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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Safe Drinking Water Act Improved
Compliance Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT OF DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS.

Section 1414(c) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-
3(c)) is amended--
(1) in the header, by inserting ''States, the
Administrator, and'' before ''Persons Served'';
(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ''paragraph
(2)(E)'' and inserting ''paragraph (2)(F)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
''(D) Notice of any exceedance at the 90th
percentile of a lead action level in a regulation
promulgated under section 1412.'';
(3) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ''subparagraph
(D)'' and inserting ''subparagraph (E)'';
(B) in subparagraph (C)--
(i) in the header, by striking
''Violations'' and inserting ''Notice of
violations'';
(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
(I) by inserting '', and each
exceedance described in paragraph
(1)(D),'' after ''for each violation'';
and
(II) by inserting ''or exceedance''
after ''Each notice of violation'';
(iii) by inserting ''or exceedance'' after
''the violation'' each place it appears; and
(iv) in clause (iv)--
(I) in subclause (I), by striking
''broadcast media'' and inserting
''media, including broadcast media,'';
(II) in subclause (II)--
(aa) by striking ''in a
newspaper of general
circulation serving the area''
and inserting ''for circulation
in the affected area, including
in a newspaper of general
circulation serving the
area,''; and
(bb) by striking ''or the
date of publication of the next
issue of the newspaper''; and
(III) in subclause (III), by
striking ''in lieu of notification by
means of broadcast media or
newspaper'';
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as
subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the
following:
''(D) Notice by administrator.--If, after 24 hours
after the Administrator's notification under subsection
(a)(1)(A), the State with primary enforcement
responsibility or the owner or operator of the public
water system has not issued a notice that is required
under subparagraph (C) for an exceedance described in
paragraph (1)(D), the Administrator shall issue such
required notice pursuant to this paragraph.'';
(4) in paragraph (3)(B)--
(A) by striking ''subparagraph (A) and'' and
inserting ''subparagraph (A),''; and
(B) by striking ''subparagraph (C) or (D) of
paragraph (2)'' and inserting ''subparagraph (C) or (E)
of paragraph (2), and notices issued by the
Administrator with respect to public water systems
serving Indian Tribes under subparagraph (D) of such
paragraph'';
(5) in paragraph (4)(B)--
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ''the terms'' and
inserting ''the terms 'action level',''; and
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ''and (IV)'' and
inserting ''(IV) the action level for the contaminant,
and (V)''; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
''(5) Exceedance of safe lead level.--
''(A) Strategic plan.--Not later than 120 days
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the
Administrator shall, in collaboration 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 conduct
targeted outreach, education, technical assistance, and
risk communication to populations affected by lead in a
public water system, including dissemination of
information described in subparagraph (C).
''(B) EPA initiation of notice.--
''(i) Forwarding of data by employee of
epa.--If the Environmental Protection Agency
develops or receives, from a source other than
the State or the public water system, data,
which meets the requirements of section
1412(b)(3)(A)(ii), 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 promulgated under section
1412, the Administrator shall require an
appropriate employee of the Agency to forward
such data to the owner or operator of the
public water system and to the State in which
the exceedance occurred within a time period
established by the Administrator.
''(ii) Dissemination of information 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 established by the Administrator,
shall disseminate to affected persons the
information described in subparagraph (C).
''(iii) Consultation.--
''(I) Deadline.--With respect to an
exceedance at the 90th percentile of a
lead action level in a regulation
promulgated under section 1412, if the
owner or operator of the public water
system does not disseminate, in the
time period established by the
Administrator, the information
described in subparagraph (C), as
required under clause (ii), not later
than 24 hours after becoming aware of
such failure to disseminate, the
Administrator shall consult, within a
period not to exceed 24 hours, with the
applicable Governor to develop a plan,
in accordance with the strategic plan,
to disseminate such information to
affected persons within 24 hours of the
end of such consultation period.
''(II) Delegation.--The
Administrator 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 headquarters of
the Agency, at the time of such
delegation.
''(iv) Dissemination by administrator.--The
Administrator shall, as soon as reasonably
possible, disseminate to affected persons the
information described subparagraph (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.--Information required
to be disseminated under this paragraph shall include a
clear explanation of the exceedance of a lead action
level, its potential adverse effects on human health,
the steps that the owner or operator of the public
water system is taking to correct the exceedance, and
the necessity of seeking alternative water supplies
until the exceedance is corrected.
''(6) Privacy.--Any notice under this subsection to the
public or an affected person shall protect the privacy of
individual customer information.''.

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 contamination
results from--
''(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 at the 90th
percentile of a lead action level in a
regulation promulgated under section
1412.
''(ii) Manner and form.--Notice under this
paragraph shall be provided in such manner and
form as may be reasonably required by the
Administrator. Notwithstanding clause (i)(II),
notice under this paragraph shall be provided
notwithstanding the absence of a violation of
any national drinking water standard.'';
(2) in subsection (b)(2)--
(A) by striking ''The requirements'' and inserting
the following:
''(A) In general.--The requirements''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
''Enforcement of such requirements shall be carried out
by a State with primary enforcement responsibility or
the Administrator, as appropriate.
''(B) Notification by administrator.--In the case
of an exceedance described in subsection
(a)(2)(A)(i)(II), if the public water system or the
State in which the public water system is located does
not notify the persons who may be affected by such
exceedance in accordance with subsection (a)(2), the
Administrator shall notify such persons of such
exceedance in accordance with subsection (a)(2),
including notification of the relevant concentrations
of lead. Such notice shall protect the privacy of
individual 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 regarding--
''(A) risks associated with lead in drinking water;
''(B) the likelihood that drinking water in a
residence may contain lead;
''(C) steps States, public water systems, and
consumers can take to reduce the risks of lead; and
''(D) the availability of additional resources that
consumers can use to minimize lead exposure, including
information on how to sample for lead in drinking
water.
''(2) Vulnerable populations.--In making information
available to the public under this subsection, the
Administrator shall carry out targeted outreach strategies that
focus on educating groups within the general population that
may be at greater risk than the general population of adverse
health effects from exposure to lead in drinking water.''.

Passed the House of Representatives February 10, 2016.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.
A:
Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require public water systems to notify their customers when a lead action level under national drinking water regulations is exceeded in more than 10% of customer taps sampled. (An action level is a level of contaminates which triggers a requirement for the public water system to take additional actions to control corrosion.) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must notify customers if the state or the public water system fails to notify the public within 24 hours of receiving notice from the EPA. Community water systems' consumer confidence reports must include: (1) a definition of "action level," and (2) the action level for contaminants detected in water provided by the public water system. The EPA must establish a strategic plan for conducting targeted outreach, education, technical assistance, and risk communication to populations affected by lead in the public water system. EPA employees must forward to the public water system and to the state information indicating that drinking water contains lead that exceeds a lead action level. The public water system must then disseminate this information to its customers along with its potential adverse effects on human health, corrective steps underway, and advice on whether customers should seek alternative water supplies. If the public water system or the state fails to disseminate the information, the EPA must disseminate it as soon as reasonably possible. (Sec. 3) The EPA must: (1) make information about lead in drinking water available to the public, and (2) carry out targeted outreach strategies that focus on educating groups that are at greater risk than the general population for adverse health effects from exposure to lead in drinking water.