SB 1422 Summary

• Establishes annual registration fees for public water systems, measured by system classification and population served, with fees deposited in the water quality fee fund.

• Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to establish fees for design review services related to public and semipublic swimming pools, environmental fate review of pesticide active ingredients, and operator certification services.

• Expands the water quality fee fund to include revenues from pesticide groundwater protection reviews, operator certification for water systems and sewage treatment plants, and public water system regulation.

• Requires all public water systems to register annually with the department and provide requested information along with payment of annual registration fees.

• Redirects certification fee revenues from the state general fund to the water quality fee fund for sewage treatment plant operators and potable water system operators.