§ 109.707. Emergency response plan.

 (a)  A community water supplier shall develop a plan for the provision of safe and adequate drinking water under emergency circumstances, and submit the plan to the Department for approval by December 8, 1985. The emergency response plan shall conform to the guidelines contained in the Department’s Public Water Supply Manual and shall contain at least the following information:

   (1)  Identification of probable emergency situations, including, but not limited to, those specified in §  109.701(a)(3)(iii) (relating to reporting and recordkeeping), and alternative solutions to respond to situations including how the system will maintain its ability to provide service in the event of contamination or an outage of one or more of its sources of supply. Consideration shall be given to providing reserve capacity according to §  109.609 (relating to reserve capacity and finished water storage).

   (2)  Procedures for communications and coordination with the local emergency management organization.

 (b)  The plan shall be kept on file in a readily accessible location by the public water supplier.

 (c)  The plan shall be reviewed and updated at least annually.

   The provisions of this §  109.707 adopted December 7, 1984, effective December 8, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 4479; amended May 15, 1992, effective May 16, 1992, 22 Pa.B. 2621; amended December 23, 1994, effective December 24, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 6404; amended August 9, 2002, effective August 10, 2002, 32 Pa.B. 3894. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (281918).

   This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §  109.407 (relating to general public notification requirements).