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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4651
To require bottled water to meet maximum contaminant levels established
under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 1994
Mr. BRYANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To require bottled water to meet maximum contaminant lev-
els established under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BOTTLED WATER STANDARDS.
(a) FDA RULES.—(1) At any time after the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency publishes
a proposed maximum contaminant level under section
1412 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of the
Public Health Service Act) but not later than 180 days
after the Administrator publishes a final maximum con-
taminant level, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, acting through the Commissioner of the Food and
Drug Administration, after public notice and comment,
shall promulgate a regulation establishing a quality level
for the contaminant in bottled water or make a finding
that such a regulation is not necessary to protect the pub-
lic health because the contaminant is contained in water
in the public water systems (as defined under section
1401(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300f(4)) and not in water
used for bottled water.
(2) The regulation shall include any monitoring re-
quirements determined appropriate for bottled water by
the Secretary.
(3) The regulation—
(A) shall require that the quality level for the
contaminant in bottled water be as stringent as the
maximum contaminant level for the contaminant
published by the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency; and
(B) may require that the quality level be more
stringent than the maximum contaminant level if
necessary to provide ample public health protection
under this Act.
(b) DEFAULT.—(1) If the Secretary fails to promul-
gate a regulation as provided in subsection (a) within the
180-day time period specified in subsection (a), the regula-
tion with respect to the final maximum contaminant level
published by the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency (as described in subsection (a)) shall be
considered, as of the date on which the Secretary is re-
quired to establish a regulation under subsection (a), as
the final regulation for the establishment of the quality
level for a contaminant required under subsection (a) for
the purpose of establishing or amending a bottled water
quality level standard with respect to the contaminant.
(2) Not later than 30 days after the end of the 180-
day period described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall,
with respect to a maximum contaminant level that is con-
sidered as a quality level under paragraph (1), publish a
notice in the Federal Register that sets forth the quality
level and appropriate monitoring requirements required
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) and that
provides that the quality level standard and requirements
shall take effect on the date on which the final regulation
of the maximum contaminant level takes effect.
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