160.07 Establishment of enforcement standards; substances of public health concern.

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(1)The department of health services and the department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding setting forth the procedures and responsibilities of each agency in establishing enforcement standards under this section. The memorandum shall include those standards to be used by the department in making the designation required under s. 160.05

(6).

(2)Within 10 days after placing the name of a new substance within a category or changing the category of a substance under s. 160.05 , the department shall submit the current list of categories and rankings of substances to the department of health services.

(3)The department of health services shall recommend to the department an enforcement standard for each substance submitted to it under sub.

(2)which is designated as of public health concern, in the order of rankings within each category under s. 160.05

(4).

(4)The department of health services shall develop recommendations for enforcement standards for substances of public health concern as follows:

(a)If a single federal number exists for a substance, the federal number shall be the enforcement standard.

(b)If more than one federal number exists for a substance, the most recently established federal number representing the most current data shall be the enforcement standard.

(c)If no federal number exists for a substance, but there is a state drinking water standard, the state drinking water standard shall be the enforcement standard.

(d)If neither a federal number nor a state drinking water standard exists for a substance, the department of health services shall develop a recommended enforcement standard using the methodology under s. 160.13 .