[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1340 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1340

     To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to consumer 
             confidence reports by community water systems.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2011

  Mr. Young of Florida (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to consumer 
             confidence reports by community water systems.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``End Unnecessary Costs Caused by 
Report Mailing Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS BY COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS.

    (a) Method of Delivering Report.--Subparagraph (A) of section 
1414(c)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-3(c)(4)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``The Administrator, 
        in consultation'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) In general.--The Administrator, in 
                        consultation'';
            (2) by striking ``to mail to each customer'' and inserting 
        ``to provide in accordance with the mailing requirement of 
        clause (ii) or (iii), as applicable, to each customer''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) Mailing requirement in case of 
                        violation of mcl.--In the case of a community 
                        water system for which there has been a 
                        violation of the maximum contaminant level for 
                        any regulated contaminant during the year 
                        concerned, the regulations under clause (i) 
                        shall require each report to be mailed.
                            ``(iii) Mailing requirement absent any 
                        violation of mcl.--In the case of a community 
                        water system for which there was no such 
                        violation during the year concerned, the 
                        regulations under clause (i) shall require the 
                        system to comply with one of the following (to 
                        be selected by the system):
                                    ``(I) Mail each report.
                                    ``(II) Make each report available 
                                on the system's Web site and, upon 
                                request, by mail and provide notice in 
                                plain language (either by using 
                                customized message space on the 
                                customer's bill or by enclosing a flier 
                                within the customer's bill) that--
                                            ``(aa) the system's water 
                                        has remained in compliance with 
                                        the maximum contaminant level 
                                        for each regulated contaminant 
                                        during the year concerned; and
                                            ``(bb) a consumer 
                                        confidence report is available 
                                        on the system's Web site and, 
                                        upon request, by mail.
                            ``(iv) Relation to other provisions.--For 
                        purposes of subparagraphs (C) and (D), 
                        references to the mailing requirement of this 
                        subparagraph refer to the requirements of 
                        clauses (ii) and (iii).''.
    (b) Content of Report.--Clause (iii) of section 1414(c)(4)(B) of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-3(c)(4)(B)) is amended by 
striking ``(IV) for any regulated'' and all that follows through the 
period at the end of the clause and inserting ``(IV) for any regulated 
contaminant in such water system for which there has been a violation 
of the maximum contaminant level during the year concerned, the brief 
statement in plain language regarding the health concerns that resulted 
in regulation of such contaminant (as provided by the Administrator in 
regulations under subparagraph (A)), a description in plain language of 
the specific contaminant measurements which caused the violation and 
the possible effects on health and welfare, a description in plain 
language of the actions being taken to correct the violation so as to 
be in compliance with this Act, and a statement of the date by which 
compliance will be attained.''.
    (c) Application; Administrative Actions.--The amendments made by 
this section apply beginning on the day that is 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. Not later than such day, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate 
revised regulations and take such other actions as may be necessary to 
carry out the amendments made by this section.
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