Bill Text: MI HB6056 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Environmental protection; funding; grant program for setting up infrastructure replacement of exposure to lead in drinking water; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 399 (MCL 325.1001 - 325.1023) by adding secs. 11e & 11f.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-11-30 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/29/2016 [HB6056 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB6056-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6056

 

 

November 29, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Schor and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 399, entitled

 

"Safe drinking water act,"

 

(MCL 325.1001 to 325.1023) by adding sections 11e and 11f.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11e. (1) The lead abatement fund is created within the

 

state treasury.

 

     (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from

 

any source for deposit into the lead abatement fund. The state

 

treasurer shall direct the investment of the lead abatement fund.

 

The state treasurer shall credit to the lead abatement fund

 

interest and earnings from fund investments.

 

     (3) Money in the lead abatement fund at the close of the

 

fiscal year shall remain in the lead abatement fund and shall not

 

lapse to the general fund.

 

     (4) The department shall be the administrator of the lead

abatement fund for auditing purposes.

 

     (5) The department shall expend money from the lead abatement

 

fund, upon appropriation, only for lead abatement grants issued

 

under section 11f.

 

     Sec. 11f. (1) The department shall establish and administer a

 

lead abatement grant program that provides grants for lead

 

infrastructure remediation. A grant may be awarded for 1 or more of

 

the following:

 

     (a) Surveying water supply systems for the presence of

 

infrastructure that may represent a lead hazard, including pipes,

 

connectors, and solder containing lead, lead alloys, and galvanized

 

iron.

 

     (b) Replacing mains, connectors, or service lines to remove

 

lead from contact with drinking water. All service line

 

replacements financed in whole or in part with a grant under this

 

section must include the entire length from the connection box to

 

the building or water faucet. An application that proposes only

 

partial lead service line replacements shall not be approved.

 

     (c) Replacing valves for the purposes of conducting safe lead

 

abatement in the water supply system.

 

     (d) Plant upgrades designed to optimize corrosion control.

 

     (2) An application for a grant under this section may be

 

submitted by a supplier of water that provides water to a community

 

supply or a noncommunity supply. The application shall include both

 

of the following:

 

     (a) A detailed plan, budget, and timeline. The plan shall, at

 

a minimum, contain all of the following:

     (i) The methods that will be used to systematically identify

 

plumbing materials across the water supply system.

 

     (ii) How the plan will seek to maximize reductions in lead

 

levels at water consumers' taps.

 

     (iii) The methods that will be used to assess lead levels at

 

the tap before and after remediation.

 

     (iv) An identification of current lead levels at the tap and

 

the sampling procedures used.

 

     (v) A comprehensive plan to prevent the remediation effort

 

itself from causing any additional lead exposures.

 

     (b) The local resources that will be committed to the

 

remediation. An applicant for a grant shall provide a match of not

 

less than 25% of the cost of the project. However, up to 50% of the

 

match may be provided as goods and services.

 

     (3) In reviewing grant applications under this section, the

 

department shall consider all of the following:

 

     (a) Whether a proposed project meets the requirements of the

 

grant program.

 

     (b) Whether the proposed project is feasible.

 

     (c) The level of local funding commitment from public and

 

private sources relative to available local resources.

 

     (d) The level of commitment from other governmental agencies.

 

     (e) Whether there is evidence of adverse economic and

 

socioeconomic conditions in the community where the water supply

 

system is located.

 

     (f) The reduction in population exposure to lead that will be

 

achieved by the project relative to other grant applications.

     (4) The department shall prioritize the applications received

 

based upon which projects will provide the greatest value to the

 

state considering the likelihood of the local community undertaking

 

the project in the absence of the grant and which projects will

 

accomplish the greatest reduction in lead levels for the money

 

expended.

 

     (5) Following approval of a grant under this section, but

 

prior to releasing any funds, the department shall enter into a

 

grant agreement with the grant recipient. The grant agreement shall

 

include provisions required by the department including a

 

requirement that the grant recipient provide to the department a

 

complete accounting of the money received.

 

     (6) The department shall annually submit a report to the

 

legislature that includes all of the following:

 

     (a) The number of applications received.

 

     (b) The number of grants issued.

 

     (c) A description of the purpose of each grant that was issued

 

and the amount of the grant.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless the question provided for in the clean Michigan initiative

 

reauthorization act is approved by a majority of the registered

 

electors voting on the question at the next general election.