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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1340 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to consumer confidence 

reports by community water systems. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 1, 2011 

Mr. YOUNG of Florida (for himself and Mr. BILIRAKIS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to 

consumer confidence reports by community water systems. 

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 ‘‘End Unnecessary 

5 Costs Caused by Report Mailing Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS BY COMMUNITY 

7 WATER SYSTEMS. 

8 (a) METHOD OF DELIVERING REPORT.—Subpara9 graph (A) of section 1414(c)(4) of the Safe Drinking 

10 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(c)(4)) is amended— 

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1 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The Ad2 ministrator, in consultation’’ and inserting the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Adminis5 trator, in consultation’’; 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘to mail to each customer’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘to provide in accordance with the mailing 

8 requirement of clause (ii) or (iii), as applicable, to 

9 each customer’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(ii) MAILING REQUIREMENT IN CASE

12 OF VIOLATION OF MCL.—In the case of a 

13 community water system for which there 

14 has been a violation of the maximum con15 taminant level for any regulated contami16 nant during the year concerned, the regu17 lations under clause (i) shall require each 

18 report to be mailed. 

19 ‘‘(iii) MAILING REQUIREMENT ABSENT

20 ANY VIOLATION OF MCL.—In the case of a 

21 community water system for which there 

22 was no such violation during the year con23 cerned, the regulations under clause (i) 

24 shall require the system to comply with one 

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1 of the following (to be selected by the sys2 tem): 

3 ‘‘(I) Mail each report. 

4 ‘‘(II) Make each report available 

5 on the system’s Web site and, upon 

6 request, by mail and provide notice in 

7 plain language (either by using cus8 tomized message space on the cus9 tomer’s bill or by enclosing a flier 

10 within the customer’s bill) that— 

11 ‘‘(aa) the system’s water has 

12 remained in compliance with the 

13 maximum contaminant level for 

14 each regulated contaminant dur15 ing the year concerned; and 

16 ‘‘(bb) a consumer confidence 

17 report is available on the sys18 tem’s Web site and, upon re19 quest, by mail. 

20 ‘‘(iv) RELATION TO OTHER PROVI21 SIONS.—For purposes of subparagraphs 

22 (C) and (D), references to the mailing re23 quirement of this subparagraph refer to 

24 the requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii).’’. 

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1 (b) CONTENT OF REPORT.—Clause (iii) of section 

2 1414(c)(4)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 300g–3(c)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘(IV) for any 

4 regulated’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

5 end of the clause and inserting ‘‘(IV) for any regulated 

6 contaminant in such water system for which there has 

7 been a violation of the maximum contaminant level during 

8 the year concerned, the brief statement in plain language 

9 regarding the health concerns that resulted in regulation 

10 of such contaminant (as provided by the Administrator in 

11 regulations under subparagraph (A)), a description in 

12 plain language of the specific contaminant measurements 

13 which caused the violation and the possible effects on 

14 health and welfare, a description in plain language of the 

15 actions being taken to correct the violation so as to be 

16 in compliance with this Act, and a statement of the date 

17 by which compliance will be attained.’’. 

18 (c) APPLICATION; ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.—The 

19 amendments made by this section apply beginning on the 

20 day that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of 

21 this Act. Not later than such day, the Administrator of 

22 the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate re23 vised regulations and take such other actions as may be 

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1 necessary to carry out the amendments made by this sec2 tion. 

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