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<br />_ _ _ _ _ ~______..._._w_ w_ u__ ~_~_ ~~~~~~U'o .. LO-U."" ~ ..'-'~ <br /> <br />specified in this Act or in the amendments made by this Act, this Act <br />and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of <br />enactment of this Act. <br /> <br />Ic) <<NOTE: 42 USC 300f note.>> Disclaimer.--Except for the <br />provisions of section 302 (relating to transfers of funds), nothing in <br />this Act or in any amendments made by this Act to title XIV of the <br />Public Health Service Act (commonly known as the "Safe Drinking Water <br />Act' ') or any other law shall be construed by the Administrator of the <br />Environmental Protection Agency or the courts as affecting, modifying, <br />expanding, changing, or altering-- <br />(1) the provisions of the Federal Water pollution Control <br /> <br />Acti <br /> <br />(2) the duties and responsibilities of the Administrator <br />under that Act; or <br />(3) the regulation or control of point or nonpoint sources <br />of pollution discharged into waters covered by that Act. <br /> <br />The Administrator shall identify in the agency's annual budget all <br />funding and full-time equivalents administering such title XIV <br />separately from funding and staffing for the Federal Water Pollution <br />Control Act. <br /> <br />SEC. 3. <<NOTE: 42 USC 300f note.>> FINDINGS. <br /> <br />The Congress finds that-- <br />(1) safe drinking water is essential to the protection of <br />public heal th; <br />(2) because the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act <br />(42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) now exceed the financial and technical <br />capacity of some public water systems, especially many small <br />public water systems, the Federal Government needs to provide <br />assistance to communities to help the communities meet Federal <br />drinking water requirementsi <br /> <br />[[Page 110 STAT. 1615]] <br /> <br />(3) the Federal Government commits to maintaining and <br />improving its partnership with the States in the administration <br />and implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act; <br />(4) States playa central role in the implementation of safe <br />drinking water programs, and States need increased financial <br />resources and appropriate flexibility to ensure the prompt and <br />effective development and implementation of drinking water <br />programsi <br />(5) the existing process for the assessment and selection of <br />additional drinking water contaminants needs to be revised and <br />improved to ensure that there is a sound scientific basis for <br />setting priorities in establishing drinking water regulationsi <br />(6) procedures for assessing the health effects of <br />contaminants establishing drinking water standards should be <br />revised to provide greater opportunity for public education and <br />participation; <br />(7) in considering the appropriate level of regulation for <br />contaminants in drinking water, risk assessment, based on sound <br />and objective science, and benefit-cost analysis are important <br />analytical tools for improving the efficiency and effectiveness <br />of drinking water regulations to protect human health; <br />(8) more effective protection of public health requires-- <br />(A) a Federal commitmeot to set priorities that will <br /> <br />http://www.epa.gov/safewater/sdwaltext.htm I <br /> <br />~ US"" J U.l UJ <br /> <br />12/20/2001 <br />