327 IAC 8-3.2-20 Technical standard alternative demonstration

Sec. 20. (a) An alternative to technical standards required by this rule may be approved by the commissioner for either a single application or for public water system-wide applications of the technical standard if the applicant demonstrates in a written submission that the alternative will achieve the following: (1) Meet the issuance requirements of 327 IAC 8-3-4. (2) Provide drinking water of at least the same satisfactory quality and normal operating pressure at the peak operating flow rate as the technical standards of this rule would provide. (b) An alternative to technical standards required by this rule may be approved by the commissioner for all systems or a specific subset of systems if the alternative will achieve the following: (1) Meet the issuance requirements of 327 IAC 8-3-4. (2) Provide drinking water of at least the same satisfactory quality and normal operating pressure at the peak operating flow rate as the technical standards of this rule would provide. (c) Continued operation of the approved alternative technical standard shall require no renewal if the alternative technical standard is operated in the manner approved by the commissioner. (d) An alternative to a technical standard approved under subsection (a) shall only apply to the application or the public water system for which the alternative is requested.