Amendment H-8358 to HF 2642
Relating to the conservation and improvement of soil and water resources, including by providing for the administration of associated programs and regulations, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions
Never voted on
Filed April 18, 2024 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds a requirement for public and private drinking water utilities to submit assessments and plans to protect their water sources. These plans must identify threats like industrial activity, climate change, and intentional contamination, and utilities must update them every five years. Utilities that do not have an accepted plan will be ineligible for certain state funding and revolving loans starting in 2027.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 28, after line 23 by inserting: “DIVISION ___ SOURCE WATER PROTECTION Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 455B.183D Source water protection.
- A public or private drinking water utility shall submit a source water protection assessment to the department not later than December 31, 2025, and shall submit a source water protection plan to the department not later than December 31,
- The commission shall establish by rule requirements for the preparation of the assessment and plan, and the submission and review process.
- a. The source water protection assessment shall identify all of the following: (1) Threats to the utility’s source water, including but not limited to threats from industrial activity, hydrogen or biofuel production, carbon capture and sequestration, pipelines and storage tanks, contaminated sites, agricultural activity, and oil and gas exploration. (2) Threats to the utility’s source water and distribution system from climate change, extreme weather, drought, and temperature changes. (3) Threats to the utility’s source water and distribution system from intentional acts, including intentional contamination, sabotage, and theft of any chemical. b. The source water protection assessment shall include a comparison of the disinfection methods used by the water system and reasonably available alternative disinfection methods, including a determination of whether reasonably available alternative disinfection methods could reduce the utility’s vulnerability to the threats identified in paragraph “a” . c. A public or private drinking water utility shall submit an updated source water protection assessment at least once every five years.
- a. The source water protection plan shall identify strategies and resources to mitigate the threats identified in the source water protection assessment. b. A public or private drinking water utility shall submit an updated source water protection plan at least once every five years.
- a. The department may decline to accept an assessment or plan that does not meet the minimum requirements set forth by the commission. b. A public or private utility without an accepted plan shall not be eligible to receive a revolving loan under section 455B.295, or other state funding, on and after January 1,
- The department shall provide access to a filed plan on the department’s internet site.”
- By renumbering as necessary.