(a) (1) When making outreach attempts to elementary schools and childcare facilities for the purposes of offering lead sampling in drinking water, pursuant to Sections 141.90(i) and 141.92 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a community water system shall do both of the following: (A) Compile all of the following information: (i) The number and names of schools and childcare facilities served by the water system. (ii) The number and names of schools and childcare facilities sampled in the previous year. (iii) The number and names of elementary schools and childcare facilities that declined sampling. (iv) The number and names of elementary schools and childcare facilities that did not respond to outreach attempts for sampling. (v) Information that pertains to outreach attempts for sampling that were declined or not responded to by an elementary school or childcare facility. (vi) Sampling results from sampled schools and childcare facilities. (B) Provide elementary schools and childcare facilities that decline lead testing with an opportunity to provide information about their reasons for declining by allowing them to select from a list that includes all of the following options: (i) All drinking and food preparation water outlets were tested for lead within the last five years under an independent program in which the elementary school or childcare facility participated. (ii) The elementary school or childcare facility already maintains a routine water quality testing program, inclusive of lead sampling in drinking water. (iii) The elementary school or childcare facility is participating in another government-funded water quality program that is inclusive of lead sampling in drinking water. (iv) The elementary school or childcare facility has opted to coordinate testing for lead in drinking water with a third-party vendor for operational reasons. (v) The elementary school or childcare facility was constructed after January 1, 2010. (vi) The elementary school or childcare facility was modernized after January 1, 2010, and the elementary school or childcare facility was fully replumbed as part of the modernization. (vii) All drinking and food preparation water outlets were installed after January 1, 2010, and all of those outlets are connected to plumbing that was installed or replaced after January 1, 2010. (viii) The elementary school or childcare facility uses bottled water, water that is filtered with a point-of-use water filtration device certified to meet NSF/ANSI standards for lead and particulate reduction, or both, for all drinking water and food preparation purposes. (ix) The elementary school or childcare facility is currently undergoing major modernization or construction. (x) Logistical barriers such as timing, access, or personnel coordination prevent the elementary school or childcare facility from participating in the community water systemâs offer to test. (2) (A) If a community water system has received a written waiver from the state board exempting it from lead sampling requirements pursuant to Section 141.92 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the community water system shall be exempt from the requirements under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) for the subset of schools or childcare facilities to which the waiver applies. (B) The state board may issue a statewide written waiver exempting more than one community water system from lead sampling requirements pursuant to Section 141.92 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, for community water systems subject to a statewide sampling law or program, through the policy handbook adopted pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b). (b) (1) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), a community water system shall submit all of the information that it compiles or that is provided to it pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) to the state board pursuant to a process specified by the state board. (2) The state bo
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