Sec. 13405. Identification of high-risk locations
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In accordance with the deadline established in subsection (b), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall develop guidance to help public water systems identify high-risk locations for purposes of focusing efforts to— test drinking water for the concentration of lead in such drinking water; and replace lead service lines. The guidance developed under paragraph
(1)shall include information on how a public water system may use data from the American Community Survey conducted by the Department of Commerce and, where available, geospatial data to identify high-risk locations for the purposes described in subsection (a). Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall— publish the guidance developed under subsection
(a)in the Federal Register; and make such guidance available on a publicly accessible website. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the appropriate committee of the Senate a report that— includes the guidance developed under subsection (a); describes the methodology used to develop such guidance; and provides information about who was consulted in the development of such guidance. In this section: The term high-risk location means an area— that is likely to have lead service lines; and in which an environmental justice community is located. The term lead service line has the meaning given such term in section 1459B(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19b(a)). The term public water system has the meaning given such term in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300f ).
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