I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6393 
To allow certain small public water systems to request an exemption from 
the requirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for 
a naturally occurring contaminant, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. SIMPSON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To allow certain small public water systems to request an 
exemption from the requirements of any national primary 
drinking water regulation for a naturally occurring con-
taminant, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Community Op-
tions for Regulatory Equity Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FOR NONPROFIT AND MUNICIPAL 
SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS RESPECT-
ING 
NATURALLY 
OCCURRING 
CONTAMI-
NANTS. 
The Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1416 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘EXEMPTION
FOR
NONPROFIT
AND
MUNICIPAL
SMALL 
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS RESPECTING NATURALLY 
OCCURRING CONTAMINANTS 
‘‘SEC. 1416A. (a) EXEMPTION.—A State exercising 
primary enforcement responsibility for public water sys-
tems under section 1413 (or the Administrator in any non-
primacy State) shall exempt any nonprofit or municipal 
small public water system that submits a request in ac-
cordance with subsection (b) from the requirements of any 
national primary drinking water regulation for a naturally 
occurring contaminant. 
‘‘(b) REQUEST.—To seek an exemption under this 
section, a nonprofit or municipal small public water sys-
tem— 
‘‘(1) shall submit a written request to the State 
exercising primary enforcement responsibility with 
respect to the system (or the Administrator in any 
nonprimacy State); and 
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‘‘(2) shall include in such request a finding 
under subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) FINDING.—To seek an exemption under 
this section, a nonprofit or municipal small public 
water system must find that compliance by the sys-
tem with the national primary drinking water regu-
lation involved is not economically feasible. 
‘‘(2) NO REVIEW.—A finding by a nonprofit or 
municipal small public water system under this sub-
section shall not be subject to judicial or administra-
tive review. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘municipal’, with respect to a 
small public water system, means owned or operated 
by a municipality. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘naturally occurring contami-
nant’ includes arsenic, radon, radium, uranium, any 
microbial pathogen (including Cryptosporidium and 
Giardia lamblia), and any contaminant that is a dis-
infection byproduct (including bromate, chlorite, 
haloacetic acids, and total trihalomethanes). 
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‘‘(3) The term ‘small public water system’ 
means a public water system serving 10,000 or 
fewer persons.’’. 
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