Water Safe to Drink PAM background information
PAM #5
Definition: As provided to Office of Management and Budget as
a long-term output /efficiency goal Program Assessment Rating Tool response.
“The fund utilization rate shows how many dollars of assistance
were provided for each dollar made available for projects. It measures
all funds (federal and non-federal) signed into loans against all funds
(federal and non-federal) made available for projects. It is calculated
by dividing cumulative assistance provided in the form of executed loans
by cumulative funds available for projects.”
Assistance Provided as a % of Funds Available = "Cumulative DWSRF
Assistance Provided" divided by "Cumulative Funds Available"
How to report: Regions submit annual commitment for negotiations
with Headquarters. End-of-Year (state calendar) data gathered by Headquarters
through DWSRF National Information Management System (DWNIMS).
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PAM #8
Definition: The Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
(IESWTR) requires states to conduct sanitary surveys once every three
years only for community systems that are surface water or ground water
under direct influence of surface water systems, not for all community
systems. Ground water systems will not be included under the requirement
to conduct sanitary surveys until the Ground Water Rule (GWR) is promulgated.
For community systems determined by the state to have outstanding performance
based on prior sanitary surveys, subsequent sanitary surveys may be conducted
no less than every five years (per 142.16(b)(3)(ii)).
How to report: Regions submit annual commitment (i.e. percentage
of states that will be in compliance, 6 of 7 states = 86%) for negotiations
with Headquarters. End-of-Year data gathered by Headquarters through review
of the year’s data
verifications. A state will be counted as in compliance only if all the
CWSs in that state that undergo a DV are found to be in
compliance with the regulation requirements.
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PAM #9
Definition: The Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
(IESWTR) requires states/tribes to conduct sanitary surveys once every
three years only for community systems that are surface water or ground
water under direct influence of surface water systems, not for all community
systems. Ground water systems will not be included under the requirement
to conduct sanitary surveys until the Ground Water Rule (GWR) is promulgated.
For community systems determined by the state/tribe to have outstanding
performance based on prior sanitary surveys, subsequent sanitary surveys
may be conducted no less than every five years (per 142.16(b)(3)(ii)).
How to report: Regions submit annual commitment (by percentage,
and with underlying data, i.e. 50%; 5 of 10 tribal CWSs) for negotiations
with Headquarters. End-of-Year data gathered by Headquarters through review
of the HQ data verifications.
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PAM#17
Definitions: As defined in State and Federal UIC Programs; Program
Measures – Initial Reporting Guidance.
-Inventory of Injection Wells: Annual inventory reporting of all
injection wells is required by regulations at 40 CFR 144.8. Operators
submit facility name, address, ownership status and well operating status.
Inventory includes locational data in which latitude and longitude is
desirable. Class III metals mining wells are those wells for which an
excursion measure, rather than an MI measure, is appropriate, i.e., where
MI demonstrations may not be possible or practical (not a formal UIC definition).
See the Introduction for more on this definition. Citations: 40 CFR 144.8,
144.26, 144.83(a), 7520_16 (Inventory of Injection Wells) & UIC Guidance
# 2.
-Survey: A “Survey” is a complete and thorough canvassing,
of a specific geographic area within a State, to locate potential and
actual Class V injection well sites and typically includes: a description
of the suspected/actual injection activity, appropriate locational data,
and owner/operator contact information.
-Violations for Classes I, II, III, and V: The Agency recognizes
six categories of UIC injection well violations as follows: 1.) Unauthorized
injection; 2.) Maintaining Mechanical Integrity (MI) violations; 3.) Operation
and maintenance violations; 4.) Plugging and abandonment violations; 5.)
monitoring and reporting violations; and 6.) generalized category of others.
These violations can range from significant noncompliance to non_significant.
Citations: 7520_2A (Compliance Evaluation), 7520_2B (Compliance Evaluation
& Significant Noncompliance), 7520_4 (Quarterly Exceptions List),
& UIC Guidance # 58 (UIC Class I SNC Definition_3/95)
-Violations addressed (Type of Action): A UIC well in violation
is addressed by any one of the following actions: 1.) NOV; 2.) Consent
Agreements; 3.) Administrative Orders; 4.) Civil Referrals; 5.) Criminal
Referrals; 6.) Well Shut_ins; 7.) Pipeline Severances; and 8.) by other
means such as informal written and verbal warnings (followed up in writing)
and a wide range of remedies that may or not be legally enforceable.
How to Report: Regions submit annual commitment (percentage, and
with underlying data, i.e. 100%; 120 of 120) for negotiations with Headquarters.
End-of-Year data submitted by Regions to Headquarters.
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