tablished by the Administrator, shall dis-
seminate to affected persons the informa-
tion described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(iii) CONSULTATION.— 
‘‘(I) DEADLINE.—With respect to 
an exceedance at the 90th percentile 
of a lead action level in a regulation 
promulgated under section 1412, if 
the owner or operator of the public 
water system does not disseminate, in 
the time period established by the Ad-
ministrator, the information described 
in subparagraph (C), as required 
under clause (ii), not later than 24 
hours after becoming aware of such 
failure to disseminate, the Adminis-
trator shall consult, within a period 
not to exceed 24 hours, with the ap-
plicable Governor to develop a plan, in 
accordance with the strategic plan, to 
disseminate such information to af-
fected persons within 24 hours of the 
end of such consultation period. 
‘‘(II) 
DELEGATION.—The 
Ad-
ministrator may only delegate the
duty to consult under this clause to 
an employee of the Environmental 
Protection Agency who is working in 
the Office of Water, at the head-
quarters of the Agency, at the time of 
such delegation. 
‘‘(iv) DISSEMINATION
BY
ADMINIS-
TRATOR.—The Administrator shall, as 
soon as reasonably possible, disseminate to 
affected persons the information described 
subparagraph (C) if— 
‘‘(I) the Administrator and the 
applicable Governor do not agree on a 
plan described in clause (iii)(I) during 
the consultation period under such 
clause; or 
‘‘(II) the applicable Governor 
does not disseminate the information 
within 24 hours of the end of such 
consultation period. 
‘‘(C) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—Informa-
tion required to be disseminated under this 
paragraph shall include a clear explanation of 
the exceedance of a lead action level, its poten-
tial adverse effects on human health, the steps
that the owner or operator of the public water 
system is taking to correct the exceedance, and 
the necessity of seeking alternative water sup-
plies until the exceedance is corrected. 
‘‘(6) PRIVACY.—Any notice under this sub-
section to the public or an affected person shall pro-
tect the privacy of individual customer informa-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF LEAD PIPES, SOLDER, 
AND FLUX. 
Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300g–6) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a)(2)(A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(i) IDENTIFICATION AND NOTICE.— 
Each owner or operator of a public water 
system shall identify and provide notice to 
persons who may be affected by— 
‘‘(I) lead contamination of their 
drinking water where such contamina-
tion results from— 
‘‘(aa) the lead content in the 
construction materials of the
public water distribution system; 
or 
‘‘(bb) 
corrosivity 
of 
the 
water supply sufficient to cause 
leaching of lead; or 
‘‘(II) an exceedance at the 90th 
percentile of a lead action level in a 
regulation promulgated under section 
1412. 
‘‘(ii) MANNER
AND
FORM.—Notice 
under this paragraph shall be provided in 
such manner and form as may be reason-
ably required by the Administrator. Not-
withstanding clause (i)(II), notice under 
this paragraph shall be provided notwith-
standing the absence of a violation of any 
national drinking water standard.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The requirements’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The requirements’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Enforcement of such requirements shall be 
carried out by a State with primary enforce-
ment responsibility or the Administrator, as ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION BY ADMINISTRATOR.— 
In the case of an exceedance described in sub-
section (a)(2)(A)(i)(II), if the public water sys-
tem or the State in which the public water sys-
tem is located does not notify the persons who 
may be affected by such exceedance in accord-
ance with subsection (a)(2), the Administrator 
shall notify such persons of such exceedance in 
accordance with subsection (a)(2), including no-
tification of the relevant concentrations of lead. 
Such notice shall protect the privacy of indi-
vidual customer information.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
make information available to the public regarding 
lead in drinking water, including information regard-
ing— 
‘‘(A) risks associated with lead in drinking 
water; 
‘‘(B) the likelihood that drinking water in 
a residence may contain lead;
‘‘(C) steps States, public water systems, 
and consumers can take to reduce the risks of 
lead; and 
‘‘(D) the availability of additional re-
sources that consumers can use to minimize 
lead exposure, including information on how to 
sample for lead in drinking water. 
‘‘(2) VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.—In making 
information available to the public under this sub-
section, the Administrator shall carry out targeted 
outreach strategies that focus on educating groups 
within the general population that may be at greater 
risk than the general population of adverse health 
effects from exposure to lead in drinking water.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 10, 
2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4470 
AN ACT 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with re-
spect to the requirements related to lead in 
drinking water, and for other purposes.