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To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish maximum contaminant levels for certain contaminants, and for other purposes.

S. 519 · 115th Congress · Mar 2, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Maximum contaminant levels

Section 1412(b)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–1(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(D) Perfluorinated compounds—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, with respect to the perfluorinated compounds perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, the Administrator shall—

“(i) publish a maximum contaminant level goal; and

“(ii) promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation.

“(E) 1,4-dioxane—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, with respect to 1,4-dioxane, the Administrator shall—

“(i) publish a maximum contaminant level goal; and

“(ii) promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation.

“(F) Perchlorate—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, with respect to perchlorate, the Administrator shall—

“(i) publish a maximum contaminant level goal; and

“(ii) promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation.”