3.0.0 2717 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z Senate S S 2004-07-22 108 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-07-22T16:05:05Z 2004-07-22 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2004-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin N C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2004-07-22 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2004-07-22 True Environmental Protection Administrative remedies Arsenic Cancer Cardiovascular diseases China Colleges Congress Congressional reporting requirements Depressed areas Diabetes District of Columbia East Asia Economics and Public Finance Education Environmental Protection Agency Environmental health Environmental technology Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Health Higher education Law Maryland Medical research Nebraska New Mexico Nonprofit organizations Potable water Public health Public utilities Radon Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Standards Taiwan Technological innovations Texas Toxicology Uranium Utah Water Resources Development Water pollution control Water quality Environmental Protection 00 2004-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-01T19:44:40Z Rural Community Arsenic Relief Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require States exercising primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems to exempt any nonprofit small public water system (serving 10,000 or fewer persons) that so requests in accordance with this Act from the requirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for naturally occurring contaminants, including arsenic, radon, radium, and uranium.

Requires exemption requests to demonstrate that the system's compliance with applicable national primary drinking water regulations: (1) is not economically feasible; (2) has a disproportionate and adverse impact on low-income families; (3) is substantially impeded by limited access to innovative and affordable technology; or (4) is not necessary because the drinking water provided by the system does not pose an unreasonable health risk.

Sets forth alternative arsenic standards for those systems receiving arsenic exemptions.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a university-based arsenic research consortium comprised of specified institutions of higher education. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants to the consortium to carry out its duties.

]]> Rural Community Arsenic Relief Act Display Title Rural Community Arsenic Relief Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt nonprofit small public water systems from certain drinking water standards relating to naturally occurring contaminants. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rural Community Arsenic Relief Act Introduced in Senate 2004-07-22T04:00:00Z 2004-07-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.