[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1308 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1308

   To terminate the applicability of certain provisions of the Safe 
     Drinking Water Act relating to exemptions, variances, and the 
  application of cost considerations in establishing and implementing 
       standards for safe drinking water, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 1997

  Mr. Saxton (for himself and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To terminate the applicability of certain provisions of the Safe 
     Drinking Water Act relating to exemptions, variances, and the 
  application of cost considerations in establishing and implementing 
       standards for safe drinking water, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.

    (a) Amendments.--After the date of the enactment of this Act the 
following provisions of title XIV of the Public Health Service Act 
(``the Safe Drinking Water Act'') and all references to such provisions 
shall cease to apply:
            (1) Subclauses (III) and (IV) of section 1414(b)(3)(C), 
        relating to quantifiable and nonquantifiable costs likely to 
        occur solely as a result of compliance with a maximum 
        contaminant level and the incremental costs and benefits 
        associated with each alternative maximum contaminant level.
            (2) Paragraph (6) of section 1412(b), relating to 
        additional health risk reduction and cost considerations.
            (3) Paragraph (15) of section 1412(b), relating to variance 
        technologies.
            (4) Paragraph (4) of section 1413(a), relating to State 
        primary enforcement authority to permit variances or 
        exemptions, or both, from the requirements of its drinking 
        water regulations.
            (5) Section 1415, relating to variances.
            (6) Section 1416, relating to exemptions.
            (7) Section 1418, relating to interim monitoring relief 
        authority.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
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