December 13, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Brinks, Camilleri, Hertel, Greig, Hoadley, Lasinski and Chang 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 Subject to
subsection (4), 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 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 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or rescinded by the director under this act.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 A rule promulgated may under this act shall not require
the addition of any substance for preventive health care purposes
unrelated to contamination of drinking water.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or a rule
promulgated under this act, the state drinking water standards
shall include the following:
(a) Perfluorooctane, 5 parts per trillion.
(b) Perfluorooctanoic acid, 5 parts per trillion.