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Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE > CHAPTER 6A—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE > SUBCHAPTER XII—SAFETY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS > Part B—Public Water Systems

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Not later than 30 months after August 6, 1996 , and in cooperation with the States, the Administrator shall publish guidelines in the Federal Register, after notice and opportunity for comment from interested persons, including States and public water systems, specifying minimum standards for certification (and recertification) of the operators of community and nontransient noncommunity public water systems. Such guidelines shall take into account existing State programs, the complexity of the system, and other factors aimed at providing an effective program at reasonable cost to States and public water systems, taking into account the size of the system.

( July 1, 1944, ch. 373 , title XIV, § 1419, as added Pub. L. 104–182, title I, § 123 , Aug. 6, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1652 .)

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Operator certification · 42 U.S.C. § 300g–8 | Frix