Section R. 325.10415 - Annual consumer confidence reporting; report delivery; recordkeepingRule 415.
(1) Except as provided in subrule (7) of this rule, each community water supply shall mail or otherwise directly deliver 1 copy of the report to each customer.(2) The supply shall make a good faith effort to reach consumers who do not get water bills, using means recommended by the department. For the good faith effort to be adequate, the supply shall tailor the effort to reach the consumers who are served by the supply but are not bill paying customers such as renters or workers. A good faith effort to reach consumers may include a mix of any of the following methods appropriate to the particular supply: (a) Posting the report on the Internet.(b) Mailing to postal patrons in metropolitan areas.(c) Advertising the availability of the report in the news media.(d) Publication in a local newspaper.(e) Posting in public places such as cafeterias or lunch rooms of public buildings.(f) Delivery of multiple copies for distribution by single biller customers such as apartment buildings or large private employers.(g) Delivery to community organizations.(3) Not later than the date the supply is required to distribute the report to its customers, each community water supply shall deliver a copy of the report to the department, followed within 3 months by a certification that the report has been distributed to customers, and that the information is correct and consistent with the compliance monitoring data previously submitted to the department.(4) Not later than the date the supply is required to distribute the report to its customers, each community water supply shall deliver the report to the local health department that has jurisdiction in the county in which the supply is located. If the supply's service area is located in more than 1 county, then the report shall be delivered to all appropriate local health departments. In addition, each community water supply shall deliver the report to any other agency or clearinghouse identified in writing by the department.(5) Each community water supply shall make its report available to the public upon request.(6) Each community water supply serving 100,000 or more persons shall post its current year's report to a publicly accessible site on the Internet.(7) The governor or his or her designee, for the purposes of waiving the mailing requirement, may waive the requirement of subrule (1) of this rule for community water supplies serving fewer than 10,000 persons.(a) Supplies serving fewer than 10,000 persons that elect to use the waiver shall do all the following: (i) Publish the report in 1 or more local newspapers serving the area in which the supply is located.(ii) Inform the customers that the report will not be mailed, either in the newspapers in which the report is published or by other means approved by the department.(iii) Make the report available to the public upon request.(b) Supplies serving 500 or fewer persons that elect to use the waiver may forego the requirements of subdivision (a) of this subrule if they provide notice at least once per year to their customers by mail, door-to-door delivery, or by posting in an appropriate location that the report is available upon request.(8) A supply subject to R 325.10411 to R 325.10415 shall retain copies of its consumer confidence report for not less than 3 years.Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.10415
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