Sec. 2201. Lead and copper in drinking water

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Section 1412(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300g–1(b) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs

(14)and

(15)as paragraphs

(15)and (16), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph

(13)the following: Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the True LEADership Act of 2016 , the Administrator shall promulgate lead and copper regulations that— based on the amount of lead that would result in a blood lead level greater than 5 micrograms per deciliter in any healthy infant with an average blood lead level who consumes infant formula made with water, establish a household action level for priority setting for lead and copper that triggers— not later than 28 days after the date on which the household action level is reached, plain-language consumer notification that is culturally and linguistically appropriate; a report to the appropriate public health agency; and an examination by the public water system of service line material, and the prioritization of the removal by the public water system, of any lead portion of the service line; provide for frequent and culturally and linguistically appropriate multi-media outreach in plain language about the health risk and protection available to— consumers with known or suspected full or partial lead service lines; public and private institutions and facilities that serve individuals of any other vulnerable population, including— children; pregnant women; and an immunocompromised population, such as— individuals living with auto immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency virus; and the elderly; and caregivers and healthcare providers for any individual described in clause

(i)or (ii); require, for each monitoring period, each public water system to publish on a publicly accessible website of the public water system, or distribute by carrier route presort if the public water system does not maintain a publicly accessible website, or distribute door-to-door if a substantial portion of the population served by the public water system does not have access to the Internet or is elderly— the number of households served by the public water system that have a household action level that is greater than the household action level established by the Administrator under subparagraph (A); all levels of lead and copper found in each monitoring period; and the most recent 90th percentile levels for lead and copper, as compared to the system action levels for lead and copper; in the case of a community that has a lead service line, require the public water system to provide a public statement of lead service line ownership that includes the legal basis of that determination of ownership; modify lead monitoring requirements to provide for— voluntary consumer-requested tap sampling for lead; and the use of any result of a tap sample described in clause (i)— to inform— consumer action to reduce the risk of lead in the home of the consumer; and in the case of a tap sample that is higher than the household action level established in subparagraph (A), the consumer and the appropriate public health agency; and to assess— if the tap sample meets the site selection criteria described in the regulations issued by the Administrator for the control of lead and copper, the effectiveness of corrosion control treatment; or any other potential cause of an elevated lead level; and are periodically reviewed and revised in accordance with paragraph (9), including the revision of the household action level established by the Administrator under subparagraph

(A)to require action based on the quantity of lead in drinking water that would result in a blood lead level, for any healthy infant with an average blood lead level who consumes infant formula made with water, equal to not less than the national 97.5th percentile for childhood blood lead level. . Section 1415(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300g–4(e) ) is amended— in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 1412(b)(15) and inserting 1412(b)(16) ; and in paragraph (7)(A)— in clause (ii), by striking 1412(b)(15) and inserting 1412(b)(16) ; and in clause (iii), by striking 1412(b)(15)(A) and inserting 1412(b)(16)(A) . Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, authorizes or requires the elimination or weakening of any requirement or health protection relating to lead and copper under part 141 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).

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42 USC 300g–1(b)
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Sec. 2201

Lead and copper in drinking water

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