The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Resolution 2007- 12
Reaffirming and Providing Direction For NASUCA’s Participation in EPA’s Total Coliform Rule/Distribution System Federal Advisory Committee
WHEREAS, in July, 2007, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened the Total Coliform Rule/Distribution System Federal Advisory Committee (Committee) to assess whether there are revisions that could be made to the Total Coliform Rule to maintain or improve public health protection and to consider other distribution issues and develop recommendations for what measures can be taken to address the risk(s); and
WHEREAS, the Committee includes a broad cross-section of groups interested in the regulation of drinking water, including the water utility industry, state regulators, environmental organizations, public health officials and representatives of water consumers; and
WHEREAS, the EPA and the other members of the Committee will be meeting through July 2008 and the Committee members will be devoting considerable resources to engage in a cooperative effort to attempt to deal with very complex issues; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates has accepted EPA’s invitation to participate as a member of the Committee; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates has in Resolution No. 1991-12 urged the United States Congress and EPA to carefully evaluate the effect on water utility customers of safe drinking water requirements; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates in Resolution No. 1993-02 commended the EPA for forming an advisory committee to negotiate the Stage 1 regulations for disinfection of drinking water and the by-products of disinfection and for fully considering the ability of consumers to afford to pay higher water rates; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, in Resolution 1993-16 urged the federal and state governments to ensure that customers of small water system receive safe and adequate service at reasonable rates; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates in Resolution No. 1995-06 urged that the Safe Drinking Water Act be reauthorized to protect public health at the least possible cost to the consumer.
WHEREAS, the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates in Resolution No. 1999-02 reaffirmed its support of regulations that protect public health at the least possible cost to the consumer, including customers of small water systems and vulnerable subgroups, such as infants, the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates authorizes the Executive Committee to develop specific positions and to take appropriate actions consistent with the terms of this resolution. If possible, the Executive Committee shall advise the membership of any proposed action prior to taking such action. In any event, the Executive Committee shall notify the membership of any action taken pursuant to this resolution.
APPROVED BY NASUCA: Submitted by:
____Anaheim, CA________ NASUCA Ad Hoc Water Committee
Place
Christine Maloni Hoover (PA), Chair
___11-13-07_____________ William Black (ME)
Date Vance Broemel (TN)
Theresa Czarski (MD)
Janice Dale (IL)
Steve Hines (OH)
Rorie Hollenberg (NH)
Ed Kaufman (IN)
Charles Knight (SC)
Arthur Padmore (DE)
Daniel Pozefsky (AZ)
David Spenard (KY)
Walter Wisnefsky (CT)
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