September 5, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Vander Veen, Sak, Hildenbrand, Kooiman, Ward, Hoogendyk, Mortimer, Acciavatti, Pavlov, Marleau, Ball, LaJoy, Nitz, Baxter, Emmons, Nofs, Proos, Booher, Hansen, Brandenburg, Kathleen Law and Zelenko and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 399, entitled
"Safe drinking water act,"
by amending section 14 (MCL 325.1014), as amended by 1998 PA 56.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 14. (1) A supplier of water shall file with the
department such reports and shall maintain such records as the
department may by rule require. The department may by rule require
a supplier of water to provide additional reports and notices to
its customers. The rules shall include the required content of the
reports and notices and the frequency and the manner of delivery of
the reports and notices.
(2) A supplier of water shall provide to its customers
consumer confidence reports as required by title XIV of the public
health service act, chapter 373, 88 Stat. 1660, popularly known as
the safe drinking water act. The department shall promulgate rules
relating to consumer confidence reports including, but not limited
to, the following:
(a) The content of the reports.
(b) The manner of delivery of the reports.
(c) Standardized formats that may be used by suppliers of
water for providing information in the reports.
(d) If a source water assessment has been completed, a
requirement that the reports contain a notification of the
availability of the source water assessment and the means to obtain
a copy.
(3) Instead of mailing a paper copy of the consumer confidence
report to each individual customer as provided by the rules, the
supplier of water may provide notice of the reports by posting on
the internet or by publication on at least 2 separate occasions in
a local newspaper.
(4) (3)
If regulated contaminants are detected in a public
water supply, and certain subpopulations are particularly
vulnerable to the adverse effects because of age, gender,
pregnancy, or preexisting medical conditions, the consumer
confidence report or other reports and notices, or both, shall
contain information related to all of the following:
(a) The contaminant that was detected.
(b) The level of the contaminant that was detected.
(c) The vulnerable population that may be susceptible to the
level of contaminant detected.
(d) The potential adverse health effects associated with
exposure of the vulnerable population to the level of contaminant
detected in the water supply.
(5) (4)
The requirement in subsection (3) (4)
shall only
apply if the department provides suppliers of water with statements
derived from the United States environmental protection agency or
other sources determined by the department to be reliable
concerning the adverse effects of regulated contaminants on
vulnerable subpopulations. The statements shall be in a form that
can be easily inserted into the consumer confidence reports or
other reports and notices provided for in this section.
(6) (5)
If feasible from a cost perspective, the department
may make consumer confidence reports provided for under this
section available at a single website on the internet.