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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effect on the health of persons;
~~(ii) the contaminant is known to occur or
there is a substantial likelihood that the
contaminant will occur in public water systems
with a frequency and at levels of public health
concern; and
"(iii) in the sole judgment of the
Administrator, regulation of such contaminant
presents a meaningful opportunity for health risk
reduction for persons served by public water
systems.
~~(B) Regulation of unregulated contaminants.--
~~(i) <<NOTE: Publication.>> Listing of
contaminants for consideration.--(I) Not later
than 18 months after the date of enactment of the
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 and
every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator, after
consultation with the scientific community,
including the Science Advisory Board, after notice
and opportunity for public comment, and after
considering the occurrence data base established
under section 1445(g), shall publish a list of
contaminants which, at the time of publication,
are not subject to any proposed or promulgated
national primary drinking water regulation, which
are known or anticipated to occur in public water
systems, and which may require regulation under
this title.
~~(II) The unregulated contaminants considered
under subclause (I) shall include, but not be
limited to, substances referred to in section
101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980,
and substances registered as pesticides under the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act.
~~(III) The Administrator1s decision whether
or not to select an unregulated contaminant for a
list under this clause shall not be subject to
judicial review.
"(ii) Determination to regulate.--(I) Not
later than 5 years after the date of enactment of
the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996,
and every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator
shall, after notice of the preliminary
determination and opportunity for public comment,
for not fewer than 5 contaminants included on the
list published under clause (i), make
determinations of whether or not to regulate such
contaminants.
~~(II) A determination to regulate a
contaminant shall be based on findings that the
criteria of clauses (i), (iii, and (iii) of
subparagraph (A) are satisfied. Such findings
shall be based on the best available public health
information, including the occurrence data base
established under section 1445(g).

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