Sec. 3. Drinking water quality improvement for minority, tribal, and low-income communities
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In this section: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term water quality testing means the testing of drinking water for the presence of lead or any other contaminant that poses a public health risk. The Administrator shall issue formal guidance to develop a process to protect and improve the drinking water of minority, Tribal, and low-income communities. In developing the process described in subsection (b), the Administrator shall establish and maintain, within the Office of Environmental Justice of the Environmental Protection Agency, a process by which a minority, Tribal, or low-income community, as defined by the Director of the Office of Environmental Justice of the Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water of the Environmental Protection Agency, may request expedited water quality testing of the drinking water of the community for the presence of lead or any other contaminant that poses a public health risk to individuals in the community.
The Administrator shall provide to the requestor the results of an expedited water quality testing carried out in accordance with paragraph
(1)in a timely manner. The Administrator shall develop and maintain a publicly accessible website through which a request for expedited water quality testing in accordance with paragraph
(1)may be submitted, in compliance with applicable Federal law (including regulations) and policies relating to the protection of individual privacy. The Administrator shall develop a performance measure for the expedited water quality testing carried out in accordance with paragraph
(1)to determine the average number of days between the date of submission of a request for expedited water quality testing and the date of completion of a request. The performance measure described in subparagraph
(A)shall be published on the website described in paragraph
(3)not less frequently than once each calendar year. The Administrator shall develop and maintain an electronic database of water quality and health screening tests that includes the results of any— water system supplier water quality test required under the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.); health screening, including blood lead test results, aggregated not less frequently than once each month on a geographic scale not smaller than county level, to be coordinated with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, required under section 317A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–l) and in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–191 ; 110 Stat. 1936); and expedited water quality testing carried out in accordance with subsection (c)(1). The Administrator shall make publicly available the information in the database described in paragraph (1)(A). In developing the process described in subsection (b), the Administrator shall ensure that not fewer than 1 employee in each regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency will serve as a liaison to minority, Tribal, and low-income communities in the relevant region. The Administrator shall prominently identify each regional liaison selected under paragraph
(1)on the website of— the relevant regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency; and the Office of Environmental Justice of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Administrator may make grants to community organizations that represent, operate in, or serve a minority, Tribal, or low-income community, as determined by the Administrator, to educate the residents of the community on— contaminants in drinking water that may have an adverse effect on human health; and assistance that the Administrator may provide to residents to identify and address a drinking water contaminant that may have an adverse effect on human health. The Administrator may create a partnership with an academic or research institution, including another Federal agency, to conduct or promote science that serves the public interest by sharing data or costs or engaging in any other activity of mutual benefit— to identify— any contaminant in drinking water that may have an adverse effect on human health; and a significant public health crisis caused by any violation or contamination that— has the potential to have a serious adverse effect on human health that requires notice under section 1414(c)(2)(C) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300g–3(c)(2)(C) ); or may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to the health of persons (within the meaning of section 1431(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300i(a) )); and to measure the risk that a minority, Tribal, or low-income community faces from contaminants in drinking water that may have an adverse effect on human health. There are authorized to be appropriated for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023— to carry out subsection (c), $2,000,000; to provide grants to community partners to carry out subsection (f), $5,000,000; and to carry out subsection (g), $10,000,000.
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- Pub. L. 104-191
- 110 Stat. 1936
- 42 USC 300g–3(c)(2)(C)
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Sec. 3
Drinking water quality improvement for minority, tribal, and low-income communities
Pub. L.Pub. L. 104-191
Stat.110 Stat. 1936
Cite42 USC 300g–3(c)(2)(C)
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