‘‘(A) STRATEGIC
PLAN.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph, the Administrator shall, in collabo-
ration with owners and operators of public 
water systems and States, establish a strategic 
plan for how the Administrator, a State with 
primary enforcement responsibility, and owners 
and operators of public water systems shall con-
duct targeted outreach, education, technical as-
sistance, and risk communication to populations 
affected by lead in a public water system, in-
cluding dissemination of information described 
in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) EPA INITIATION OF NOTICE.— 
‘‘(i) FORWARDING OF DATA BY EM-
PLOYEE OF EPA.—If an employee of the 
Environmental Protection Agency develops 
or receives data, which meets the require-
ments of section 1412(b)(3)(A), indicating 
that the drinking water of a person served 
by a public water system contains a level 
of lead that exceeds a lead action level or 
other enforceable maximum level of lead in 
a regulation promulgated under section 
1412, the employee shall forward such 
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data to the owner or operator of the public 
water system in which the exceedance oc-
curred. 
‘‘(ii) DISSEMINATION
OF
INFORMA-
TION
BY
OWNER
OR
OPERATOR.—If an 
owner or operator of a public water system 
receives a notice under clause (i), the 
owner or operator, within a time period es-
tablished by the Administrator, shall dis-
seminate the information described in sub-
paragraph (C). 
‘‘(iii) CONSULTATION.— 
‘‘(I) DEADLINE.—Not later than 
24 hours after becoming aware that 
an owner or operator of a public 
water system has not disseminated 
the information described in subpara-
graph (C) in the time period estab-
lished by the Administrator as re-
quired under clause (ii), the Adminis-
trator shall consult, for a period not 
to exceed 24 hours, with the applica-
ble Governor to develop a plan, in ac-
cordance with the strategic plan, to 
make such information available to af-
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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 dis-
seminate the information described sub-
paragraph (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 disclosed under this para-
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graph shall include a clear explanation of the 
exceedance of a lead action level or other en-
forceable maximum level of lead in a regulation 
promulgated under section 1412, its potential 
adverse effects on human health, the steps that 
the owner or operator of the public water sys-
tem is taking to correct the exceedance, and 
whether it is advisable for persons served by the 
public water system to seek alternative water 
supplies.’’. 
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— 
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‘‘(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, in their 
drinking water, of a lead action level 
or any other enforceable maximum 
level of lead in a regulation issued 
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.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The requirements’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The requirements’’; 
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(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Enforcement of these 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 a violation 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 public of the 
violation in accordance with subsection (a)(2), 
the Administrator shall notify the public of such 
violation in accordance with subsection (a)(2), 
including 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; 
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