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National Drinking Water Advisory Council
Operator Certification Working Group

Working Group Mission Statement

To provide advice, recommendations, and development assistance to the National Drinking Water Advisory Council on the requirements relating to operator certification provisions of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments. The requirements are: (1) information development of recommended operator certification requirements for States; (2) development of guidelines specifying minimum standards for certification and recertification of operators and approval of State operator certification programs; (3) 20% withholding of a State's DWSRF allotment if approved certification program is not adopted and implemented; and (4) expense reimbursement of training and certification of costs for operators of systems serving 3,300 people or fewer who are required to undergo training as a result of Federal requirements.

Designated Federal Officer

Rick Naylor
EPA/OGWDW (4606)
401 M Street SW
Washington, D.C. 20460
(202) 260-5135 FAX (202) 401-2345

National Drinking Water Advisory Council Members assigned to Working Group

James Cleland Drinking Water and Radiological Protection Division Michigan Dept. Of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 30630 Lansing, Michigan 48909-8130	Nina McClelland, Ph.D. Nina I. McClelland, LLC P.O. Box 3703 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-3703
John Scheltens City of Hot Springs 303 North River Street Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747

Working Group Members

Kenneth W. Bauman Consumers Pennsylvania Water Company Shenango Valley Division P.O. Box 572 Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146	Cheryl L. Bergener Water Works Operation Certification Pgrm. Department of Health P.O. Box 47829 Olympia, Washington 98504-7822
Bill Carpenter Tennessee Association of Utility Districts P.O. Box 2529 Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37133-2529	Brian Cohen Environmental Working Group 1718 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20009
Tom Crawford Native American Water Association P.O. Box 511 Minden, Nevada 89432	Kevin Christmas Fayetteville Water Department P.O. Draw 1089 Fayetteville, North Carolina 28302
Lisa B. Detherage Division of Water Water Operator Certification Section 14 Riley Road Frankfort, Kentucky 40601	Cindy Finan President Association Boards of Certification 102 Parkwise Court Apex, North Carolina 27502
Jerry Higgins Blacksburg Christiansburg VPI Water Authority P.O. Box 10006 Blacksburg, Virginia 24062-0006	Denise Kruger Quality Assurance Manager 630 East Foothill Boulevard San Dimas, California 91773
Gary Morgan Rural Utilities Services U.S. Department of Agriculture South Building 14th & Independence Ave., SW Washington, D.C. 20250	Herbert Pratt Community Resource Group 2100 West Prien Lake Road Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605
Robert W. Rivard Connecticut Department of Public Health Water Supplies Division 450 Capitol Avenue - MS#51-WAT P.O. Box 340308 Hartford, Connecticut 06134-0308	Daniel Rosenberg Steering Committee for Safe and Drinking Water U.S. Public Interest Research Group 218 D Street SE Washington, D.C. 20003
John Sadzewicz Ohio Environmental Protection Division of Drinking/Groundwaters P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, Ohio 43266-1049	Judy Sass Midwest Assistance Program P.O. Box 516 Florence, Montana 59833
Harold Seifert Arkansas Department of Health Division of Engineering 4815 West Markham Street, MS#37 Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-3867	Wayne Wruble Indian Health Service 5300 Homestead Road NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110

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