[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1240.83]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1240--CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart E--Source and Use of Potable Water
 
Sec. 1240.83  Approval of watering points.

    (a) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall approve any watering 
point if (1) the water supply thereat meets the standards prescribed in 
the Environmental Protection Agency's Primary Drinking Water Regulations 
as set forth in 40 CFR part 141, and (2) the methods of and facilities 
for delivery of such water to the conveyance and the sanitary conditions 
surrounding such delivery prevent the introduction, transmission, or 
spread of communicable diseases.
    (b) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs may base his approval or 
disapproval of a watering point upon investigations made by 
representatives of State departments of health or of the health 
authorities of contiguous foreign nations.
    (c) If a watering point has not been approved, the Commissioner of 
Food and Drugs may permit its temporary use under such conditions as, in 
his judgment, are necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission, 
or spread of communicable diseases.
    (d) Upon request of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, operators of 
conveyances shall provide information as to watering points used by 
them.

[40 FR 5620, Feb. 6, 1975, as amended at 48 FR 11431, Mar. 18, 1983; 48 
FR 13978, Apr. 1, 1983]