N.Y. Public Health Law § 1114-b: Service line inventories and mapping

§ 1114-b. Service line inventories and mapping. 1. Definitions. For

the purposes of this section:

(a) "Service line" means any piping connecting a water main to a

building inlet.

(b) "Gooseneck, pigtail, or connector" means a short section of

piping, typically not exceeding two feet, which can be bent and used for

connections between rigid portions of a service line, as defined in 40

CFR 141.2.

(c) "Galvanized service line" means iron or steel piping that has been

dipped in zinc to prevent corrosion and rusting.

(d) "Covered public water system" means (i) a public water system that

serves at least fifteen service connections used by year-round residents

or regularly serves at least twenty-five year-round residents; or (ii) a

public water system that regularly serves at least twenty-five of the

same people, four hours or more per day, for four or more days per week,

for twenty-six or more weeks per year.

2. Each covered public water system shall submit a service line

inventory, in a format to be developed by the department, that

identifies the location, material composition, and other details of all

service lines connected to its distribution system. Each covered public

water system shall also submit an inventory summary form, in a format to

be developed by the department, summarizing the data identified in the

service line inventory. Notwithstanding subdivisions three and four of

this section, the development of service line inventories and inventory

summary forms shall comply with requirements promulgated by the United

States environmental protection agency.

3. Each service line shall be listed in service line inventories. Each

covered public water system shall include for each service line the

information listed in this subdivision. The covered public water system

may mark "unknown" where documented evidence is not currently available:

(a) street address;

(b) town;

(c) zip code;

(d) if known, whether a gooseneck, pigtail, or connector made of lead

is present;

(e) if known, the material composition of both the public portion and

customer portion of the service line;

(f) if known, whether the public portion or customer portion of the

service line was ever made of lead;

(g) the verification method used to determine the material composition

of both the public portion and customer portion of the service line;

(h) if known, the installation or replacement date of both the public

portion and customer portion of the service line;

(i) if known, the diameter of both the public portion and customer

portion of the service line;

(j) if known, whether lead solder is present;

(k) if known, the building type; and

(l) if known, whether a point of use or point of entry treatment

system is present.

4. Inventory summary forms shall include, but not be limited to, the

following information about each covered water system:

(a) water system name and identification number;

(b) contact information for the owner or licensed operator of record

completing the form;

(c) the total number of service lines in the distribution system;

(d) the total number of lead service lines, including the total number

of lead public service line portions and the total number of lead

customer service line portions;

(e) the total number of galvanized service lines requiring replacement

as defined in 40 CFR 141.84, including the total number of galvanized

public service line portions requiring replacement and the total number

of galvanized customer service line portions requiring replacement;

(f) the total number of non-lead service lines, including the total

number of non-lead public service line portions and the total number of

non-lead customer service line portions;

(g) the total number of service lines of unknown material, including

the total number of unknown public service line portions and the total

number of unknown customer service line portions;

(h) the total number of public service line portions identified by

historical records, field inspections, customer identification with

photo or other verification, excavation, sequential sampling,

statistical analysis/predictive modeling, or other method determined by

the covered public water system to accurately identify service line

materials;

(i) the total number of customer service portions identified by

historical records, field inspections, customer identification with

photo or other verification, excavation, sequential sampling, and

statistical analysis/predictive modeling, or other method determined by

the covered public water system to accurately identify service line

materials;

(j) a description of how the service line inventory will be accessible

to the public; and

(k) a certification verifying the accuracy of the information.

5. Each covered public water system shall electronically submit to the

department an initial service line inventory and an initial inventory

summary form no later than October sixteenth, two thousand twenty-four.

The department may prescribe data management means and methods for

electronic submissions by covered public water systems for uniformity

purposes.

6. Covered public water systems whose inventories contain any service

lines classified as lead, galvanized requiring replacement as defined in

40 CFR 141.84, or unknown shall electronically submit updated service

line inventories and inventory summary forms to the department at least

annually. Updated service line inventories and inventory summary forms

shall reflect information gathered during any service line replacements

or service line material inspections that may have been conducted.

Updated inventory summary forms shall additionally include:

(a) a description detailing the steps being taken to determine the

material composition of unknown service lines;

(b) the total number of service lines classified as lead, galvanized

requiring replacement, or unknown that were replaced over the course of

the previous year; and

(c) the total number of service lines classified as unknown that were

determined to be lead, galvanized requiring replacement, or other

material over the course of the previous year.

7. Each covered public water system which operates its own website

shall make its most recent service line inventory and inventory summary

form available to the public on its website.

8. No later than one hundred twenty days after receiving initial and

updated service line inventories and inventory summary forms, the

department shall make such inventories and inventory summary forms

available to the public through the department's website. Each local

health department shall include a link on its website to the website

maintained by the department for hosting service line inventories and

inventory summary forms.

9. No later than October sixteenth, two thousand twenty-six, the

department shall make the information from the service line inventories

of covered public water systems serving more than ten thousand people

and fewer than two million people available to the public on the

department's website in the form of an interactive map or maps. Such

interactive map or maps shall include, for each service line:

(a) material classification, including the material classification of

both the public and customer portions of a service line;

(b) street address; and

(c) the verification method for the service line classification.

10. The department's interactive map or maps shall be searchable by

address, and color-coded where applicable to designate material

classification. The department's interactive map or maps shall be

updated at least annually, in conjunction with the submission of updated

service line inventories by covered public water systems. The department

may choose not to create an interactive map when a covered public water

system certifies that it maintains and updates its own interactive map,

and shall include a link to such interactive map on the department's

website.

11. The department shall adopt such rules and regulations as it deems

necessary and proper to implement the provisions of this section.