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(b) To ensure adequate protection in individual cases, the director may assess and determine the degree of hazard to the public potable water system posed in the case of individual connections, customers or users. (c) When the director determines that a backflow prevention assembly is required for the protection of the city water system, the director will require the customer, at the customer's expense, to properly install an approved assembly at each service connection or hazard point. (d) The director will make periodic inspections to verify that proper records of the installation and maintenance of backflow prevention assemblies are maintained by customers in accordance with this article. (e) The director may refuse to initiate service, or may discontinue service, to any customer that maintains an actual or potential sanitary hazard in the customer's system, or whose plumbing is susceptible to cross connections, where the director determines that adequate protection against backflow is not provided. Sec. 86.572. Authority of building official. (a) The building official designated under chapter 14 of this Code is responsible for enforcing all provisions of the plumbing code pertaining to cross connections, i.e., proper installation of each customer's system, including the connection to the city water system. (b) The building official will coordinate all building permit approvals to ensure compliance with this article. (c) The building official will appoint a representative to the cross connection control committee. Sec. 86.573. Cross connection control committee. (a) A cross connection control committee is established. The committee will consist of one representative each from the water and wastewater department, health department, building inspections division, and fire marshal's office, and a Texas-registered professional engineer and a Texas-licensed plumber appointed by the director. (b) The cross connection control committee will serve as an advisory body to the director and the building official on matters related to the administration, interpretation and enforcement of this article. Sec. 86.574. Certified backflow prevention assembly testers. (a) Registration of testers. Each person who wishes to perform services as a certified tester for a city water system customer must submit a completed registration form to the director, and must furnish evidence to show that the person has available the necessary tools and equipment to properly test backflow prevention assemblies. The director will refuse to accept test results or other performance of services by a certified tester if the tester is not currently registered with the director. If a tester is a representative of an equipment manufacturer, the tester will be restricted to testing assemblies produced by the manufacturer they represent. The director will maintain a current list of approved testers, and will make this list available to customers upon request. Each certified tester must renew the registration with the director every three years. The director may suspend or remove a certified tester from the current registration list for improper testing or reporting. (b) Testing equipment. The certified tester must be equipped with and competent to use all the necessary tools, gauges, manometers and other equipment necessary to properly test, repair and maintain backflow prevention assemblies. The certified tester must furnish the City with the serial number of the tester's test kit, and the tester's test gauge must be tested when purchased and annually thereafter, or more C:\ TEMP\backtlow. doc 4