March 22, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Howrylak, Lucido and McCready and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 399, entitled
"Safe drinking water act,"
by amending section 5 (MCL 325.1005), as amended by 1998 PA 56.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5. (1) The department shall promulgate and enforce rules
to carry out this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act
of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. The rules, at a
minimum, shall include the following:
(a) Requirements for the submission of reports, plans, and
specifications for the design and construction of a waterworks
system
or a part thereof, of a
waterworks system, and a plan for
operating and maintaining all or a part of the waterworks system,
including the protection of water quality within the distribution
system as necessary to protect the public health.
(b) State drinking water standards and associated monitoring
requirements, the attainment and maintenance of which are necessary
to protect the public health.
(c) The classification of waterworks systems or portions
thereof,
of waterworks systems, the examination for certification
of the operators of those systems including shift operators of
water
treatment systems, and for the issuance, suspension, and
revocation of certificates.
(d) Criteria for capacity assessments performed by the
department at community supplies, nontransient noncommunity water
supplies, or a public water supply applying to the department for
assistance under part 54 of the natural resources and environmental
protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5401 to 324.5418.
(e) Requirements for provision of facilities by public water
supplies
that will assure ensure an adequate and reliable supply of
drinking water on a continuous basis.
(2) Rules governing public water supplies promulgated under
former
1913 PA 98, and which that
were in effect on January 4, 1977
are continued in accordance with section 31 of the administrative
procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.231, and may be amended
or rescinded by the director under this act.
(3)
No rule promulgated may A
rule promulgated under this act
must not require the addition of any substance for preventive
health care purposes unrelated to contamination of drinking water.
(4) A guideline issued by the department, a rule promulgated
under this act, or an approved comprehensive control program for
the elimination and prevention of all cross-connections under R
325.11404 of the Michigan Administrative Code must not require the
testing of a testable backflow preventer on a residential lawn
sprinkler system more often than once every 4 years after initial
installation and testing, unless the backflow preventer has
undergone repair since it was last tested or the sprinkler system
includes a chemical injection system.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5755 (request no.
05852'18) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.