SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT

Bills and resolutions

Claims: amend to provide procedures for claims relative to drinking water (see H.R. 306), H137 [8JA]

EPA: designate perchlorate as a drinking water contaminant and establish a maximum contaminant level (see S. 502), S3028 [3MR]

———establish the National Clean and Safe Water Fund to carry out projects to promote the recovery of certain damaged waters (see S. 1539), S10618 [31JY]

New York, NY: reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (see S. 1425), S9592 [17JY] (see H.R. 2771), H7085 [17JY]

Public utilities: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (see S. 1432), S9638 [21JY] (see H.R. 3328), H9614 [16OC]

Water pollution: address pollution resulting from perchlorate discharges (see H.R. 2123), H4203 [15MY]

Letters

National Clean and Safe Water Fund Act: Diane VanDe Hei, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, S10670 [31JY]

———Paul Pinault, Narragansett Bay Commission, S10670 [31JY]

———several environmental organizations, S10671 [31JY]

Remarks in Senate

EPA: designate perchlorate as a drinking water contaminant and establish a maximum contaminant level (S. 502), S3035 [3MR]

———establish the National Clean and Safe Water Fund to carry out projects to promote the recovery of certain damaged waters (S. 1539), S10669 [31JY]

Public utilities: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (S. 1432), S9639 [21JY]

Reports filed

New York City Watershed Protection Program Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1425) (S. Rept. 108-205), S15286 [20NO]

Texts of

S. 1432, Community Drinking Water Assistance Act, S9640 [21JY]

S. 1539, National Clean and Safe Water Fund Act, S10669 [31JY]