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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$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2003.".
(2) By adding at the end the following:
"(8) Reservation of funds by the administrator.--If the
Administrator assumes the primary enforcement responsibility of
a State public water system supervision program, the
Administrator may reserve from funds made available pursuant to
this subsection an amount equal to the amount that would
otherwise have been provided to the State pursuant to this
subsection. The Administrator shall use the funds reserved
pursuant to this paragraph to ensure the full and effective
administration of a public water system supervision program in
the State.
"(9) State loan funds.--
"(A) Reservation of funds.--For any fiscal year for
which the amount made available to the Administrator by
appropriations to carry out this subsection is less than
the amount that the Administrator determines is
necessary to supplement funds made available pursuant to
paragraph (8) to ensure the full and effective
administration of a public water system supervision
program in a State, the Administrator may reserve from
the funds made available to the State under section 1452
(relating to State loan funds) an amount that is equal
to the amount of the shortfall. This paragraph shall not
apply to any State not exercising primary enforcement
responsibility for public water systems as of the date
of enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments
of 1996.
"(B) Duty of administrator.--If the Administrator
reserves funds from the allocation of a State under
subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall carry out in
the State each of the activities that would be required
of the State if the State had primary enforcement
authority under section 1413.' r.

SEC. 125. MONITORING AND INFORMATION GATHERING.

(a) Review of Existing Requirements.--Paragraph (1) of section
1445(a) (42 U.S.C. 300j-4(a) (1)) is amended to read as follows:

[[Page 110 STAT. 1654]]

-- (1) (A) <<NOTE: Records.>> Every person who is subject to any
requirement of this title or who is a grantee, shall establish and
maintain such records, make such reports, conduct such monitoring, and
provide such information as the Administrator may reasonably require by
regulation to assist the Administrator in establishing regulations under
this title, in determining whether such person has acted or is acting in
compliance with this title, in administering any program of financial
assistance under this title, in evaluating the health risks of
unregulated contaminants, or in advising the public of such risks. In
requiring a public water system to monitor under this subsection, the
Administrator may take into consideration the system size and the
contaminants likely to be found in the system's drinking water.

"(B) Every person who is subject to a national primary drinking
water regulation under section 1412 shall provide such information as
the Administrator may reasonably require, after consultation with the
State in which such person is located if such State has primary
enforcement responsibility for public water systems, on a case-by-case

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