Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 4.8. — CHAPTER 4.8. Emerging Contaminants for Small or Disadvantaged Communities Funding Program [116774. - 116774.1.] | Health and Safety Code - HSC — California

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 116774. Section 116774.

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board. (b) “Community water system” means a public water system that serves at least 15 service connections used by year-long residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-long residents of the area served by the system. (c) “Disadvantaged community” means a community with an annual median household income that is less than 80 percent of the statewide annual median household income, including a community water system solely serving a school. (d) “Emerging contaminant” means a contaminant contained on any Contaminant Candidate List published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300g-1(b)(1)). (e) “Federal grant terms” means the terms and conditions of the federal funding award received by the state pursuant to the federal Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities grant program authorized by Section 300j-27(a)(2)(G) of the federal act. (f) “Federal Safe Drinking Water Act” or “federal act” means the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Secs. 300f to 300j-27, inclusive) and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto. (g) “Municipality” has the same meaning and construction as in the relevant federal act and also includes all state, interstate, and intermunicipal agencies. (h) “Noncommunity water system” means a public water system that is not a community water system. (i) “Nonprofit” means an organization qualified to do business in California and qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. (j) “Publicly owned” means owned by a municipality. (k) “Public water system” means privately and publicly owned community water systems and nonprofit noncommunity water systems, including systems utilizing point of entry or residential central treatment. (l) “Small community” means a community with a population of less than 10,000 individuals that the board determines does not have the capacity to incur debt sufficient to finance a project or activity otherwise eligible under this chapter.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 116774.1. Section 116774.1.

(a) Upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature for this purpose, in accordance with this chapter, the board may provide grants and direct expenditures to address emerging contaminants in small or disadvantaged communities, as described in this chapter, consistent with the federal grant terms. (b) The board may provide grant funding under this chapter to public water systems that serve small or disadvantaged communities, or both. (c) The primary purpose of a project or activity funded under this chapter shall be to address one or more emerging contaminants in drinking water or source water. (d) Moneys appropriated for purposes of this chapter may be used for activities consistent with the federal grant terms, including the following activities: (1) Activities relating to source water, including, but not limited to, research and investigation to identify the presence, source, or extent of emerging contaminants in a water system, source exploration, and new source development. (2) Planning and design. (3) Providing households access to drinking water services. (4) Public communication, engagement, and education. (5) Research and testing. (6) Scoping and identification. (7) Storage. (8) Technical assistance. (9) Testing or sampling for baseline assessment. (10) Treatment. (11) Water system restructuring, consolidation, or creation. (e) The board may implement this chapter through a policy handbook or workplan. The policy handbook or workplan is not subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.