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§141.35 Reporting of unregulated contaminant monitoring results.

(a) Does this reporting apply to me? (1) This section applies to any owner or operator of a public water system required to monitor for unregulated contaminants under §141.40. This section requires you to report the results of this monitoring.

(2) Exception. You do not need to report results if you are a system serving a population of 10,000 or less, since EPA will arrange for testing and reporting of the results. However, you will still need to comply with consumer confidence reporting and public notification requirements for these results.

(b) To whom must I report? You must report the results of unregulated contaminant monitoring to EPA and provide a copy to the State. You must also notify the public of the monitoring results as provided in Subpart O (Consumer Confidence Reports) and Subpart Q (Public Notification) of this part.

(c) When must I report monitoring results? You must report the results of unregulated contaminant monitoring within thirty (30) days following the month in which you received the results from the laboratory. EPA will conduct its quality control review of the data for sixty (60) days after you report the data, which will also allow for quality control review by systems and States. After the quality control review, EPA will place the data in the national drinking water contaminant occurrence database at the time of the next database update. Exception: Reporting to EPA of monitoring results received by public water systems prior to May 13, 2002, must occur by August 9, 2002.

(d) What information must I report? (1) You must provide the following "point of contact" information: name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address for:

(i) PWS Technical Contact, the person at your PWS that is responsible for the technical aspects of your unregulated contaminant monitoring regulation (UCMR) activities, such as details concerning sampling and reporting;

(ii) PWS Official, the person at your PWS that is able to function as the official spokesperson for your UCMR activities; and

(iii) Laboratory Contact Person, the person at your laboratory that is able to address questions concerning the analysis that they provided for you.

(2) You must update this information if it changes during the course of UCMR implementation.

(3) You must report the information specified for data elements 1 through 16 in the following table for each sample.

    Table 1_Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Reporting Requirements
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         Data Element                          Definition
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1. Public Water System (PWS)   The code used to identify each PWS. The
 Identification Number.         code begins with the standard two-
                                character postal State abbreviation; the
                                remaining seven characters are unique to
                                each PWS.
2. Public Water System         The Sampling point identification number
 Facility Identification        and sampling point type identification
 Number_Sampling Point          must either be static or traceable to
 Identification Number and      previous numbers and type
 Sampling Point Type            identifications throughout the period of
 Identification.                unregulated contaminant monitoring. The
                                Sampling point identification number is
                                a three-part alphanumeric designation,
                                made up of:
                               a. The Public Water System Facility
                                Identification Number is an
                                identification number established by the
                                State, or at the State's discretion the
                                PWS, that is unique to the PWS for an
                                intake for each source of water, a
                                treatment plant, a distribution system,
                                or any other facility associated with
                                water treatment or delivery and provides
                                for the relationship of facilities to
                                each other to be maintained;
                               b. The Sampling Point Identification
                                Number is an identification number
                                established by the State, or at the
                                State's discretion the PWS, that is
                                unique to each PWS facility that
                                identifies the specific sampling point
                                and allows the relationship of the
                                sampling point to other facilities to be
                                maintained; and
                               c. Sampling Point Type Identification is
                                one of following:
                               SR_Untreated water collected at the
                                source of the water system facility.
                               EP_Entry point to the distribution
                                system.
                               MD_midpoint in the distribution system
                                where the disinfectant residual would be
                                expected to be typical for the system
                                such as the location for sampling
                                coliform indicator bacteria as described
                                in 40 CFR 141.21.
                               MR_point of maximum retention is the
                                point located the furthest from the
                                entry point to the distribution system
                                which is approved by the State for
                                trihalomethane (THM) (disinfectant
                                byproducts (DBP)) and/or total coliform
                                sampling.
                               LD_location in the distribution system
                                where the disinfectant residual is the
                                lowest which is approved by the State
                                for THM (DBP) and/or total coliform
                                sampling.
3. Sample Collection Date....  The date the sample is collected reported
                                as 4-digit year, 2-digit month, and 2-
                                digit day.
4. Sample Identification       An alphanumeric value of up to 15
 Number.                        characters assigned by the laboratory to
                                uniquely identify containers or groups
                                of containers containing water samples
                                collected at the same time and sampling
                                point.
5. Contaminant/Parameter.....  The unregulated contaminant or water
                                quality parameter for which the sample
                                is being analyzed.
6. Analytical Results_Sign...  An alphanumeric value indicating whether
                                the sample analysis result was:
                               a. (<) ``less than'' means the
                                contaminant was not detected or was
                                detected at a level ``less than'' the
                                MRL.
                               b. (=) ``equal to'' means the contaminant
                                was detected at a level ``equal to'' the
                                value reported in ``Analytical
                                Result_Value.''
7. Analytical Result_Value...  The actual numeric value of the analysis
                                for chemical and microbiological
                                results, or the minimum reporting level
                                (MRL) if the analytical result is less
                                than the contaminant's MRL.
8. Analytical Result_Unit of   The unit of measurement for the
 Measure.                       analytical results reported. [e.g.,
                                micrograms per liter, (mg/L); colony-
                                forming units per 100 milliliters, (CFU/
                                100 mL), etc.]
9. Analytical Method Number..  The identification number of the
                                analytical method used.
10. Sample Analysis Type.....  The type of sample collected. Permitted
                                values include:
                               a. RFS_Raw field sample_untreated sample
                                collected and submitted for analysis
                                under this rule.
                               b. RDS_Raw duplicate field
                                sample_untreated field sample duplicate
                                collected at the same time and place as
                                the raw field sample and submitted for
                                analysis under this rule.
                               c. TFS_Treated field sample_treated
                                sample collected and submitted for
                                analysis under this rule.
                               d. TDS_Treated duplicate field
                                sample_treated field sample duplicate
                                collected at the same time and place as
                                the treated field sample and submitted
                                for analysis under this rule.
11. Sample Batch               The sample batch identification number
 Identification Number.         consists of three parts:
                               a. Up to a 10-character laboratory
                                identification code assigned by EPA.
                               b. Up to a 15-character code assigned by
                                the laboratory to uniquely identify each
                                extraction or analysis batch.
                               c. The date that the samples contained in
                                each extraction batch extracted or in an
                                analysis batch were analyzed, reported
                                as an 8-digit number in the form 4-digit
                                year, 2-digit month, and 2-digit day.
12. Minimum Reporting Level..  Minimum Reporting Level (MRL) refers to
                                the lowest concentration of an analyte
                                that may be reported. Unregulated
                                contaminant monitoring (UCM) MRLs are
                                established in § 141.40 monitoring
                                requirements for unregulated
                                contaminants.
13. Minimum Reporting Level    The unit of measure to express the
 Unit of Measure.               concentration, count, or other value of
                                a contaminant level for the Minimum
                                Reporting Level reported. (e.g., mg/L,
                                colony forming units/100 mL (CFU/100
                                mL), etc.).
14. Analytical Precision.....  Precision is the degree of agreement
                                between two repeated measurements and is
                                monitored through the use of duplicate
                                spiked samples. For purposes of the
                                Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring
                                Regulation (UCMR), Analytical Precision
                                is defined as the relative percent
                                difference (RPD) between spiked matrix
                                duplicates. The RPD for the spiked
                                matrix duplicates analyzed in the same
                                batch of samples as the analytical
                                result being reported is to be entered
                                in this field. Precision is calculated
                                as Relative Percent Difference (RPD) of
                                spiked matrix duplicates from the mean
                                using:
                               RPD = absolute value of [(X[INF]1[/
                                INF]_X[INF]2[/INF]) /(X[INF]1[/INF]
                                +X[INF]2[/INF])/2 ] x 100%.
                               where:
                               X[INF]1[/INF] is the concentration
                                observed in spiked field sample minus
                                the concentration observed in unspiked
                                field sample.
                               X[INF]2[/INF] is the concentration
                                observed in duplicate spiked field
                                sample minus the concentration observed
                                in unspiked field sample.
15. Analytical Accuracy......  Accuracy describes how close a result is
                                to the true value measured through the
                                use of spiked field samples. For
                                purposes of unregulated contaminant
                                monitoring, accuracy is defined as the
                                percent recovery of the contaminant in
                                the spiked matrix sample analyzed in the
                                same analytical batch as the sample
                                result being reported and calculated
                                using:
                               % recovery = [(amt. found in spiked
                                sample_amt. found in sample)/amt.
                                spiked] x 100%.
16. Spiking Concentration....  The concentration of method analyte(s)
                                added to a sample to be analyzed for
                                calculating analytical precision and
                                accuracy where the value reported use
                                the same unit of measure reported for
                                Analytical Results.
17. Presence/Absence.........  Reserved.
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(e) How must I report this information? (1) You must report results from monitoring under this rule using EPA's electronic reporting system. For quality control purposes, you must instruct the organization(s) responsible for the analysis of unregulated contaminant samples taken under §141.40 to enter the results into the reporting system, in the format specified by EPA. You are responsible for reviewing those results and approving the reporting (via the electronic system) of the results to EPA. You must also provide a copy of the results to the State, as directed by the State.

(2) If you report more than one set of valid results for the same sampling point and the same sampling event (for example, because you have had more than one organization (e.g., a laboratory) analyze replicate samples collected under §141.40, or because you have collected multiple samples during a single monitoring event at the same sampling point), EPA will use the highest of the reported values as the official result.

(f) Does the laboratory to which I send samples report the results for me? While you must instruct the organization conducting unregulated contaminant analysis (e.g., a laboratory) to enter the results into EPA's electronic reporting system, you are responsible for reviewing and approving the submission of the results to EPA. If the analytical organization or laboratory cannot enter these data for you using EPA's electronic reporting system, then you may explain to EPA in writing the reasons why alternate reporting is necessary and must receive EPA's approval to use an alternate reporting procedure.

(g) Can I report previously collected data to meet the testing and reporting requirements for the contaminants listed in §141.40(a)(3)? Yes, as long as the data meet the specific requirements of §141.40(a)(3), (4), (5), and Appendix A of §141.40 and you report the data with the information specified in paragraph (d) of this section.

[64 FR 50611, Sept. 17, 1999, as amended at 66 FR 2300, Jan. 11, 2001; 66 FR 27215, May 16, 2001; 67 FR 11046, Mar. 12, 2002]



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