Sec. 5402.

As used in this part:

(a) "Department" means the department of environmental quality or its authorized agent or representative.

(b) "Director" means the director of the department of environmental quality or his or her designated representative.

(c) "Disadvantaged community" means a municipality in which all of the following conditions are met:

(i) Users within the area served by a proposed public water supply project are directly assessed for the costs of construction.

(ii) The median annual household income of the area served by a proposed public water supply project does not exceed 120% of the statewide median annual household income for Michigan.

(iii) The municipality demonstrates at least 1 of the following:

(A) More than 50% of the area served by a proposed public water supply project is identified as a poverty area by the United States bureau of the census.

(B) The median annual household income of the area served by a proposed public water supply project is less than the most recently published federal poverty guidelines for a family of 4 in the 48 contiguous United States. In determining the median annual household income of the area served by the proposed public water supply project under this subparagraph, the municipality shall utilize the most recently published statistics from the United States Bureau of the Census, updated to reflect current dollars, for the community which most closely approximates the area being served. If these figures are not available for the area served by the proposed public water supply project, the municipality may have a survey conducted to document the median annual household income of the area served by the project.

(C) The median annual household income of the area served by a proposed public water supply project is less than the most recently published statewide median annual household income for this state, and annual user costs for water supply exceed 1% of the median annual household income of the area served by the proposed public water supply project.

(D) The median annual household income of the area served by a proposed public water supply project is not greater than 120% of the statewide median annual household income for this state, and annual user costs for water supply exceed 3% of the median annual household income of the area served by the proposed project.

(d) "Federal safe drinking water act" means the safe drinking water act, 42 USC 300f to 300j-26, and the rules promulgated under that act.

(e) "Fund" means the safe drinking water revolving fund established under section 16b of the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141.1066b.

(f) "Fundable range" means those projects, taken in descending order on the priority list, for which the department estimates sufficient funds exist to provide assistance during each annual funding cycle.

(g) "Municipality" means a city, village, county, township, authority, public school district, or other public body with taxing authority, including an intermunicipal agency of 2 or more municipalities, authorized or created under state law.

(h) "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.

History: Add. 1997, Act 26, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1997 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 561, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA