Section 327IAC8-2-13. Reporting requirements; test results and failure to comply

   (a) Except where a shorter period is specified in this rule, the supplier of water, using forms provided by the commissioner, shall report to the commissioner the results of any test measurement or analysis required by this rule within the shorter of the following periods of time:

(1) The first ten (10) days following the month in which the result is received.

(2) The first ten (10) days following the end of the required monitoring period as stipulated by the commissioner.

  (b) Except where a different reporting period is specified in this rule, the supplier of water, using forms provided by the commissioner, shall report to the commissioner within twenty-four (24) hours of completion of laboratory analysis all drinking water results that indicate positive total coliform results, nitrate results that exceed five (5) milligrams per liter (mg/l), and the failure to comply with any MCL. The report must be made by telephone or one (1) of the methods specified in subsection (e). If notification is made by telephone, the results must also be reported to the commissioner using one (1) of the methods specified in subsection (e) within forty-eight (48) hours of the telephone notification. If the supplier of water cannot provide the results under this subsection, the supplier of water shall make arrangements with the certified laboratory performing the analysis to submit the results directly to the commissioner using the methods specified in subsection (e).

  (c) The supplier of water is not required to report analytical results to the commissioner when the Indiana state laboratory performs the analysis and reports the results to the commissioner.

  (d) The supplier of water, within ten (10) days of completing the public notification required by 327 IAC 8-2.1-7 through 327 IAC 8-2.1-17, for the initial public notice and any repeat notices, shall submit to the commissioner a certification that it has fully complied with the public notification regulations. The public water system must include with this certification a representative copy of each type of notice distributed, published, posted, or made available to the persons served by the system or to the media.

  (e) The submittal of the information required under this section shall be submitted in one (1) of the following manners:

(1) Mail.

(2) Facsimile.

(3) Electronic mail.

(4) Hand delivery.

(5) Other means determined by the commissioner to provide the degree of:

(A) confidentiality;

(B) reliability;

(C) convenience; and

(D) security;

appropriate to the information to be submitted.

(Water Pollution Control Division; 327 IAC 8-2-13; filed Dec 28, 1990, 5:10 p.m.: 14 IR 1030; filed Jul 23, 2001, 1:02 p.m.: 24 IR 3974; filed Nov 20, 2001, 10:20 a.m.: 25 IR 1096; errata filed Feb 22, 2002, 2:01 p.m.: 25 IR 2254; filed May 1, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 26 IR 2817; filed Jun 13, 2005, 2:30 p.m.: 28 IR 3217)