Drinking Water Supply Assistance Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1824
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2013-12-13
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Budget deficits and national debt

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Metals

State and local finance

Water quality

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-15
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 261.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Drinking Water Supply Assistance Act of 2013 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt any pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder, or flux that contains brass from certain prohibitions against the use of lead pipes, solder, and flux under the following conditions:</p> <ul> <li>a supplier of water owns the brass before enactment of this Act;</li> <li>the brass is used to prevent or mitigate a municipal budget deficit or an interruption in service of a public water system; and</li> <li>the supplier of water is otherwise in compliance with all laws and regulations, except monitoring requirements regarding lead in water.</li> </ul> <p>Makes the exemption inapplicable to a municipality if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines it would result in an unreasonable risk to public health.</p> <p>Directs the Administrator to: (1) consult with and seek the advice of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council on potential changes to federal regulations pertaining to lead; and (2) request the Council to consider sources of lead throughout drinking water distribution systems, including through components used to reroute drinking water during distribution system repairs.</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 261 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1824 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 13 (legislative day, December 11), 2013 Mr. Enzi (for himself, Mr. Roberts , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Risch , Mr. Moran , Mr. Hatch , Mr. Crapo , and Mr. Thune ) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time December 15, 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt certain lead pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, and flux that contain brass.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Drinking Water Supply Assistance Act of 2013 . 2. Exempting certain uses of lead Section 1417(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300g–6(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking or after the semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (C) except as provided in paragraph (5), any pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder, or flux that contains brass that is not lead free if— (i) a supplier of water owns the brass before the date of enactment of this subparagraph; (ii) the brass is used to prevent or mitigate— (I) a deficit in the budget of a municipality; or (II) an interruption in service of a public water system; and (iii) the supplier of water is otherwise in compliance with (as of the date on which the brass is used) all laws (including regulations), except any monitoring requirement, including subpart C of part 141 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, regarding lead in water. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (5) Finding of unreasonable risk to public health The exemption in paragraph (4)(C) shall not apply to a municipality if the Administrator finds that the exemption, as applied to the municipality or all municipalities, would result in an unreasonable risk to public health. . 3. Evaluation of sources of lead in water distribution systems and alternate routing systems The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall— (1) consult with and seek the advice of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council on potential changes to the regulations pertaining to lead under the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq. ); and (2) request the Council to consider sources of lead throughout drinking water distribution systems, including through components used to reroute drinking water during distribution system repairs.

December 15, 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar