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H0654..............................................by ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DRINKING WATER - CONTAMINANTS - Amends existing law to revise the
notification procedures by the persons owning or operating a drinking water
system when contaminants seep into the drinking water systems.
02/11 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/12 Rpt prt - to Env Aff
02/17 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/18 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/20 3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-0-5
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow,
Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes,
Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22),
Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake,
Linford, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb,
Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets,
Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Black(23), Crane, Henbest, Loertscher, Stone
Floor Sponsor - Meyer
Title apvd - to Senate
02/23 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/03 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/04 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 21-11-3
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Crow,
Danielson, Deide, Dunklin, Hansen, Ipsen, Keough, King, McLaughlin,
Noh, Richardson, Sandy, Schroeder, Sweeney, Thorne, Wheeler
NAYS--Cameron, Darrington, Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins, Ingram, Lee,
Parry, Risch, Sorensen, Whitworth
Absent and excused--Riggs, Stennett, Twiggs
Floor Sponsor - King
Title apvd - to House
03/17 To enrol
03/17 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/18 Pres signed - to Governor
03/19 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 119
Effective: 07/01/98
H0654|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 654 BY ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO IMPURITIES IN DRINKING WATER; AMENDING SECTION 37-2102, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO REVISE NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES WHEN CONTAMINANTS SEEP INTO DRINK- 4 ING WATER SYSTEMS AND TO DEFINE A TERM. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 37-2102, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 37-2102. DOMESTIC WATER TO BE PROTECTED. Any person or persons, corpora- 9 tion or corporations, or officers of a municipality, owning or maintaining any 10 plant or public water system as defined in rules of the 11 department, for the supply to the inhabitants of this state, or any 12 part thereof, of water for domestic purposes shall protect the same and keep 13 it free from all impurities and all other foreign substances which tend to 14 injure the health of the ultimate consumers of such water, whether such impu- 15 rities or foreign substances are chemical or bacterial. It shall be the duty 16 of any of the persons or corporations owning or maintaining such a plant 17 or public water system to provide notices to the radio and tele- 18 vision station serving the area served by the public water system or by 19 direct mail to those persons consuming such water of anyvaria-20tionsacute violations from the standards established by 21 the United States environmental protection agency. The standards for22protection from impurities and the standards for chemical and bacterial purity23in the state of Idaho shall be promulgated as rules by the state board of24health and welfare and shall be consistent with this section of the drinking25water standards of the United States environmental protection agency, which26standards are suitable for use in evaluating the quality and safety of water27and water supply systems. The director of the department of health and welfare28may in his discretion issue reports and post public signs indicating noncom-29pliance with these standardsas soon as possible but in no case 30 later than seventy-two (72) hours. An acute health violation is defined as: 31 (i) any violations specified by the state as posing an acute risk to human 32 health; (ii) violation of the maximum contaminant level for nitrate or nitrite 33 as established by federal regulation; (iii) violation of the maximum contami- 34 nant level for total coliforms, when fecal coliforms of E. coli are present in 35 the water distribution system; or (iv) occurrence of a waterborne disease out- 36 break as defined by federal regulation. For purposes of this section, maximum 37 contaminant level shall mean the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in 38 water which is delivered to any user of a public water system .
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 0 7 9 3 8
The purpose of this legislation is to
revise notification procedures when
contaminants seep into drinking water
systems and to define a term.
FISCAL
IMPACT
None.
CONTACT: Representative Meyer
Phone:332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL IMPACT
Bill No. H 654