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

1'1'16 Amendments to the Sate unIlkmg water Act

"(B) identify for contaminants regulated under this
title for which monitoring is required under this title
(or any unregulated contaminants selected by the State,
in its discretion, which the State, for the purposes of
this subsection, has determined may present a threat to
public health), to the extent practical, the origins
within each delineated area of such contaminants to
determine the susceptibility of the public water systems
in the delineated area to such contaminants.
"(3) Approval, implementation, and monitoring relief.--A
State source water assessment program under this subsection
shall be submitted to the Administrator within 18 months after
the Administratorrs guidance is issued under this subsection and
shall be deemed approved 9 months after the date of such
submittal unless the Administrator disapproves the program as
provided in section 1428(c). States shall begin implementation
of the program immediately after its approval. The
Administrator1s approval of a State program under this
subsection shall include a timetable, established in
consultation with the State, allowing not more than 2 years for
completion after approval of the program. Public water systems
seeking monitoring relief in addition to the interim relief
provided under section 1418(a) shall be eligible for monitoring
relief, consistent with section 1418(b), upon completion of the
assess

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IDent in the delineated source water assessment area or areas
concerned.
"(4) Timetable.--The timetable referred to in paragraph (3)
shall take into consideration the availability to the State of
funds under section 1452 (relating to State loan funds) for
assessments and other relevant factors. The Administrator may
extend any timetable included in a State program approved under
paragraph (3) to extend the period for completion by an
additional 18 months.
"(5) Demonstration project.--The Administrator shall, as
soon as practicable, conduct a demonstration project, in
consultation with other Federal agencies, to demonstrate the
most effective and protective means of assessing and protecting
source waters serving large metropolitan areas and located on
Federal lands.
"(6) Use of other programs.--To avoid duplication and to
encourage efficiency, the program under this section may make
use of any of the following:
"(A) Vulnerability assessments, sanitary surveys,
and monitoring programs.
"(B) Delineations or assessments of ground water
sources under a State wellhead protection program
developed pursuant to this section.
~'(C) Delineations or assessments of surface or
ground water sources under a State pesticide management
plan developed pursuant to the pesticide and Ground
Water State Management Plan Regulation (subparts I and J
of part 152 of title 40, eode of Federal Regulations),
promulgated under section 3(d) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 V.S.C.
136a (d)) .
"(D) Delineations or assessments of surface water

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