooperation
with States, to publish guidelines specifying minimum standards for certification
and recertification of the operators of community and nontransient noncommunity
public water systems.
Final Guidelines:
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The final guidelines published on Feburary 5, 1999 provide States with
the minimum standards for the development, implementation and enforcement
of operator certification programs for community and nontransient noncommunity
public water systems. The guidelines were developed in coordination with
a working group of the NDWAC and a separate State/EPA Workgroup. The draft
guidelines were published in the Federal Register on March 27, 1998 for
a 90 day public review period and comments received were considered in
development of the final guidelines.
Beginning two years after publication, EPA must withhold 20% of a State’s
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grant funds unless
the State has adopted and is implementing an operator certification program
that meets the requirements of these guidelines or submits its existing
program that is substantially equivalent to these guidelines.
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