HB 1245 Summary

• Requires the water pollution control board to adopt or amend rules establishing protection zones around community public water supply systems, effective July 1, 2011.

• Mandates rules include a notice and hearing procedure for land owners, mineral owners, and mineral leaseholders within a five-year time of travel to the water supply system.

• Requires written notice describing in plain language the impact of protection zones on property rights, including activity restrictions, mandatory remediation obligations, and applicability of federal groundwater regulations.

• Establishes an enforcement mechanism for failure to comply with notice requirements.

• Makes the permit applicant for the water system or protection zone responsible for providing all required notices to affected parties.