UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WSG97
Date Signed: July 7, 1997
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Delegation of Authorities Under Section 1445 of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water
Act Amendments Regarding Issuance of Information Requests to Determine
Compliance with the Act
FROM: Brian J. Maas, Director
Water Enforcement Division
TO: Water Division Directors, Regions I - X
Enforcement Division Directors, Regions I, II, VI &VIII
Regional Counsels, Regions I - X
The 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) include a provision for
information gathering which states:
(B) Every person who is subject to a national primary drinking water regulation under
section 1412 shall provide such information as the Administrator may reasonably require,
after consultation with the State in which such person is located if such State has primary
enforcement responsibility for public water systems, on a case-by-case basis, to
determine whether such person has acted or is acting in compliance with this title.
The current delegation of information gathering authorities under SDWA section 1445 is
contained in Delegation 9-12. It is our opinion, with which the Office of General Counsel
(OGC) and the Office of Human Resources and Organizational Services has concurred, that the
current delegation 9-12 already includes the authorities in section 1445 of the 1996 amendments.
Therefore, the Regional Administrators are delegated authority to issue information requests
consistent with the new provision, and this authority may be redelegated.
If you have any questions regarding this delegation, please contact Ciannat Howett of my
staff at (202) 564-4031.
Attachment
cc: Drinking Water Branch Chiefs
PWS Enforcement Coordinators
PWS ORC Contacts
I Mei Chan, OHROS
Jim Drummond, OGC
Norte: Attachment could not be located. For more information, please contact the EPA staff
person mentioned in the document.
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