Michigan Laws 324.5404 – Water suppliers; qualifications for assistance
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.5404
- Assistance: means 1 or more of the following activities to the extent authorized by the federal safe drinking water act:
(i) Provision of loans for the planning, design, and construction or alteration of waterworks systems. See Michigan Laws 324.5401Community water supply: means a public water supply that provides year-round service to not less than 15 living units or that regularly provides year-round service to not less than 25 residents. See Michigan Laws 324.5401 Department: means the department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy or its authorized agent or representative. See Michigan Laws 324.5402 Federal safe drinking water act: means the safe drinking water act, 42 USC 300f to 300j-25, and the rules promulgated under that act. See Michigan Laws 324.5402 Noncommunity water supply: means a public water supply that is not a community water supply, but that has not less than 15 service connections or that serves not less than 25 individuals on an average daily basis for not less than 60 days per year. See Michigan Laws 324.5402 Project: means a project related to the planning, design, and construction or alteration of a waterworks system and may include utilization of more efficient energy and resources as described in any of the following:
(i) The cost-effective governmental energy use act, 2012 PA 625, MCL 18. See Michigan Laws 324.5403
(1) Water suppliers that own the following types of public water supplies qualify to receive assistance under this part:
(a) A community water supply.
(b) A noncommunity water supply that operates as a nonprofit entity.
(2) Water suppliers identified in subsection (1) that serve 10,000 people or less may qualify for assistance from funds prescribed in section 1452(a)(2) of the federal safe drinking water act, 42 USC 300j-12.
(3) On completion and submittal of approved planning documents by an overburdened community to the department, if the overburdened community incurred planning costs related to the proposed project, the overburdened community must be directly reimbursed by the department to the extent funds are available. Technical assistance funds identified in section 1452(g)(2)(D) or section 1452(d)(1) of the federal safe drinking water act, 42 USC 300j-12, must be used to the extent available, to forgive repayment of the planning loan.
(4) Only water suppliers that have no outstanding prior year fees as prescribed in Act 399 may receive assistance under this part.