Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-70

ENV 70

Private Wells Program

Messrs. Eldridge, Pacheco, Feeney, Moore and Gomez, Ms. Kennedy and Messrs. Collins, Mark, Tarr, Cronin and Keenan moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 116 the following section: -

SECTION 117. Item 1231-1020 of section 72 of chapter 204 of the acts of 1996, as amended by section 54 of chapter 365 the acts of 1996, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "called" the following words:- , and to assist homeowners with treatment systems to ensure that drinking water from private wells meets primary standards for recommended concentration limits of contaminants as specified by public drinking water standards issued by the department of environmental protection; provided further, that the department of environmental protection shall determine the requirements for loan guarantees and interest subsidies for an eligible project; provided further, that the department of environmental protection may subcontract the administration of this program to public authorities and other public instrumentalities of the commonwealth; provided further, that the board of health of a city or town in which a proposed project shall be undertaken, or the department of environmental protection shall determine if a homeowner’s proposed project is an eligible private well remediation project as specified by public drinking water standards issued by the department; provided further, that for purposes of this program, an eligible project shall mean a project to construct a treatment system for a private well that a board of health of a city or town or the department of environmental protection determines is out of compliance with public drinking water standards issued by the department or a septic system that a board of health of a city or town determines is out of compliance with Title V"