Introduced By: Representative Murphy
Date Introduced : February 3, 1998
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 46-15.6-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-15.6 entitled "Clean Water Infrastructure" is hereby amended to read as follows:
46-15.6-5. Completion, filing, approval and implementation of infrastructure component. -- (a) Each water supplier required by this chapter to prepare and maintain an infrastructure replacement component shall complete and adopt a component two (2) years subsequent to the date each party's water supply management plan per section 46-15.3-7.5 is due.
(b) Water suppliers subject to the requirements of section 46-15.6-3 shall file a copy of all components, only to the extent the components differ from plans filed under section 46-15.3-5.1 thereto with the following: the division of drinking water quality of the department of health (hereinafter referred to as "the department").
(c) A water supplier subject to section 46-15.6-3 shall review their components at least once every five (5) years and shall modify or replace their components as necessary.
(d) The department shall coordinate expeditious review of components
prepared by water suppliers subject to this chapter. Upon receipt
of components prepared by water suppliers under this chapter the
department of environmental management's water supply management
division, or its successor, {DEL and the public utilities
commission DEL} {ADD and the division of public utilities and carriers ADD}
(for those water suppliers within {DEL its DEL} {ADD their ADD}
jurisdiction) shall have one hundred and twenty (120) days to
review the components and submit comments thereon to the department.
Upon consideration of written comments by all agencies designated
herein the department shall determine whether the component complies
with the requirements of this chapter. This determination shall
be made within eight (8) months of the initial submission. A thirty
(30) day public comment period shall be included in this eight
(8) month review period. Failure by the department to notify water
suppliers of its determination within the prescribed time limit
shall constitute approval.
(e) Each water supplier shall implement the requirements of its infrastructure replacement program and component, including its infrastructure replacement fund, as mandated by this chapter in accordance to rules and regulations promulgated per section 46-15.6-7.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
