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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 1. Administration |
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Agency 30. Department of General Services |
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Chapter 41. Regulation for the Certification of Laboratories Analyzing Drinking Water |
Section 10. Purpose
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Part I. General Provisions
A. This chapter establishes the requirements for certification of drinking water laboratories.
B. The federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) mandates the establishment of a national drinking water program to protect public health. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR 141.28 requires that laboratories be certified to analyze samples of drinking water for compliance purposes. EPA at 40 CFR 142.10(b)(3)(i) requires states to establish and maintain programs for the certification of drinking water laboratories.
C. The Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water (VDH-ODW) maintains primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) under the SDWA and the federal SDWA regulations for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VDH-ODW at 12VAC5-590-340 requires that all analyses done to demonstrate compliance with primary and secondary maximum contaminant levels or action levels be performed by the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services of the Department of General Services (DCLS) or by laboratories certified by DCLS. VDH-ODW at 12VAC5-590-440 further requires that laboratories seeking certification to perform drinking water analyses shall comply with this chapter.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 30, Issue 14, eff. May 1, 2014.