BILL NUMBER: AB 2049	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dahle

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 116380 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to drinking water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2049, as introduced, Dahle. Drinking water: point-of-entry and
point-of-use treatment systems.
   Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, imposes on
the State Department of Public Health various responsibilities and
duties relating to providing a dependable, safe supply of drinking
water. Existing law requires the department to adopt regulations to
implement the California Safe Drinking Water Act, and to enforce
provisions of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, including
requirements governing the use of point-of-entry and point-of-use
treatment in lieu of centralized treatment where it can be
demonstrated that centralized treatment is not immediately
economically feasible. Existing law limits the use of these alternate
treatment methods to water systems with less than 200 service
connections.
   This bill would, instead, limit the use of point-of-entry and
point-of-use treatment to water systems with less than 500 service
connections.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 116380 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   116380.  (a) In addition to the requirements set forth in Section
116375, the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section
116375 shall include requirements governing the use of
point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment by public water systems in
lieu of centralized treatment where it can be demonstrated that
centralized treatment is not immediately economically feasible,
limited to the following:
   (1) Water systems with less than  200   500
 service connections.
   (2) Usage allowed under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and
its implementing regulations and guidance.
   (3) Water systems that have submitted preapplications with the
State Department of Public Health for funding to correct the
violations for which the point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment is
provided.
   (b) The department shall adopt emergency regulations governing the
permitted use of point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment by public
water systems in lieu of centralized treatment.
   (1) The emergency regulations shall comply with Section 116552,
and shall comply with all of the requirements set forth in
subdivision (a) applicable to nonemergency regulations, but shall not
be subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative
Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1
of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The emergency
regulations shall take effect when filed with the Secretary of State,
and shall be published in the California Code of Regulations.
   (2) The emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this subdivision
shall remain in effect until the earlier of January 1, 2014, or the
effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a).