151.632 System capacity development strategy -- Assistance to existing systems in plan development. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 151.632 System capacity development strategy -- Assistance to existing systems in plan development. (1) Not later than August 6, 2000, the cabinet shall develop and begin implementing, a strategy to assist public water systems in acquiring and maintaining technical,
financial, and managerial system capacity. (2) In preparing the system capacity development strategy, the cabinet shall solicit and consider public comment on, and incorporate into the strategy as appropriate:
(a) The methods or criteria that the cabinet will use to identify and prioritize public water systems most in need of improving technical, financial, and
managerial capacity; (b) A description of the institutional, regulatory, financial, tax, or legal factors at the federal, state, or local level that encourage or impair system capacity
development; (c) A description of how the cabinet will use the authorities and resources of the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended by PL 104-182, or other means, to assist
public water systems in complying with national primary drinking water
regulations, to encourage the development of partnerships between public
water systems to enhance the system capacity of public water systems, and to
assist public water systems in the training and certification of operators; (d) A description of how the cabinet will establish a baseline against which to measure improvements in system capacity with respect to national primary
drinking water regulations, this chapter, KRS 224.10-110, and administrative
regulations promulgated thereunder; and (e) An identification of the persons that have an interest in and are involved in the development and implementation of the system capacity development
strategy, including all appropriate agencies of federal, state, and local
governments, private and nonprofit public water systems, and public water
system customers. (3) If the cabinet determines that an existing public water system does not have system capacity, it may assist the public water system in submitting a system capacity
development plan as part of the long range water supply plan required by KRS
151.114. The plan shall contain timetables, goals, and funding sources necessary for
the public water system to achieve system capacity. Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 311, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998.