Agenda - Public Works Committee - 10/20/2020

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S. 3021-94 affected by a release that requires notice under subsection (a). "(3) DEFINITIONS. —In this subsection: "(A) COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM. —The term 'commu- nity water system' has the meaning given such term in section 1401(15) of the Safe Drinking Water Act. "(B) APPLICABLE STATE AGENCY. —The term `applicable State agency' means the State agency that has primary responsibility to enforce the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act in the State.". (b) AVAILABILITY TO COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS. —Section 312(e) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right -To -Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11022(e)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking "State emergency planning commission" and inserting "State emergency response commis- sion"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(4) AVAILABILITY TO COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —An affected community water system may have access to tier II information by submitting a request to the State emergency response commission or the local emergency planning committee. Upon receipt of a request for tier II information, the State commission or local committee shall, pursuant to paragraph (1), request the facility owner or operator for the tier II information and make available such information to the affected community water system. "(B) DEFINITION. —In this paragraph, the term `affected community water system' means a community water system (as defined in section 1401(15) of the Safe Drinking Water Act) that receives supplies of drinking water from a source water area, delineated under section 1453 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, in which a facility that is required to prepare and submit an inventory form under subsection (a)(1) is located.". SEC. 2019. REPORT ON FEDERAL CROSS -CUTTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) REPORT. —Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of a study, to be conducted in consulta- tion with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, any State agency that has primary responsibility to enforce the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) in a State, and public water systems, to identify demonstra- tions of compliance with a State or local environmental law that may be substantially equivalent to any demonstration required by the Administrator for compliance with a Federal cross -cutting requirement. (b) DEFINITIONS. —In this subsection: (1) FEDERAL CROSS -CUTTING REQUIREMENT. —The term "Federal cross -cutting requirement" means a requirement of Farlaral law nr raonlatinn rmmnlianra xx7ith xzrhirh is a rnnrli_