Missouri Senate

Senate Amendment

MULTIPURPOSE WATER RESOURCES (Sections 256.437-256.447) - This act adds several provisions relating to multipurpose water resources. Under this act, the term "water resource project" shall mean a project containing planning, design, construction, or renovation of public water supply, flood control storage, or treatment or transmission facilities for public water supply. This act changes the name of the "Water Resource Program" to the "Multipurpose Water Resource Program", and changes the name of the "Multipurpose Water Resource Program Renewable Water Program Fund" to the "Multipurpose Water Resource Program Fund". Further, this act requires the Department of Natural Resources to establish rules by which water resource project sponsors can remit contributions to the Multipurpose Water Resource Program Fund who are awarded financial assistance from the Fund, and requires that any plan submitted to the Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the construction of a water resource project shall include a schedule, proposed by the sponsor, to remit contributions back to the Fund. Such contributions shall be used to administer the Fund, and to provide financial assistance under the Multipurpose Water Resource Act.

This provision is similar to SB 1120 (2016).

WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS (Section 644.200) - This act requires the Department of Natural Resources to provide municipalities served by a wastewater treatment system with information regarding system upgrade options to meet any new or existing discharge requirements. Further, the municipality may conduct an analysis of available options to meet any new or existing discharge requirements, with such analysis including an examination of the feasibility and the costs associated with each option. If upgrading or expanding the existing wastewater treatment system is feasible, cost effective, and will meet discharge requirements, the Department of Natural Resources shall allow the municipality to implement such option.

This provision contains an emergency clause.

KAYLA HAHN

SA 1 - THIS AMENDMENT CHANGES THE TITLE OF THIS ACT TO "THE REGULATION OF WATER SYSTEMS" AND MODIFIES THE COMPOSITION OF THE CLEAN WATER COMMISSION.

SA 3 - THIS AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO USE DESIGN-BUILD FOR WASTEWATER AND WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, AND REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO CONSIDER SUCH FACILITIES WHEN DISBURSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS.

SA 5 - THIS AMENDMENT REQUIRES PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS SEEKING TO MAKE FLUORIDATION MODIFICATIONS TO ITS WATER SUPPLY TO MEET CERTAIN NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO SUCH MODIFICATION.