Michigan Laws 325.1003b – Department of environmental quality; powers; conduct of capacity assessment or source water assessment; availability of records to department
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(1) The department may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) Conduct a capacity assessment at a community supply, a nontransient noncommunity water supply, 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.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 325.1003b
- Capacity assessment: means an evaluation of the technical, financial, and managerial capability of a community supply or nontransient noncommunity water supply to comply and maintain compliance with all requirements of this act and the rules promulgated under this act. See Michigan Laws 325.1002
- Community supply: means a public water supply that provides year-round service to not fewer than 15 living units or which regularly provides year-round service to not fewer than 25 residents. See Michigan Laws 325.1002
- Department: means the department of environmental quality or its authorized agent or representative. See Michigan Laws 325.1002
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- Nontransient noncommunity water supply: means a noncommunity public water supply that serves not fewer than 25 of the same individuals on an average daily basis over 6 months per year. See Michigan Laws 325.1002
- Public water supply: means a waterworks system that provides water for drinking or household purposes to persons other than the supplier of the water, and does not include either of the following:
(i) A waterworks system that supplies water to only 1 living unit. See Michigan Laws 325.1002Source water assessment: means a state program to delineate the boundaries of areas in the state from which 1 or more public water supplies receive supplies of drinking water, to identify contaminants regulated under this act for which monitoring is required because the state has determined they may present a threat to public health, and, to the extent practical, to determine the susceptibility of the public water supply in the delineated area to these contaminants. See Michigan Laws 325.1002
(b) Conduct a source water assessment at a public water supply.
(c) Enter the facilities and business offices used in the operation of a public water supply.
(2) Public water supplies shall make available to the department records needed to conduct a capacity assessment or source water assessment. The department may request information in writing or during on-site visits to conduct capacity assessments or source water assessments.