Treatment Facility Staff Certification Requirements.

(a)

Each water supplier shall designate at least one chief operator that meets the requirements specified in section 63765 for each water treatment facility utilized by the water system.

(b)

Each water supplier shall designate at least one shift operator that meets the requirements specified in section 63765 for each water treatment facility utilized by the water system for each operating shift.

(c)

Except as provided in (d), a chief operator or shift operator shall be on-site at all times that the facility is operating.

(d)

If the water supplier's operations plan, submitted and approved pursuant to section 64661, demonstrates an equal degree of operational oversight and reliability with either unmanned operation or operation under reduced operator certification requirements, the chief operator or shift operator is not required to be on-site, but shall be able to be contacted within one hour.

(e)

If there is no change in the treatment facility and the employed shift and/or chief operators, the water supplier shall be in compliance until January 1, 2003 with the shift and operator certification requirements that were in effect on December 31, 2000. If the water system employs a new shift and/or chief operator, that operator shall meet the certification requirements pursuant to section 63765(a).