November 6, 2008, Introduced by Senator SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.
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, 42 USC 300f to 300j-26. A supplier
required to provide a consumer confidence report shall mail or
otherwise directly deliver 1 copy of the report to each customer,
regardless of the number of that supplier's customers. The supplier
shall make a good-faith effort to reach consumers who do not
receive water bills. 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) 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.
(4)
The requirement requirements
in subsection (3) 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.
(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.