[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2406 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2406

 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
 from implementing the national primary drinking water regulations for 
     copper in drinking water until certain studies are completed.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 1998

   Mr. Hagel introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
 from implementing the national primary drinking water regulations for 
     copper in drinking water until certain studies are completed.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL PRIMARY 
              DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS FOR COPPER IN NEBRASKA.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall not implement the national 
primary drinking water regulations for copper in drinking water 
promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) 
until 6 months after the 2 studies conducted by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention in the State of Nebraska and the State of 
Delaware are completed, published in a peer-reviewed journal, and 
reviewed by the Administrator and the State of Nebraska.
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