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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or fewer are required to monitor.
"(B) Monitoring program for certain unregulated
contaminants.--
"(i) <<NOTE: Records.>> Initial list.--Not
later than 3 years after the date of enactment of
the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 and
every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator shall
issue a list pursuant to subparagraph (A) of not
more than 30 unregulated contaminants to be
monitored by public water systems and to be
included in the national drinking water occurrence
data base maintained pursuant to subsection (g).
"(ii) Governors I petition.--The Administrator
shall include among the list of contaminants for
which monitoring is required under this paragraph
each contaminant recommended in a petition signed
by the Governor of each of 7 or more States,
unless the Administrator determines that the
action would prevent the listing of other
contaminants of a higher public health concern.
"(e) Monitoring plan for small and medium
systems.--
"(i) In general.--Based on the regulations
promulgated by the Administrator, each State may
develop a representative monitoring plan to assess
the occurrence of unregulated contaminants in
public water systems that serve a population of
10,000 or fewer in that State. The plan shall
require monitoring for systems representative of
different sizes, types, and geographic locations
in the State.
"(ii) Grants for small system costs.--From
funds reserved under section 1452{o) or
appropriated under subparagraph (H), the
Administrator shall pay the reasonable cost of
such testing and laboratory analysis as are
necessary to carry out monitoring under the plan.
"(D) Monitoring results.--Each public water system
that conducts monitoring of unregulated contaminants
pursuant to this paragraph shall provide the results of
the monitoring to the primary enforcement authority for
the system.
"(E) Notification.--Notification of the
availability of the results of monitoring programs
required under paragraph (2) (A) shall be given to the
persons served by the system.

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"(F) Waiver of monitoring requirement.--The
Administrator shall waive the requirement for monitoring
for a contaminant under this paragraph in a State, if
the State demonstrates that the criteria for listing the
contaminant do not apply in that State.
"(G) Analytical methods.--The State may use
screening methods approved by the Administrator under
subsection (i) in lieu of monitoring for particular
contaminants under this paragraph.
"(H) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this

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