3.0.0 2920 2023-01-13T04:48:15Z 2023-01-13T04:48:15Z Senate S S 2006-05-22 109 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-05-22T18:11:01Z Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act of 2006 109 2855 S 2006-05-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4806-4807) Identical bill CRS 2006-05-22 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4895-4896) IntroReferral 2006-05-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4894-4895) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE N Environmental Protection Crime and Law Enforcement Environmental technology Federal aid to water pollution control Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Infrastructure Potable water Science, Technology, Communications Terrorism Waste water treatment Water Resources Development Water pollution control Water supply Water treatment plants Environmental Protection 00 2006-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2006-08-03T18:23:47Z Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) compile a list of all high-consequence facilities; and (2) notify each owner and operator of a water facility that is included on the list. Requires the Administrator, in determining whether a facility is a high-consequence water facility, to consider: (1) the number of people located in the vulnerability zone for each substance of concern that could be released at the water facility; (2) the critical infrastructure served by the facility; (3) any use by the facility of large quantities of one or more substances of concern; and (4) the quantity and volume of annual shipments of substances of concern to or from the facility. Defines "vulnerability zone" as a geographic area that would be affected by a worst-case release of certain hazardous substances.

Requires the Administrator to classify high-consequence water facilities into three tiers and give priority to matters relating to the security of high-consequence water facilities based on the classification. Makes mandatory the designation as a high-consequence facility of those whose vulnerability zone contains more than 10,000 individuals. Prohibits the Administrator from reclassifying such a facility into a tier with a lower priority.

Requires the owner or operator of a high-consequence water facility to submit to the Administrator an options feasibility assessment (including a cost estimate) concerning the use of inherently safer technologies no later than 90 days after receiving notice that such facility is listed.

Requires the Administrator, subject to the availability of grant funds, to issue an order requiring a facility to eliminate the use of substances of concern and to adopt safer technologies. Authorizes the Administrator to seek enforcement of an order.

Directs the Administrator to provide grants to high-consequence facilities for use in paying capital expenditures directly required to complete the transition of such facility to the use of safer technologies.

]]> Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act of 2006 Display Title Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to eliminate security risks by replacing the use of extremely hazardous gaseous chemicals with inherently safer technologies. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2920is/xml/BILLS-109s2920is.xml 2006-05-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4895-4896) 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.