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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district in existence prior to May 18, 1994, that
provides primarily agricultural service through a
piped water system with only incidental
residential or similar use shall not be considered
to be a public water system if the system or the
residential or similar users of the system comply
with subclause (II) or (III) of clause (i).
"(C) Transition period.--A water supplier that
would be a public water system only as a result of
modifications made to this paragraph by the Safe
Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 shall not be
considered a public water system for purposes of the Act
until the date that is two years after the date of
enactment of this subparagraph. If a water supplier does
not serve 15 service connections (as defined in
subparagraphs (A) and (B)) or 25 people at any time
after the conclusion of the 2-year period, the water
supplier shall not be considered a public water
system. I , .
(2) <<NOTE: 42 USC 300f note.>> GAO study.--The Comptroller
General of the United States shall undertake a study to--
(A) ascertain the numbers and locations of
individuals and households relying for their residential
water needs, including drinking, bathing, and cooking
(or other similar uses) on irrigation water systems,
mining water systems, industrial water systems, or other
water systems covered by section 1401 (4) (B) of the Safe
Drinking Water Act that are not public water systems
subject to the Safe Drinking Water Act;
(B) determine the sources and costs and
affordability (to users and systems) of water used by
such populations for their residential water needs; and
(C) review State and water system compliance with
the exclusion provisions of section 1401 (4) (B) of such
Act.
The <<NOTE: Reports.>> Comptroller General shall submit a report
to the Congress within 3 years after the date of enactment of
this Act containing the results of such study.

SEC. 102. GENERAL AUTHORITY.

(a) Standards.--Section 1412(b) (42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)) is amended by
striking "(b) (1)" and all that follows through the end of paragraph
(3) and inserting the following:
"(b) Standards.--
"(1) Identification of contaminants for listing.--
"(A) <<NOTE: Publication. Regulations.>> General
authority.--The Administrator shall, in accordance with
the procedures established by this subsection, publish a
maximum contaminant level goal and

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promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation
for a contaminant (other than a contaminant referred to
in paragraph (2) for which a national primary drinking
water regulation has been promulgated as of the date of
enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of
1996) if the Administrator determines that--
"(i) the contaminant may have an adverse

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