3.0.0 2000 2023-01-11T13:38:14Z 2023-01-11T13:38:14Z Senate S 2017-10-24 115 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-24T21:30:46Z National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017 115 1974 HR 2017-04-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. Related bill CRS 2017-10-24 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2017-10-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2018-06-14 False Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Consumer affairs Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental regulatory procedures Government information and archives Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Metals Public utilities and utility rates Water quality Water use and supply Environmental Protection 00 2017-10-24 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-16T21:52:25Z National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper. The rule must direct:

  • public water systems to meet certain reporting requirements;
  • the EPA to develop a sampling protocol and develop instructions for compliance with the protocol;
  • the EPA, or the state exercising primary enforcement responsibility, to require on-site investigations for determining the source of lead when the concentration of lead or copper contamination exceeds specified levels;
  • public water systems to meet certain notification and reporting requirements when lead or copper concentration limits are exceeded;
  • the systems to develop and publish an inventory of the material composition of the service lines at residential and nonresidential facilities;
  • the systems to collect and publish information about the ownership of those service lines; and
  • the systems, when replacing lead service lines, to entirely replace the lines instead of partially replacing them.

The EPA must also revise the rule to lower the allowable level of lead in drinking water.

]]> National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017 Display Title National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve transparency under the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2000is/xml/BILLS-115s2000is.xml 2017-10-24 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.