NOTICE OF SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE
1. Agency Information
Agriculture and Food, Regulatory Services
Taylorsville State Office Buildings, South Bldg, Floor 2
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6500
2. Contact Persons
Please address questions regarding information on this notice to the persons listed above.
3. General Information
A. Rule or section catchline:
R70-630. Water Vending Machine
B. Purpose of the new rule or reason for the change:
The Department of Agriculture and Food (department) is repealing this rule as part of a comprehensive regulatory consolidation initiative to enhance clarity and align with Title 4, Chapter 5, Utah Wholesome Food Act.
To improve administrative efficiency, the requirements for water vending machines, formerly found in this rule, are being relocated without substantive change into a single, unified rule: R70-520, Wholesome Food Standards.
This consolidation reduces the number of individual rules stakeholders must reference while maintaining all existing safety and operational standards, and enhancing clarity by also removing redundant information found in the statute.
C. Summary of the new rule or change:
This filing repeals this rule in its entirety.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The proposed repeal and readopt of Rule R70-520, ID 57988, is in this issue, June 1, 2026, of the Bulletin.)
5. Fiscal Information
Provide an estimate and written explanation of the aggregate anticipated cost or savings to:
This repeal creates no fiscal impact on the state budget because the department relocates the existing requirements to Rule R70-520.
This repeal results in no fiscal impact on local governments because the standards moved to Rule R70-520.
C. Small businesses ("small business" means a business employing 1-49 persons):
This repeal imposes no new costs on small businesses because it moves existing compliance requirements to a consolidated rule.
D. Non-small businesses ("non-small business" means a business employing 50 or more persons):
This repeal creates no fiscal impact for non-small businesses, as the current requirements have been moved to Rule R70-520.
E. Persons other than small businesses, non-small businesses, state, or local government entities ("person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency):
This change results in no fiscal impact on other persons because it does not modify the existing standards.
F. Compliance costs for affected persons:
The compliance costs are not changing.
6. Regulatory Impact Summary Table
Enter the cost or savings in the relevant cell. If there is no cost or savings, enter, "$0." If a cost or savings is inestimable, enter, "inestimable."
7. Regulatory Impact Analysis Approval
The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Food, Kelly Pehrson, has reviewed and approved this regulatory impact analysis.
8. Family Impact Information
A. The agency has considered this rule's impact on family health, stability, and formation:
9. Citation Information
Provide citations to the statutory authority for the rule. If there is also a federal requirement for the rule, provide a citation to that requirement:
11. Public Notice Information
The public may submit written or oral comments to the agency identified in box 1.
A. Comments will be accepted until:
12. Effective Date Information
This rule change MAY become effective on:
(NOTE: This is the date the agency anticipates making the filing effective. It is NOT the effective date)
13. Agency Authorization Information
Agency head or
designee and title:
Kelly Pehrson, Commissioner
R70. Agriculture and Food, Regulatory Services.
[R70-630. Water Vending Machine. Promulgated under authority of Title 4, Chapter 5. The purpose of these rules is to set forth requirements and controls for vending machines designed to dispense water intended for human consumption to assure: (1) Consumers using such machines are given appropriate information as to the nature of the vended water; (2) The quality of the water vended meets acceptable standards for potability; and (3) The vending equipment is installed, operated, and maintained to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the consuming public. 
