Agenda - Public Works Committee - 10/20/2020

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S. 3021-82 SEC. 2008. IMPROVED CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS. Section 1414(c)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-3(c)(4)) is amended— (1) in the heading for subparagraph (A), by striking "ANNUAL REPORTS" and inserting "REPORTS"; (2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ", or provide by elec- tronic means," after "to mail"; (3) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in clause (iv), by striking "the Administrator, and" and inserting "the Administrator, including corrosion con- trol efforts, and"; and (B) by adding at the end the following clause: "(vii) Identification of, if any — "(I) exceedances described in paragraph (1)(D) for which corrective action has been required by the Administrator or the State (in the case of a State exercising primary enforcement responsi- bility for public water systems) during the moni- toring period covered by the consumer confidence report; and "(II) violations that occurred during the moni- toring period covered by the consumer confidence report."; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(F) REVISIONS.— "(i) UNDERSTANDABILITY AND FREQUENCY. —Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, the Administrator, in consultation with the parties identi- fied in subparagraph (A), shall issue revisions to the regulations issued under subparagraph (A) — "(I) to increase— "(aa) the readability, clarity, and under- standability of the information presented in consumer confidence reports; and "(bb) the accuracy of information pre- sented, and risk communication, in consumer confidence reports; and "(II) with respect to community water systems that serve 10,000 or more persons, to require each such community water system to provide, by mail, electronic means, or other methods described in clause (ii), a consumer confidence report to each customer of the system at least biannually. "(ii) ELECTRONIC DELIVERY. —Any revision of regu- lations pursuant to clause (i) shall allow delivery of consumer confidence reports by methods consistent with methods described in the memorandum 'Safe Drinking Water Act —Consumer Confidence Report Rule Delivery Options' issued by the Environmental Protec- tion Agency on January 3, 2013.". SEC. 2009. CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS.