Rural Communities Water Relief Act of 2005

Rural Communities Water Relief Act of 2005 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to extend until January 23, 2008, the date by which small public water systems must comply with the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4495 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4495

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 extend by two years the date by which small public water systems must 
   comply with the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking 
                                 water.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2005

  Mr. Renzi (for himself, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Otter) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 extend by two years the date by which small public water systems must 
   comply with the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking 
                                 water.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Communities Water Relief Act 
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DATE FOR COMPLIANCE BY SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS 
              WITH MCL FOR ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER.

    (a) Extension.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall, with respect to small public water systems, extend from 
January 23, 2006, to January 23, 2008, the effective date provided in 
paragraph (j) of section 141.6, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
successor regulation), for compliance with--
            (1) the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic in 
        drinking water of 0.010 mg/L (10 micrograms per Liter); and
            (2) the related requirements specified in such paragraph.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``small public water system'' means a public 
        water system that serves a community with a population of not 
        more than 65,000 individuals.
            (2) The term ``public water system'' has the meaning given 
        to that term in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
        U.S.C. 300f).
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