[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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               SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1994

  The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question again recurs on amendment No. 
1734 offered by Senator Chafee on behalf of Senator Hatch.
  Mr. BAUCUS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.
  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
Johnston amendment was tabled.
  Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I would call up amendment----
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The business before the Senate is the motion 
to reconsider.
  Mr. CHAFEE. I move to table the motion to reconsider.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.


                     amendment no. 1734 as modified

  Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, as I understand it, amendment 1734 is now 
before us.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct.
  Mr. CHAFEE. I send a modification to the desk in behalf of Senator 
Hatch.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. For clarification, is the Senator sending to 
the desk a second-degree amendment or a modification?
  Mr. CHAFEE. It is a modification.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. A modification of the first-degree amendment. 
The Senator has that right. The amendment is so modified.
  The modification is as follows:

       On page 124, after line 11, insert the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(4) Schedule of inspections.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Administrator or authorized 
     representative of the Administrator shall conduct inspections 
     undertaken pursuant to this subsection during the normal 
     operating hours of the establishment, facility, or other 
     property.
       ``(B) Small systems.--(1) For a public water system serving 
     a population of 3,300 or less, the Administrator or 
     authorized representative of the Administrator shall, to the 
     extent practicable--
       (i) notify the person referred to in paragraph (1), at 
     least 3 days before the inspection, of the time when the 
     inspection is scheduled to occur, and
       (ii) schedule the inspection at a mutually convenient time.
       ``(C) Waiver.--The Administrator or an authorized 
     representative of the Administrator may waive the 
     requirements of subparagraphs (A) or (B) if the Administrator 
     or authorized representative of the Administrator determines 
     that it may be necessary to conduct an inspection to protect 
     public health.''

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on amendment No. 1734?
  Mr. CHAFEE. As modified.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. As modified.
  Mr. BAUCUS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.
  Mr. BAUCUS. The committee has looked at the amendment, including the 
modification, and urges the Senate to adopt it.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there any further debate on amendment No. 
1734, as modified? Is there any objection?
  Mr. CHAFEE. I wonder if the Chair would withhold 1 minute.
  Mr. BAUCUS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Conrad). The Senator from Montana.
  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, again, the committee has examined this 
amendment, and we urge its adoption.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the question 
is on agreeing to the amendment of the Senator from Utah.
  The amendment (No. 1734), as modified, was agreed to.
  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
amendment was agreed to.
  Mr. CHAFEE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. SPECTER addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Pennsylvania.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I thank the Chair.

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