[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2665 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2665

To provide for a study of Radium 224 in drinking water and to amend the 
  Safe Drinking Water Act to require that a national primary drinking 
 water standard be established for Radium 224, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 1999

  Mr. Saxton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a study of Radium 224 in drinking water and to amend the 
  Safe Drinking Water Act to require that a national primary drinking 
 water standard be established for Radium 224, 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. STUDY OF RADIUM 224.

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) shall 
undertake a study to determine the toxicological effects of Radium 224 
and the health effects of exposure to Radium 224 in drinking water. 
Such study shall include an epidemiological analysis of the populations 
in areas where Radium 224 is known to be present in drinking water. 
Such study shall be completed and the results of the study shall be 
transmitted to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
and published as soon as practicable but not later than 5 years after 
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF DRINKING WATER STANDARD.

    Section 1412(b)(12) of the Safe Drinking Water Act is amended by 
adding the following at the end thereof:
            ``(D) Radium 224.--The Administrator shall include Radium 
        224 on the list prepared under paragraph (1)(B)(i) of 
        contaminants which may require regulation under this title and, 
        not later than 6 months after the completion of the study 
        undertaken by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
        Registry to determine the toxicological effects of Radium 224 
        and the health effects of exposure to Radium 224 in drinking 
        water, include Radium 224 among the 5 or more contaminants for 
        which a determination is made pursuant to paragraph 
        (1)(B)(ii).''.

SEC. 3. STATE SOURCE WATER ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS.

    Section 1453 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-13) is 
amended as follows:
            (1) By adding the following at the end of subsection 
        (a)(1): ``Each such program shall be revised every 5 years 
        after the calendar year 1999.''
            (2) By amending subsection (a)(3) to insert ``or revision 
        thereof'' after program in each place that term appears in the 
        second sentence and by inserting the following at the end 
        thereof: ``Each revision of a State source water assessment 
        program shall be approved or disapproved by the Administrator 
        not later than 9 months after the date of its submittal.''
            (3) by adding the following at the end of subsection 
        (a)(7): ``Each State source water assessment program and each 
        revision thereof shall also be made available to the public.''.
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