Climate Resiliency, Security, and Source Water Protection Act
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring each community water system to submit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) source water and distribution system vulnerability assessments that identify threats from:
Each community water system must also submit to the EPA protection plans that mitigate the threats to source water and distribution systems.
The EPA must establish a grant program for increasing the resiliency or adaptability of the community water systems to threats.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6121 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6121
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to climate
resiliency, security, and source water protection planning, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 22, 2016
Mrs. Capps (for herself, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. Tonko) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to climate
resiliency, security, and source water protection planning, and for
other purposes.
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 ``Climate Resiliency, Security, and
Source Water Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. CLIMATE RESILIENCY, SECURITY, AND SOURCE WATER PROTECTION
PLANNING.
Section 1433 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300i-2) is
amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 1433. CLIMATE RESILIENCY, SECURITY, AND SOURCE WATER PROTECTION.
``(a) Source Water and Distribution System Vulnerability
Assessments.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 24 months after the date
of enactment of the Climate Resiliency, Security, and Source
Water Protection Act, each community water system shall submit
to the Administrator source water and distribution system
vulnerability assessments.
``(2) Identification of threats.--Assessments submitted
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall identify--
``(A) threats to the community water system's
source water from industrial activity, pipelines and
storage tanks, contaminated sites, agricultural
activity, and oil and gas exploration;
``(B) threats to the community water system's
source water and distribution system from climate
change, extreme weather, drought, and temperature
changes; and
``(C) threats to the community water system's
source water and distribution system from intentional
acts, including intentional contamination, sabotage,
and theft of any chemical of interest (as designated
under Appendix A to part 27 of title 6, Code of Federal
Regulations, or any successor thereto).
``(3) Assessment of alternatives.--Assessments submitted
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include a comparison of the
disinfection methods used by the community water system and
reasonably available alternative disinfection methods,
including a determination of whether reasonably available
alternative disinfection methods could reduce the community
water system's vulnerability to the threats identified pursuant
to paragraph (2).
``(4) Periodic review and resubmission.--Each community
water system submitting a vulnerability assessment pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall review, revise as necessary, and resubmit
such assessment not less often than every 5 years.
``(5) Guidance.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the Climate Resiliency, Security, and Source Water
Protection Act, the Administrator shall provide guidance to
community water systems for the preparation of vulnerability
assessments under this subsection.
``(b) Source Water and Distribution System Protection Plans.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 4 years after the date of
enactment of the Climate Resiliency, Security, and Source Water
Protection Act, each community water system shall submit to the
Administrator source water and distribution system protection
plans.
``(2) Mitigation of identified threats.--Plans submitted
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall identify strategies and
resources to mitigate the threats identified in assessments
prepared pursuant to subsection (a).
``(3) Emergency response planning.--Plans submitted
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include specific emergency
response plans for the threats identified in assessments
prepared pursuant to subsection (a).
``(4) Periodic review and resubmission.--Each community
water system submitting a plan pursuant to paragraph (1) shall
review, revise as necessary, and resubmit such plan not less
often than every 5 years.
``(5) Guidance.--Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of the Climate Resiliency, Security, and Source Water
Protection Act, the Administrator shall provide guidance to
community water systems for the preparation of plans under this
subsection.
``(c) Technical Assistance and Grants.--
``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall establish and
implement a program, to be known as the Drinking Water
Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program, under
which the Administrator may award grants in each of fiscal
years 2017 through 2021 to owners or operators of community
water systems for the purpose of increasing the resiliency or
adaptability of the community water systems to threats
identified pursuant to subsection (a).
``(2) Use of funds.--As a condition on receipt of a grant
under this section, an owner or operator of a community water
system shall agree to use the grant funds exclusively to assist
in the planning, design, construction, implementation,
operation, or maintenance of a program or project consistent
with a plan developed pursuant to subsection (b).
``(3) Priority.--
``(A) Water systems at greatest and most immediate
risk.--In selecting grantees under this subsection, the
Administrator shall give priority to applicants that
are owners or operators of community water systems that
are, based on the best available research and data, at
the greatest and most immediate risk of facing
significant negative impacts due to threats described
in subsection (a)(2).
``(B) Goals.--In selecting among applicants
described in subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall
ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, the
final list of applications funded for each year
includes a substantial number that propose to use
innovative approaches to meet one or more of the
following goals:
``(i) Promoting more efficient water use,
water conservation, water reuse, or water
recycling.
``(ii) Using decentralized, low-impact
development technologies and nonstructural
approaches, including practices that use,
enhance, or mimic the natural hydrological
cycle or protect natural flows.
``(iii) Reducing stormwater runoff or
flooding by protecting or enhancing natural
ecosystem functions.
``(iv) Modifying, upgrading, enhancing, or
replacing existing community water system
infrastructure in response to changing
hydrologic conditions.
``(v) Improving water quality or quantity
for agricultural and municipal uses, including
through salinity reduction.
``(vi) Providing multiple benefits,
including to water supply enhancement or demand
reduction, water quality protection or
improvement, increased flood protection, and
ecosystem protection or improvement.
``(4) Cost-sharing.--
``(A) Federal share.--The share of the cost of any
activity that is the subject of a grant awarded by the
Administrator to the owner or operator of a community
water system under this subsection shall not exceed 50
percent of the cost of the activity.
``(B) Calculation of non-federal share.--In
calculating the non-Federal share of the cost of an
activity proposed by a community water system in an
application submitted under this subsection, the
Administrator shall--
``(i) include the value of any in-kind
services that are integral to the completion of
the activity, including reasonable
administrative and overhead costs; and
``(ii) not include any other amount that
the community water system involved receives
from the Federal Government.
``(5) Report to congress.--Not later than 3 years after the
date of the enactment of the Climate Resiliency, Security, and
Source Water Protection Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the
Administrator shall submit to the Congress a report on progress
in implementing this subsection, including information on
project applications received and funded annually.
``(6) Authorization of appropriations.--To carry out this
subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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