appropriate with other State agencies with approval by an act
of the General Assembly, Federal agencies, interstate compact
agencies, political subdivisions or other persons, including
agreements with local health departments to delegate one or
more of its regulatory functions to inspect, monitor and
enforce [the act and] drinking water standards pursuant to
the Federal act. The department shall monitor and supervise
activities of each local health department conducted pursuant
to such an agreement, for consistency with the department's
rules, regulations and policies. A local health department,
where it exists in each of the counties of the Commonwealth,
may elect to administer and enforce any of the provisions of
this act together with the department in accordance with the
established policies, procedures, guidelines, standards and
rules and regulations of the department. Local health
departments electing to administer and enforce the provisions
of this act shall be funded through contractual agreements
within the department whenever program activity exceeds the
minimum program requirements established under the former act
of April 22, 1905 (P.L.260, No.182), entitled "An act to
preserve the purity of the waters of the State, for the
protection of the public health," adopted by the Advisory
Health Board under the provisions of the act of August 24,
1951 (P.L.1304, No.315), known as the Local Health
Administration Law. The department is authorized to provide
funds to local health departments entering into an agreement
to contract pursuant to this paragraph which shall be
considered to be agents of the department for the purpose of
enforcement of [this] the Federal act.
(2) Notwithstanding the grant of powers in paragraph
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