ASBESTOS-FREE CERTIFICATION OR ASBESTOS SAMPLING PLAN FOR PWSs
INSTRUCTIONS: This form shall be completed and submitted by community water systems (CWSs) and by non-transient non-
community water systems (NTNCWSs). DURING EACH YEAR THAT YOUR WATER SYSTEM IS SCHEDULED TO
MONITOR FOR ASBESTOS,* complete this form and submit it to the appropriate Department of Environmental Protection District
Office or Approved County Health Department. All information provided on this form shall be typed or printed in ink. Complete Part
I of this form and either Part II or Part III of this form. Complete Part II if your water system has no asbestos-containing components
and you can certify that your water system is free of asbestos; or complete Part III if your water system has asbestos-containing
components or if you are otherwise unable to certify that your water system is free of asbestos. If you complete Part II, submit this
form at any time during each year that your water system is scheduled to monitor for asbestos. If you complete Part III, submit this
form at the same time you submit required asbestos test results.
* CWSs and NTNCWSs are required to monitor for asbestos during the first three-year compliance period of each nine-year
compliance cycle in accordance with the following schedule: (1) CWSs that serve more than 3,300 persons shall monitor during the
first year of the three-year compliance period; (2) CWSs that serve 3,300 or fewer persons shall monitor during the second year of
the three-year compliance period; and (3) NTNCWSs shall monitor during the third year of the three-year compliance period. The
first nine-year compliance cycle began January 1, 1993, and ended on December 31, 2001; the second nine-year compliance cycle
began January 1, 2002, and ends on December 31, 2010; etc. Within the first nine-year compliance cycle (1993 through 2001), the
first three-year compliance period began January 1, 1993, and ended December 31, 1995; within the second nine-year compliance
cycle (2002 through 2010), the first three-year compliance period began January 1, 2002, and ends December 31, 2004; etc.
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DEP Form 62-555.900(10)
Effective August 28, 2003