[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 502 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 502

  To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to designate perchlorate as a 
     contaminant and to establish a maximum contaminant level for 
                              perchlorate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 2003

  Mrs. Boxer 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 amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to designate perchlorate as a 
     contaminant and to establish a maximum contaminant level for 
                              perchlorate.

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

SECTION 1. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR PERCHLORATE.

    Section 1412(b)(12) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-
1(b)(12)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Perchlorate.--
                            ``(i) Declaration of perchlorate as 
                        contaminant.--Congress declares that 
                        perchlorate is a contaminant subject to 
                        regulation under this title.
                            ``(ii) Maximum contaminant level.--Not 
                        later than July 1, 2004, the Administrator 
                        shall establish a maximum contaminant level for 
                        perchlorate that provides an adequate margin of 
                        safety for vulnerable populations (including 
                        children and pregnant women).
                            ``(iii) Regulation.--On and after the date 
                        of establishment of the maximum contaminant 
                        level under clause (ii), the Administrator 
                        shall regulate perchlorate as an inorganic 
                        contaminant in accordance with part 141 of 
                        title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
                        successor regulation).''.
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