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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evidence in the record to support the finding of a violation or
that the assessment of the penalty by the Administrator
constitutes an abuse of discretion.' r .

(d) Emergency Powers.--Section 1431(b) (42 U.S.C. 300i(b)) is
amended by striking "$5,000' I and inserting "$15,000' r.

SEC. 114. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

(a) Public Water Systems. - -Section 1414 (c) (42 U. S. C. 300g-3 (c)) is
amended to read as follows:
"(c) Notice to Persons Served.--
"(1) In general.--Each owner or operator of a public water
system shall give notice of each of the following to the persons
served by the system:
"(A) Notice of any failure on the part of the
public water system to--
"(i) comply with an applicable maximum
contaminant level or treatment technique
requirement of, or a testing procedure prescribed
by, a national primary drinking water regulationi
or

"(ii) perform monitoring required by section
1445 (a) .
"(B) If the public water system is subject to a
variance granted under subsection (a) (1) (A), (a) (2), or
(e) of section 1415 for an inability to meet a maximum
contaminant level requirement or is subject to an
exemption granted under section 1416, notice of--
"(i) the existence of the variance or
exemptioni and
"(ii) any failure to comply with the
requirements of any schedule prescribed pursuant
to the variance or exemption.

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"(C) Notice of the concentration level of any
unregulated contaminant for which the Administrator has
required public notice pursuant to paragraph (2) (E) .
"(2) Form, manner, and frequency of notice.--
"(A) <<NOTE: Regulations.>> In general.--The
Administrator shall, by regulation, and after
consultation with the States, prescribe the manner,
frequency, form, and content for giving notice under
this subsection. The regulations shall--
"(i) provide for different frequencies of
notice based on the differences between violations
that are intermittent or infrequent and violations
that are continuous or frequent; and
"(ii) take into account the seriousness of
any potential adverse health effects that may be
involved.
"(B) State requirements.--
"(i) In general.--A State may, by rule,
establish alternative notification requirements--
"(I) with respect to the form and
content of notice given under and in a
manner in accordance with subparagraph
(C); and

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