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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pertaining to research, investigations, and
demonstrations with respect to providing a dependably
safe supply of drinking water, together with appropriate
recommendations in connection with the information; and
"(B) make available ~esearch facilities of the
Agency to appropriate public authorities, institutions,
and individuals engaged in studies and research relating
to this title. I ';
(B) by striking parag~aph (3); and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (3)
and moving such paragraph to appear before paragraph
(4) .

SEC. 122. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

Section 1442(e) (42 U.S.C. 300j-1(e)) is amended to read as follows:
--(e) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator may provide technical
assistance to small public water systems to enable such systems to
achieve and maintain compliance with applicable national primary
drinking water regulations. Such assistance may include circuit-rider
and multi-State regional technical assistance programs, training, and
preliminary engineering evaluations. The Administrator shall ensure that
technical assistance pursuant to this subsection is available in each
State. <<NOTE: Nonprofit organizations.>> Each nonprofit organization
receiving assistance under this subsection shall consult with the State
in which the assistance is to be expended or otherwise made available
before using assistance to undertake activities to carry out this
subsection. <<NOTE: Appropriation authorization.>> There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Administrator to be used for such technical
assistance $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 2003.
No portion of any State loan fund established under section 1452
(relating to State loan funds) and no portion of any funds made
available under this subsection may be used for lobbying expenses. Of
the total amount appropriated under this subsection, 3 percent shall be
used for technical assistance to public water systems owned or operated
by Indian Tribes.' I.

[[Page 110 STAT. 1652J]

SEC. 123. OPERATOR CERTIFICATION.

Part B (42 U.S.C. 300g et seg.) is amended by adding the following
after section 1418:

--Sec. 1419. <<NOTE: Federal Register, publication. 42 USC 300g-
8.>> (a) Guidelines.--Not later than 30 months after the date of
enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 and in
cooperation with the States, the Administrator shall publish guidelines
in the Federal Register, after notice and opportunity for comment from
interested persons, including States and public water systems,
specifying minimum standards for certification (and recertification) of
the operators of community and nontransient noncommunity public water
systems. Such guidelines shall take into account existing State
programs, the complexity of the system, and other factors aimed at
providing an effective program at reasonable cost to States and public
water systems, taking into account the size of the system.

--(b) State Programs.--Beginning 2 yea~s after the date on which the
Administrator publishes guidelines under subsection (a), the
Administrator shall withhold 20 percent of the funds a State is

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