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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4414 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize the Administrator 

of the Environmental Protection Agency to notify the public if a State 

agency and public water system are not taking action to address a 

public health risk associated with drinking water requirements. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2016 

Mr. KILDEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize the 

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

to notify the public if a State agency and public water 

system are not taking action to address a public health 

risk associated with drinking water requirements. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Notification 

5 for Clean and Safe Drinking Water Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT OF DRINKING WATER REGULA2 TIONS. 

3 (a) EXCEEDANCE OF LEAD ACTION LEVEL.—Section 

4 1414(c) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g– 

5 3(c)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(D) Notice of any exceedance of a lead 

9 action level or any other prescribed level of lead 

10 in a regulation issued under section 1412, in11 cluding the concentrations of lead found in a 

12 monitoring activity.’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 

15 and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec16 tively; and 

17 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(D) EXCEEDANCE OF LEAD ACTION

20 LEVEL.—Regulations issued under subpara21 graph (A) shall specify notification procedures 

22 for an exceedance of a lead action level or any 

23 other prescribed level of lead in a regulation 

24 issued under section 1412.’’; 

25 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

26 paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 


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1 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC RELATING

4 TO LEAD.— 

5 ‘‘(A) EXCEEDANCE OF LEAD ACTION

6 LEVEL.—Not later than 15 days after the date 

7 of an exceedance of a lead action level or any 

8 other prescribed level of lead in a regulation 

9 issued under section 1412, the Administrator 

10 shall notify the public of the concentrations of 

11 lead found in the monitoring activity conducted 

12 by the public water system if the public water 

13 system or the State does not notify the public 

14 of the concentrations of lead found in a moni15 toring activity. 

16 ‘‘(B) RESULTS OF LEAD MONITORING.— 

17 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

18 may provide notice of any result of lead 

19 monitoring conducted by a public water 

20 system to— 

21 ‘‘(I) any person that is served by 

22 the public water system; or 

23 ‘‘(II) the local or State health de24 partment of a locality or State in 


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1 which the public water system is lo2 cated. 

3 ‘‘(ii) FORM OF NOTICE.—The Admin4 istrator may provide the notice described 

5 in clause (i) by— 

6 ‘‘(I) press release; or 

7 ‘‘(II) other form of communica8 tion, including local media.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1414(c) 

10 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(c)) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

13 (2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(F)’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II), by striking ‘‘sub15 paragraph (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (E)’’; 

16 and 

17 (3) in paragraph (3)(B), in the first sentence, 

18 by striking ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E)’’. 

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