[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 189 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S17783-S17786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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             THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1995

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                 CHAFEE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3068

  Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Baucus, Me. Reid, Mr. 
Gorton, and Ms. Snowe) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 1316) to 
reauthorize and amend title XIV of the Public Health Service Act 
(commonly known as the ``Safe Drinking Water Act''), and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 19, line 23, insert ``(or, in the case of a 
     privately-owned system, demonstrate that there is adequate 
     security)'' after ``source of revenue''.
       On page 20, line 24, insert ``and'' after ``fund;''.
       On page 21, strike lines 1 through 4.
       On page 21, line 5, strike ``(6)'' and insert ``(5)''.
       On page 42, line 16, strike ``title'' and insert ``section, 
     and, to the degree that an Agency action is based on science, 
     in carrying out this title,''.
       On page 69, line 24, strike ``level,'' and insert ``level 
     or treatment technique,''.
       On page 69, line 25, insert ``or point-of-use'' after 
     ``point-of-entry''.
       On page 70, line 1, strike ``controlled by the public water 
     system'' and insert ``owned, controlled and maintained by the 
     public water system or by a person under contract with the 
     public water system''.
       On page 70, line 6, strike ``problems.'' and insert 
     ``problems. The Administrator shall not include in the list 
     any point-of-use treatment technology, treatment technique, 
     or other means to achieve compliance with a maximum 
     contaminant level or treatment technique requirement for a 
     microbal contaminant (or an indicator of a microbial 
     contaminant). If the American National Standards Institute 
     has issued product standards applicable to a specific type of 
     point-of-entry or point-of-use treatment device, individual 
     units of that type shall not be accepted for compliance with 
     a maximum contaminant level or treatment technique 
     requirement unless they are independently certified in 
     accordance with such standards.''
       Beginning on page 165, line 20, strike all through line 
     page 166, line 2, and insert the following:
       ``(i) In General.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), a 
     connection to a system that delivers water by a constructed 
     conveyance other than a pipe shall not be considered a 
     connection, if--
       ``(I) the water is used exclusively for purposes other than 
     residential uses (consisting of drinking, bathing, and 
     cooking, or other similar uses);''.
       On page 166, line 3, strike ``(aa)'' and insert ``(II)''.
       On page 166, line 15, strike ``(bb)'' and insert ``(III)''.
       Beginning on page 167, line 5, strike all through page 167, 
     line 19.
       On page 168, line 1, strike ``and'' and insert ``or''.
       On page 168, lines 2 and 3, strike ``(I) and (II)'' and 
     insert ``(II) and (III)''.
       On page 168, line 3, strike ``and'' and insert ``or''.
       On page 168, strike lines 4 through 6 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(C) Transition period.--A water supplier that would be a 
     public water system only as a result of modifications made to 
     this paragraph by the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 
     1995 shall not be considered a public water system for 
     purposes of the Act until the date that is two years after 
     the date of enactment of this subparagraph, if during such 
     two-year period the water supplier complies with the 
     monitoring requirements of the Surface Water Treatment Rule 
     and no indicator of microbial contamination is exceeded 
     during that period. If a water supplier does not serve 15 
     service connections (as defined in subparagraphs (A) and (B)) 
     or 25 people at any time after the conclusion of the two-year 
     period, the water 

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     supplier shall not be considered a public water system.''.
       On page 178, line 21, strike ``180-day''.
       On page 179, lines 6 and 7, strike ``180-day''.
       On page 179, line 15, strike ``effect.'' and insert 
     ``effect or 18 months after the notice is issued pursuant to 
     this subparagraph, whichever is later.''.
       On page 195, after line 20, insert the following:
       ``(e) Prevention and Control of Zebra Mussel Infestation of 
     Lake Champlain.--
       ``(1) Findings.--Section 1002(a) of the Nonindigenous 
     Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 
     U.S.C. 4701(a)) is amended--
       ``(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (3)'
       ``(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       ``(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) the zebra mussel was discovered on Lake Champlain 
     during 1993 and the opportunity exists to act quickly to 
     establish zebra mussel controls before Lake Champlain is 
     further infested and management costs escalate.''.
       ``(2) Ex officio members of aquatic nuisance species task 
     force.--Section 1201(c) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 4721(c)) is 
     amended by inserting ``, the Lake Champlain Basin Program,'' 
     after ``Great Lakes Commission''.
       ``(3) Aquatic nuisance species program.--Subsections (b)(6) 
     and (i)(1) of section 1202 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 4722) is 
     amended by inserting ``, Lake Champlain,'' after ``Great 
     Lakes'' each place it appears.
       ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 1301(b) of 
     such Act (16 U.S.C. 4741(b)) is amended--
       ``(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, and the Lake 
     Champlain Research Consortium,'' after ``Laboratory''; and
       ``(B) in paragraph (4)(A)--
       ``(i) by inserting after ``(33 U.S.C. 1121 et seq.)'' the 
     following: ``and grants to colleges for the benefit of 
     agriculture and the mechanic arts referred to in the first 
     section of the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417, chapter 
     841; 7 U.S.C. 322)''; and
       ``(ii) by inserting ``and the Lake Champlain basin'' after 
     ``Great Lakes region''.
       On page 195, after line 20, insert the following:
       ``(f) Southwest Center for Environmental Research and 
     Policy.--
       ``(1) Establishment of center.--The Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency shall take such action as may 
     be necessary to establish the Southwest Center for 
     Environmental Research and Policy (hereinafter referred to as 
     `the Center').
       ``(2) Members of the center.--The Center shall consist of a 
     consortium of American and Mexican universities, including 
     New Mexico State University; the University of Utah; the 
     University of Texas at El Paso; San Diego State University; 
     Arizona State University; and four educational institutions 
     in Mexico.
       ``(3) Functions.--Among its functions, the Center shall--
       ``(A) conduct research and development programs, projects 
     and activities, including training and community service, on 
     U.S.-Mexico border environmental issues, with particular 
     emphasis on water quality and safe drinking water;
       ``(B) provide objective, independent assistance to the EPA 
     and other Federal, State and local agencies involved in 
     environmental policy, research, training and enforcement, 
     including matters affecting water quality and safe drinking 
     water throughout the southwest border region of the United 
     States; and
       ``(C) help to coordinate and facilitate the improvement of 
     environmental policies and programs between the United States 
     and Mexico, including water quality and safe drinking water 
     policies and programs.
       ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 
     $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2003 to 
     carry out the programs, projects and activities of the 
     Center. Funds made available pursuant to this paragraph shall 
     be distributed by the Administrator to the university members 
     of the Center located in the United States.''.
       On page 195, after line 20, insert the following:
       ``(g) Estrogenic Substances Screening Program.--
       ``(1) Development.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall develop 
     a screening program, using appropriate validated test 
     systems, to determine whether certain substances may have an 
     effect in humans that is similar to an effect produced by a 
     naturally occurring estrogen, or such other endocrine effect 
     as the Administrator may designate.
       ``(2) Implementation.--Not later than 2 years after the 
     date of enactment of this subsection, after obtaining review 
     of the screening program described in paragraph (1) by the 
     scientific advisory panel established under section 25(d) of 
     the Act of June 25, 1947 (chapter 125), and the Science 
     Advisory Board established by section 8 of the 
     Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Act 
     of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 4365), the Administrator shall 
     implement the program.
       ``(3) Substances.--In carrying out the screening program 
     described in paragraph (1), the Administrator shall provide 
     for the testing of all active and inert ingredients used in 
     products described in section 103(e) of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (42 U.S.C. 9603(e)), and may provide for the testing of 
     any other substance if the Administrator determines that a 
     widespread population may be exposed to the substance.
       ``(4) Exemption.--Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the 
     Administrator may, by regulation, exempt from the 
     requirements of this subsection a biologic substance or other 
     substance if the Administrator determines that the substance 
     does not have any effect in humans similar to an effect 
     produced by a naturally occurring estrogen.
       ``(5) Collection of information.--
       ``(A) In General.--The Administrator shall issue an order 
     to a person that manufactures a substance for which testing 
     is required under this subsection to conduct testing in 
     accordance with the screening program described in paragraph 
     (1), and submit information obtained from the testing to the 
     Administrator, within a time period that the Administrator 
     determines is sufficient for the generation of the 
     information.
       ``(B) Failure to submit information.--
       ``(i) Suspension.--If a person referred to in subparagraph 
     (A) fails to submit the information required under such 
     subparagraph within the time period established by the order, 
     the Administrator shall issue a notice of intent to suspend 
     the sale or distribution of the substance by the person. Any 
     suspension proposed under this subparagraph shall become 
     final at the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 
     that the person receives the notice of intent to suspend, 
     unless during that period a person adversely affected by the 
     notice requests a hearing or the Administrator determines 
     that the person referred to in subparagraph (A) has complied 
     fully with this paragraph.
       ``(ii) Hearing.--If a person requests a hearing under 
     clause (i), the hearing shall be conducted in accordance with 
     section 554 of title 5, United States Code. The only matter 
     for resolution at the hearing shall be whether the person has 
     failed to submit information required under this paragraph. A 
     decision by the Administrator after completion of a hearing 
     shall be considered to be a final agency action.
       ``(iii) Termination of suspensions.--The Administrator 
     shall terminate a suspension under this subparagraph issued 
     with respect to a person if the Administrator determines that 
     the person has complied fully with this paragraph.
       ``(6) Agency action.--In the case of any substance that is 
     found to have a potential adverse effect on humans as a 
     result of testing and evaluation under this subsection, the 
     Administrator shall take such action, including appropriate 
     regulatory action by rule or by order under statutory 
     authority available to the Administrator, as is necessary to 
     ensure the protection of public health.
       ``(7) Report to congress.--Not later than 4 years after the 
     date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall 
     prepare and submit to Congress a report containing--
       ``(A) the findings of the Administrator resulting from the 
     screening program described in paragraph (1);
       ``(B) recommendations for further testing and research 
     needed to evaluate the impact on human health of the 
     substances tested under the screening program; and
       ``(C) recommendations for any further actions (including 
     any action described in paragraph (6)) that the Administrator 
     determines are appropriate based on the findings.''.
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                 CHAFEE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3069

  Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Reid) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1316, supra, as follows:

       Beginning on page 61, line 11, strike all through page 62, 
     line 16, and insert:
       ``(A) Additional research.--Prior to promulgating a 
     national primary drinking water regulation for sulfate the 
     Administrator and the Director of the Centers for Disease 
     Control shall jointly conduct additional research to 
     establish a reliable dose-response relationship for the 
     adverse health effects that may result from exposure to 
     sulfate in drinking water, including the health effects that 
     may be experienced by groups within the general population 
     (including infants and travelers) that are potentially at 
     greater risk of adverse health effects as the result of such 
     exposure. The research shall be conducted in consultation 
     with interested States, shall be based on the best available, 
     peer-reviewed science and supporting studies conducted in 
     accordance with sound and objective scientific practices and 
     shall be completed not later than 30 months after the date of 
     enactment of this paragraph.
       (B) Proposed and final rule.--Prior to promulgating a 
     national primary drinking water regulation for sulfate and 
     after consultation with interested States, the Administration 
     shall publish a notice of proposed rulemaking that shall 
     supersede the proposal published in December, 1994. For 
     purposes of the proposed and final rule, the Administrator 
     may specify in the regulation requirements for public 
     notification and options for the provision of alternative 
     water supplies to populations at risk as a means of complying 
     with the regulation in lieu of a best available treatment 
     technology or other means. The Administrator shall, pursuant 
     to the authorities of this subsection and after notice and 
     opportunity for public comment, promulgate a final national 
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     water regulation for sulfate not later than 48 months after the date of 
     enactment of this paragraph.''.
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               MURKOWSKI (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3070

  Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Baucus, 
and Mr. Reid) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1316, supra, as 
follows:

       On page 195, after line 20, insert the following:
       ``(g) Grants to Alaska To Improve Sanitation in Rural and 
     Native Villages.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency may make grants to the State of Alaska for 
     the benefit of rural and Native villages in Alaska to pay the 
     Federal share of the cost of--
       ``(A) the development and construction of water and 
     wastewater systems to improve the health and sanitation 
     conditions in the villages; and
       ``(B) training, technical assistance, and educational 
     programs relating to the operation and management of 
     sanitation services in rural and Native villages.
       ``(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of the 
     activities described in paragraph (1) shall be 50 percent.
       ``(3) Administrative expenses.--The State of Alaska may use 
     an amount not to exceed 4 percent of any grant made available 
     under this subsection for administrative expenses necessary 
     to carry out the activities described in paragraph (1).
       ``(4) Consultation with the state of alaska.--The 
     Administrator shall consult with the State of Alaska on a 
     method of prioritizing the allocation of grants under 
     paragraph (1) according to the needs of, and relative health 
     and sanitation conditions in, each eligible village.
       ``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for 
     each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2003 to carry out this 
     subsection.
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                 CHAFEE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3071

  Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
Gorton, and Mrs. Murray) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1316, 
supra, as follows:

       On page 64, after line 5, insert the following:
       ``(a) Filtration Criteria.--Section 1412(b)(7)(C)(i) is 
     amended by adding at the end thereof the following: ``Not 
     later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Safe 
     Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1995, the Administrator 
     shall amend the criteria issued under this clause to provide 
     that a State exercising primary enforcement responsibility 
     for public water systems may, on a case-by-case basis, 
     establish treatment requirements as an alterative to 
     filtration in the case of systems having uninhabited, 
     undeveloped watersheds in consolidated ownership, and having 
     control over access to, and activities in, those watersheds, 
     if the State determines (and the Administrator concurs) that 
     the quality of the source water and the alternative treatment 
     requirements established by the State ensure significantly 
     greater removal efficiencies of pathogenic organisms for 
     which national primary drinking water regulations have been 
     promulgated or that are of public health concern than would 
     be achieved by the combination of filtration and chlorine 
     disinfection (in compliance with this paragraph and paragraph 
     (8)).''.
       On page 64, line 6, strike ``(a)'' and insert ``(b)''.
       On page 64, line 31, strike ``(b)'' and insert ``(c)''.
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                 CHAFEE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3072

  Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
Domenici, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Kyl, and Mrs. Feinstein) proposed an 
amendment to the bill S. 1316, supra, as follows:

       On page 195, after line 20, insert the following:
       ``(h) Assistance to Colonias.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--As used in this subsection--
       ``(A) Eligible community.--The term `eligible community' 
     means a low-income community with economic hardship that--
       ``(i) is commonly referred to as a colonia;
       ``(ii) is located along the United States-Mexico border 
     (generally in an unincorporated area); and
       ``(iii) lacks basic sanitation facilities such as a safe 
     drinking water supply, household plumbing, and a proper 
     sewage disposal system.
       ``(B) Border state.--The term `border State' means Arizona, 
     California, New Mexico and Texas.
       ``(C) Treatment works.--The term `treatment works' has the 
     meaning provided in section 212(2) of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292(2)).
       ``(2) Grants to alleviate health risks.--The Administrator 
     of the Environmental Protection Agency and the heads of other 
     appropriate Federal agencies are authorized to award grants 
     to any appropriate entity or border State to provide 
     assistance to eligible communities for--
       ``(A) the conservation, development, use and control 
     (including the extension or improvement of a water 
     distribution system) of water for the purpose of supplying 
     drinking water; and
       ``(B) the construction or improvement of sewers and 
     treatment works for wastewater treatment.
       ``(3) Use of funds.--Each grant awarded pursuant to 
     paragraph (2) shall be used to provide assistance to one or 
     more eligible community with respect to which the residents 
     are subject to a significant health risk (as determined by 
     the Administrator or the head of the Federal agency making 
     the grant) attributable to the lack of access to an adequate 
     and affordable drinking water supply system or treatment 
     works for wastewater.
       ``(4) Operation and maintenance.--The Administrator and the 
     heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, other entities 
     or border States are authorized to use funds appropriated 
     pursuant to this subsection to operate and maintain a 
     treatment works or other project that is constructed with 
     funds made available pursuant to this subsection.
       ``(5) Plans and specifications.--Each treatment works or 
     other project that is funded by a grant awarded pursuant to 
     this subsection shall be constructed in accordance with plans 
     and specifications approved by the Administrator, the head of 
     the Federal agency making the grant, or the border State in 
     which the eligible community is located. The standards for 
     construction applicable to a treatment works or other project 
     eligible for assistance under title II of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) shall apply to 
     the construction of a treatment works or project under this 
     subsection in the same manner as the standards apply under 
     such title.
       ``(6) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
     such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1996 through 
     2003.''.
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                THOMAS (AND SIMPSON) AMENDMENT NO. 3073

  Mr. KEMPTHORNE (for Mr. Thomas, for himself and Mr. Simpson) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 1316, supra; as follows:

       On page 7, line 23 after ``the State).'' And the following: 
     ``Provided further, in nonprimacy States, the Governor shall 
     determine which State agency will have the authority to 
     establish assistance priorities for financial assistance 
     provided with amounts deposited into the State loan fund.''
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                        BOND AMENDMENT NO. 3074

  Mr. KEMPTHORNE (for Mr. Bond) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1316, supra; as follows:

       On page 111, line 22 insert: ``except that the 
     Administrator may provide for an extension of not more than 2 
     years if, after submission and review of appropriate, 
     adequate documentation from the State, the Administrator 
     determines that the extension is necessary and justified''.
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               MURKOWSKI (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3075

  Mr. KEMPTHORNE (for Mr. Murkowski for himself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. 
Kempthorne, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Reid) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, S. 1316, supra; as follows:

       On page 28, line 3, before the period, insert ``(including, 
     in the case of the State of Alaska, the needs of Native 
     villages (as defined in section 3(c) of the Alaska Native 
     Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(c)))''.
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                 CHAFEE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3076

  Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Reid) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1316, supra; as follows:

       Beginning on page 179, line 16, strike section 28 of the 
     bill and renumber subsequent sections accordingly.
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                 CHAFEE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3077

  Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
D'Amato, and Mr. Moynihan) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1316, 
supra; as follows:

       On page 168, line 7, strike ``GROUND WATER PROTECTION'' and 
     insert ``WATERSHED AND GROUND WATER PROTECTION''.
       On page 173, after line 7, insert the following:
       ``(g) Watershed Protection Demonstration Program.--
       ``(1) The heading of section 1443 (42 U.S.C.) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``grants for state and local programs
       ``(2) Section 1443 (42 U.S.C. is amended by adding at the 
     end thereof the following:
       ``(e) Watershed Protection Demonstration Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--
       ``(A) Assistance for demonstration projects.--The 
     Administrator is authorized 

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     to provide technical and financial assistance to units of State or 
     local government for projects that demonstrate and assess 
     innovative and enhanced methods and practices to develop and 
     implement watershed protection programs including methods and 
     practices that protect both surface and ground water. In 
     selecting projects for assistance under this subsection, the 
     Administrator shall give priority to projects that are 
     carried out to satisfy criteria published and under section 
     1412(b)(7)(C) or that are identified through programs 
     developed and implemented pursuant to section 1428.
       ``(B) Matching Requirements.--Federal assistance provided 
     under this subsection shall not exceed 35 percent of the 
     total cost of the protection program being carried out for 
     any particular watershed or ground water recharge area.
       ``(2) New York City Watershed Protection Program.--
       ``(A) In general.--Pursuant to the authority of paragraph 
     (1), the Administrator is authorized to provide financial 
     assistance to the State of New York for demonstration 
     projects implemented as part of the watershed program for the 
     protection and enhancement of the quality of source waters of 
     the New York City water supply system. Demonstration projects 
     which shall be eligible for financial assist shall be 
     certified to the Administration by the State of New York as 
     satisfying the purposes of this subsection and shall include 
     those projects that demonstrate, assess, or provide for 
     comprehensive monitoring, surveillance, and research with 
     respect to the efficacy of phosphorus offsets or trading, 
     wastewater diversion, septic system siting and maintenance, 
     innovative or enhanced wastewater treatment technologies, 
     innovative methodologies for the control of storm water 
     runoff, urban, agricultural, and forestry best management 
     practices for controlling nonpoint source pollution, operator 
     training, compliance surveillance and that establish 
     watershed or basin-wide coordinating, planning or governing 
     organizations. In certifying projects to the Administrator, 
     State of New York shall give priority to these monitoring and 
     research projects that have undergone peer review.
       ``(C) Report.--Not later than 5 years after the date on 
     which the Administrator first provides assistance pursuant to 
     this paragraph, the Governor of the State of New York shall 
     submit a report to the Administrator on the results of 
     projects assisted.
       ``(3) Authorization.--There are authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Administrator such sums as are necessary 
     to carry out this subsection for each of fiscal years 1997 
     through 2003 including $15,000,000 for each of such fiscal 
     years for the purposes of providing assistance to the State 
     of New York, to carry out paragraph (2).''.
       On page 171, line 21, strike ``20,000,000'' and insert 
     ``15,000,000''.
       On page 171, line 24, strike ``35,000,000'' and insert 
     ```30,000,000''.
       On page 172, line 3, strike ``20,850,000'' and insert 
     ``15,000,000''
       On page 2, in the material following line 6, strike ``Sec. 
     25. Ground water protection.'' and insert ``Sec. 25. 
     Watershed and ground water protection.''.
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                 BOXER (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3078

  Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Kohl) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1316, supra; as follows:

       Section 20, Page 140, line 11, add at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       (F) Consumer confidence reports.--
       (i) In general.--The Administrator shall issue regulations 
     within three years of enactment of the Safe Drinking Water 
     Act Amendments of 1995 to require each community water system 
     to issue a consumer confidence report at least once annually 
     to its water consumers on the level of contaminants in the 
     drinking water purveyed by that system which pose a potential 
     risk to human health. The report shall include, but not be 
     limited to: information on source, content, and quality of 
     water purveyed; a plainly worded explanation of the health 
     implications of contaminants relative to national primary 
     drinking water regulations or health advisories; information 
     on compliance with national primary drinking water 
     regulations; and information on priority unregulated 
     contaminants to the extent that testing methods and health 
     effects information are available (including levels of 
     cryptosporidium and radon where states determine that they 
     may be found).
       (ii) Coverage.--Subsection (i) shall not apply to community 
     water systems serving fewer than 10,000 persons or other 
     systems as determined by the Governor, provided that such 
     systems inform their customers that they will not be 
     complying with Subsection (i). The state may by rule 
     establish alternative requirements with respect to the form 
     and content of consumer confidence reports
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                 CHAFEE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3079

  Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Reid) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1316, supra; as follows:

       On page 132, line 5, strike ``methods.'' and insert 
     ``methods. Information requirements imposed by the 
     Administrator pursuant to the authority of this subparagraph 
     that require monitoring, the establishment or maintenance of 
     records or reporting, by a substantial number of public water 
     systems (determined in the sole discretion of the 
     administrator), shall be established by regulation as 
     provided in clause (ii).''.

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