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Committee approves updated drinking-water lab certification rules, raising some fees to cover lab program costs

2288653 · January 15, 2025
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Summary

The committee approved a rule docket that incorporates EPA guidance by reference and raises certification fees for chemistry and microbiology testing; the department estimated the net revenue increase at about $8,300.

The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved a rule docket updating the Idaho Drinking Water Lab Certification Program, including incorporation by reference of EPA Supplement 2 to the Manual for the Certification of Laboratories Analyzing Drinking Water (Fifth Edition) and modest increases to laboratory certification fees.

Dr. Christopher Ball, chief of the Bureau of Laboratories, told the committee the supplement adds standards for testing two…

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