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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-4A-04" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="4A" subtitle_name="Private Well Safety Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An owner of residential rental property that is served by a private well shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Provide for water quality testing every 3 years;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Disclose to a tenant the results of the water quality testing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notify a tenant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>After any water quality test required under item (1) of this subsection is complete; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Of the most recent water quality test when they sign a lease.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The requirements of this subsection apply when a private well is contaminated by a substance that exceeds:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The maximum contaminant level for that substance that is set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water quality; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A harmful level for that substance, as determined by the Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When a water quality test reveals a private well is contaminated, the owner of a residential rental property that is served by the well shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Notify the Department and the local health department about the contamination;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provide an approved potable water supply until the contamination is permanently remediated; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Within 60 days of the date on which the owner knew of the contamination, resolve the issue, including by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Providing an approved potable water supply on an ongoing basis;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Permanently remediating the contamination; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Providing the tenant with the option to terminate the lease.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who violates a provision of this section is subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A local health department may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Enforce this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Collect the civil penalty provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall adopt regulations to establish minimum criteria for water quality testing required under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
