SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT

Articles and editorials

Of Arsenic, and Art of Governing, E1522 [3AU]

Bills and resolutions

EPA: congressional disapproval of delay in effective date for revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see S.J. Res. 14), S5439 [22MY]

———designate chromium-6 as a drinking water contaminant and establish a maximum contaminant level (see S. 698), S3436 [4AP]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see S. 632, 635), S2979 [27MR] (see S. 751), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]

———revise drinking water standards for arsenic and provide grants to small public drinking water systems to assist in meeting these standards (see H.R. 1252), H1189 [27MR]

———study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources (see S. 1374), S8911 [3AU]

Public utilities: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (see S. 1299), S8575 [1AU] (see H.R. 3224), H7718 [1NO]

———provide for research on methods to combat biological contamination of public drinking water supplies (see H.R. 3227), H7718 [1NO]

———provide grants to small public drinking water systems (see H.R. 1178), H1113 [22MR]

Water: restore requirement to notify the public of risks posed by arsenic in drinking water (see S. 796), S3994 [26AP]

Explanations

Bioterrorism Preparedness Act (H.R. 3448): Assessment of Vulnerability of Water Supply Systems, E2410 [20DE]

Letters

Drinking water standards for arsenic: Representative Luther, H4745 [27JY]

———Senators Domenici, Kyl, Craig, Hatch, and Bennett, S8555 [1AU]

EPA drinking water standards for arsenic: Christine Todd Whitman, EPA, H7940 [8NO]

Remarks in House

EPA: prohibit use of funds to delay implementation of revised drinking water standards for arsenic, H4743-H4751 [27JY], H7931, H7937, H7939 [8NO], E1477, E1478 [31JY]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic, H1065 [22MR], H1397 [3AP]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (H.R. 1413), E576 [5AP]

———revise drinking water standards for arsenic, E1522 [3AU]

Public utilities: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (H.R. 3224), E1991 [2NO]

Remarks in Senate

EPA: designate chromium-6 as a drinking water contaminant and establish a maximum contaminant level, S3816 [24AP]

———designate chromium-6 as a drinking water contaminant and establish a maximum contaminant level (S. 698), S3450 [4AP]

———establish a national primary drinking water standard for arsenic and restore requirement to notify the public of risks posed by arsenic in drinking water, S8552-S8561 [1AU], S8896 [3AU]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic, S3815 [24AP], S7907 [19JY], S11600, S11602 [8NO]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (S. 632), S2999 [27MR]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (S. 751), S3759 [6AP]

———study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources (S. 1374), S8949 [3AU]

Public utilities: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (S. 1299), S8596 [1AU]

Water: restore requirement to notify the public of risks posed by arsenic in drinking water (S. 796), S4011 [26AP]

Statements

Assist Small Communities With Achieving or Maintaining Compliance With Drinking Water Standards: National Rural Water Association, S8555 [1AU]

Texts of

S. 632, Arsenic Reduction in Drinking Water Act, S3000 [27MR]

S. 635, Arsenic Standard Reinstatement Act, S3054 [28MR]

S. 698, EPA designation of chromium-6 as a drinking water contaminant and establishment of a maximum contaminant level, S3451 [4AP]

S. 796, Community Right-to-Know Arsenic Risk Act, S4011 [26AP]

S. 1299, Community Drinking Water Assistance Act, S8596 [1AU]

S. 1374, Hydraulic Fracturing Act, S8950 [3AU]