LEG00140

• Bill Number: PUB104-182
• Year: 1996
• Title: To reauthorize and amend title XIV of the Public Health Service Act ‎(Commonly Known as the "Safe Drinking Water Act")‎ and for Other Purposes
• Legislation - Doc Type: Congressional Legislative Information

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(b) <<NOTE: 42 USC 300g-1 note.>> Applicability of Prior
Requirements.--The requirements of subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section
1412(b) (3) of the Safe Drinking Water Act as in effect before the date
of enactment of this Act, and any obligation to promulgate regulations
pursuant to such subparagraphs not promulgated as of the date of
enactment of this Act, are superseded by the amendments made by
subsection (a).

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(c) Conforming Amendments.--(l) Section 1415(d) (42 U.S.C. 300g-
4 (d)) is amended by striking' '1412 (b) (3) " and inserting' '1412 (b) , , .
(2) Section 1412 (a) (3) (42 U.S.C. 300g-1Ia) (3)) is amended by
striking "paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of" in each place it appears.

SEC. 103. RISK ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT, AND COMMUNICATION.

Section 14121b) (42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)) is amended by inserting after
paragraph (2) the following:
"(3) Risk assessment, management, and communication.--
"(A) Use of science in decisionmaking.--In carrying
out this section, and, to the degree that an Agency
action is based on science, the Administrator shall
use--
"(i) the best available, peer-reviewed
science and supporting studies conducted in
accordance with sound and objective scientific
practicesi and
"Iii) data collected by accepted methods or
best available methods (if the reliability of the
method and the nature of the decision justifies
use of the data) .
"(B) Public information.--In carrying out this
section, the Administrator shall ensure that the
presentation of information on public health effects is
comprehensive, informative, and understandable. The
Administrator shall, in a document made available to the
public in support of a regulation promulgated under this
section, specify, to the extent practicable--
"(i) each population addressed by any
estimate of public health effectsi
"(ii) the expected risk or central estimate
of risk for the specific populations;
"(iii) each appropriate upper-bound or lower-
bound estimate of riski
"(iv) each significant uncertainty identified
in the process of the assessment of public health
effects and studies that would assist in resolving
the uncertaintYi and
"(v) peer-reviewed studies known to the
Administrator that support, are directly relevant
to, or fail to support any estimate of public
health effects and the methodology used to
reconcile inconsistencies in the scientific data.
"(C) Health risk reduction and cost analysis.--
"(i) <<NOTE: Publication.>> Maximum
contaminant levels.--When proposing any national
primary drinking water regulation that includes a

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