I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Unnecessary 
Costs Caused by Report Mailing Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS BY COMMUNITY 
WATER SYSTEMS. 
(a) METHOD OF DELIVERING REPORT.—Subpara-
graph (A) of section 1414(c)(4) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(c)(4)) is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The Ad-
ministrator, in consultation’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Adminis-
trator, in consultation’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘to mail to each customer’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to provide in accordance with the mailing 
requirement of clause (ii) or (iii), as applicable, to 
each customer’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) MAILING REQUIREMENT IN CASE 
OF VIOLATION OF MCL.—In the case of a 
community water system for which there 
has been a violation of the maximum con-
taminant level for any regulated contami-
nant during the year concerned, the regu-
lations under clause (i) shall require each 
report to be mailed. 
‘‘(iii) MAILING REQUIREMENT ABSENT 
ANY VIOLATION OF MCL.—In the case of a 
community water system for which there 
was no such violation during the year con-
cerned, the regulations under clause (i) 
shall require the system to comply with one 
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of the following (to be selected by the sys-
tem): 
‘‘(I) Mail each report. 
‘‘(II) Make each report available 
on the system’s Web site and, upon 
request, by mail and provide notice in 
plain language (either by using cus-
tomized message space on the cus-
tomer’s bill or by enclosing a flier 
within the customer’s bill) that— 
‘‘(aa) the system’s water has 
remained in compliance with the 
maximum contaminant level for 
each regulated contaminant dur-
ing the year concerned; and 
‘‘(bb) a consumer confidence 
report is available on the sys-
tem’s Web site and, upon re-
quest, by mail. 
‘‘(iv) RELATION
TO
OTHER
PROVI-
SIONS.—For purposes of subparagraphs 
(C) and (D), references to the mailing re-
quirement of this subparagraph refer to 
the requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii).’’. 
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(b) CONTENT OF REPORT.—Clause (iii) of section 
1414(c)(4)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300g–3(c)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘(IV) for any 
regulated’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end of the clause and inserting ‘‘(IV) for any regulated 
contaminant in such water system for which there has 
been a violation of the maximum contaminant level during 
the year concerned, the brief statement in plain language 
regarding the health concerns that resulted in regulation 
of such contaminant (as provided by the Administrator in 
regulations under subparagraph (A)), a description in 
plain language of the specific contaminant measurements 
which caused the violation and the possible effects on 
health and welfare, a description in plain language of the 
actions being taken to correct the violation so as to be 
in compliance with this Act, and a statement of the date 
by which compliance will be attained.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION; ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.—The 
amendments made by this section apply beginning on the 
day that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. Not later than such day, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate re-
vised regulations and take such other actions as may be 
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necessary to carry out the amendments made by this sec-
tion. 
Æ 
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