SB 483 - Under this act, whenever the Department of Natural Resources determines that a party released a hazardous contaminant into a public water supply, the Department shall request that the Attorney General commences a civil action against the party to recover the cost of remediation and other appropriate relief. A public water system may intervene in any such civil action brought by the Attorney General. Under this act, if the party responsible for releasing a hazardous contaminant into a public water supply is a public utility company, such public utility company shall not pass the cost of remediation and actual damages to its customers through a rate making proceeding. This act is substantially similar to HB 837 (2023). JULIA SHEVELEVA