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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"(v) Final regulations.--Not
January I, 2001, after notice and
public comment, the Administrator
a national primary drinking water

later than
opportunity for
shall promulgate
regulation for

arsenic.

"(vi) Authorization.--There are authorized to
be appropriated $2,500,000 for each of fiscal
years 1997 through 2000 for the studies required
by this paragraph.
"(B) Sulfate.--
"(i) Additional study.--Prior to promulgating
a national primary drinking water regulation for
sulfate, the Administrator and the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall
jointly conduct an additional study to establish a
reliable dose-response relationship for the
adverse human health effects that may result from
exposure to sulfate in drinking water, including
the health effects that may be experienced by
groups within the general population (including
infants and travelers) that are potentially at
greater risk of adverse health effects as the
result of such exposure. The study shall be
conducted in consultation with interested States,
shall be based on the best available, peer-
reviewed science and supporting studies conducted
in accordance with sound and objective scientific
practices, and shall be completed not later than
30 months after the date of enactment of the Safe
Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996.
"(ii) Determination.--The Administrator shall
include sulfate among the 5 or more contaminants for
which a determination is made pursuant to paragraph
(3) (B) not later than 5 years after the date of
enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of
1996.
"(iii) Proposed and final rule.--Notwithstanding
the deadlines set forth in paragraph (2), the
Administrator may, pursuant to the authorities of this
subsection and after notice and opportunity for public
comment, promulgate a final national primary drinking
water regulation for sulfate. Any such regulation shall
include requirements for public notification and options
for the provision of alternative water supplies to
populations at risk as a means of complying with the
regulation in lieu of a best available treatment
technology or other means. r I.

(b) Radon.--Section 1412 (b) (42 V.S.C. 300g-1(b)) is amended by
inserting after paragraph (12) the following'
"(13) Radon in drinking water.--
"(A) National primary drinking water regulation.--
Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Administrator shall
withdraw any national primary drinking water regulation
for radon proposed prior to the date of enactment of
this paragraph and shall propose and promulgate a
regulation for radon under this section, as amended by
the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996.

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