(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, 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.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 325.1005

  • Department: means the department of environmental quality or its authorized agent or representative. See Michigan Laws 325.1002
  • Director: means the director of the department of environmental quality or his or her authorized agent or representative. 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 325.1002
  • State drinking water standards: means quality standards setting limits for contaminant levels or establishing treatment techniques to meet standards necessary to protect the public health. See Michigan Laws 325.1002
  • system: means a system of pipes and structures through which water is obtained and distributed, including but not limited to wells and well structures, intakes and cribs, pumping stations, treatment plants, storage tanks, pipelines and appurtenances, or a combination thereof, actually used or intended for use for the purpose of furnishing water for drinking or household purposes. See Michigan Laws 325.1002
    •   (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, 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 rule promulgated may require the addition of any substance for preventive health care purposes unrelated to contamination of drinking water.
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