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“DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S7683 on July 8, 1998.
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DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999
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KERREY (AND HAGEL) AMENDMENTS NOS. 3067-3068
Mr. KERREY (for himself and Mr. Hagel) submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by them to the bill (S. 2168) making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes; as follows:
Amendment No. 3067
On page 93, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
SEC. 423. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OR
ENFORCEMENT OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM TREATMENT
REQUIREMENTS FOR COPPER ACTION LEVEL.
(a) In General.--None of the funds made available by this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to implement or enforce the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper in drinking water promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.), to the extent that the regulations pertain to the public water system treatment requirements related to the copper action level, until--
(1) the Administrator and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention jointly conduct a study to establish a reliable dose-response relationship for the adverse human health effects that may result from exposure to copper in drinking water, that--
(A) includes an analysis of the health effects that may be experienced by groups within the general population
(including infants) that are potentially at greater risk of adverse health effects as the result of the exposure;
(B) is conducted in consultation with interested States;
(C) is based on the best available science and supporting studies that are subject to peer review and conducted in accordance with sound and objective scientific practices; and
(D) is completed not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) based on the results of the study and, once peer reviewed and published, the 2 studies of copper in drinking water conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the State of Nebraska and the State of Delaware, the Administrator establishes an action level for the presence of copper in drinking water that protects the public health against reasonably expected adverse effects due to exposure to copper in drinking water.
(b) Current Requirements.--Nothing in this section precludes a State from implementing or enforcing the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper in drinking water promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act
(42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) that are in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, to the extent that the regulations pertain to the public water system treatment requirements related to the copper action level.
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Amendment No. 3068
On page 93, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
SEC. 423. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OR
ENFORCEMENT OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM TREATMENT
REQUIREMENTS FOR COPPER ACTION LEVEL.
(a) In General.--None of the funds made available by this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to implement or enforce the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper in drinking water promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.), to the extent that the regulations pertain to the public water system treatment requirements related to the copper action level, until--
(1) the Administrator and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention jointly conduct a study to establish a reliable dose-response relationship for the adverse human health effects that may result from exposure to copper in drinking water, that--
(A) includes an analysis of the health effects that may be experienced by groups within the general population
(including infants) that are potentially at greater risk of adverse health effects as the result of the exposure;
(B) is conducted in consultation with interested States;
(C) is based on the best available science and supporting studies that are subject to peer review and conducted in accordance with sound and objective scientific practices; and
(D) is completed not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) based on the results of the study and, once peer reviewed and published, the 2 studies of copper in drinking water conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the State of Nebraska and the State of Delaware, the Administrator establishes an action level for the presence of copper in drinking water that protects the public health against reasonably expected adverse effects due to exposure to copper in drinking water.
(b) Current Requirements.--Nothing in this section precludes a State from implementing or enforcing the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper in drinking water promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act
(42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) that are in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, to the extent that the regulations pertain to the public water system treatment requirements related to the copper action level.
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