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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water system in the State complied with the
maximum contaminant level promulgated under
subparagraph (E). Tbe Administrator shall approve
or disapprove a program submitted under this
paragraph within 180 days of receipt. A program
that is not disapproved during such period shall
be deemed approved. A program that is disapproved
may be modi

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fied to address the objections of the
Administrator and be resubmitted for approval.
"(iv) Review.--The Administrator shall
periodically, but not less often than every 5
years, review each multimedia mitigation program
approved under this subparagraph to determine
whether it continues to meet the requirements of
clause (iii) and shall, after written notice to
the State and an opportunity for the State to
correct any deficiency in the program, withdraw
approval of programs that no longer comply with
such requirements.
"(v) Extension.--If, within 90 days after the
promulgation of an alternative maximum contaminant
level under subparagraph (F), the Governor of a
State submits a letter to the Administrator
committing to develop a multimedia mitigation
program under this subparagraph, the effective
date of the national primary drinking water
regulation for radon in the State that would be
applicable under paragraph (10) shall be extended
for a period of 18 months.
"(vi) Local programs.--In the event that a
State chooses not to submit a multimedia
mitigation program for approval under this
subparagraph or has submitted a program that has
been disapproved, any public water system in the
State may submit a program for approval by the
Administrator according to the same criteria,
conditions, and approval process that would apply
to a State program. The Administrator shall
approve a multimedia mitigation program if the
health risk reduction benefits expected to be
achieved by the program are equal to or greater
than the health risk reduction benefits that would
result from compliance by the public water system
with the maximum contaminant level for radon
promulgated under subparagraph (E).".

SEC. 110. <<NOTE: Regulations.>> RECYCLING OF FILTER BACKWASH.

Section 1412 (b) (42 U.S.C. 300g-1 (b)) is amended by adding the
following new paragraph after paragraph (13):
"(14) Recycling of filter backwash.--The Administrator
shall promulgate a regulation to govern the recycling of filter
backwash water within the treatment process of a public water
system. The Administrator shall promulgate such regulation not
later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the Safe
Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 unless such recycling has

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