[§340E-2]  Drinking water standards. (a)  The director shall promulgate and enforce State Primary Drinking WaterRegulations and may promulgate and enforce State Secondary Drinking WaterRegulations.  State Primary Drinking Water Regulations shall protect health tothe extent feasible, using technology, treatment techniques, and other meanswhich are generally available, taking cost into consideration.  Maximumcontaminant levels covered by revised National Primary Drinking WaterRegulations shall be set at a level at which no known or anticipated adverseeffects on the health of persons occur and which allows an adequate margin ofsafety.  Treatment techniques covered by revised National Primary DrinkingWater Regulations shall require treatment necessary to prevent known oranticipated adverse effects on the health of persons.  The State PrimaryDrinking Water Regulations shall be not less stringent than the NationalPrimary Drinking Water Regulations in effect at that time.

(b)  Subject to section 340E-3, State Primaryand Secondary Drinking Water Regulations shall apply to each public watersystem in the State; however, such regulations shall not apply to a publicwater system which:

(1)  Consists only of distribution and storagefacilities (and which does not have any collection and treatment facilities);

(2)  Obtains all of its water from, but is not ownedor operated by, a public water system to which such regulations apply;

(3)  Does not sell water to any person; and

(4)  Is not a carrier which conveys passengers ininterstate commerce.

(c)  The director shall adopt and implementprocedures for the enforcement of State Primary Drinking Water Regulations,including monitoring, inspection, and recordkeeping procedures, that complywith regulations established by the administrator pursuant to the Federal Act.

(d)  The director may promulgate and enforceregulations relating to cross-connection and backflow prevention control.

(e)  The director shall promulgate regulationsestablishing an underground injection control program.  Such program shallprohibit any underground injection which is not authorized by a permit issuedby the director, except that the director may authorize underground injectionby regulation.  Underground injection authorized by regulation shall notendanger drinking water sources.  Any underground injection control programshall:

(1)  Set standards and prohibitions controlling anyunderground injection if such injection may result in the presence of anycontaminant in underground water which supplies or may be expected to supplyany public water system, and if the presence of such contaminant may result insuch system’s not complying with any national primary drinking water regulationor may otherwise adversely affect the health of persons.

(2)  Require, in the case of a program whichauthorizes underground injection by permit, that the applicant for the permitsatisfy the director that the underground injection will meet the requirementsof item (1) of this subsection.

(3)  Include inspection, monitoring, recordkeeping,and reporting requirements. [L 1976, c 84, pt of §1; am L 1977, c 66, §1]