42 U.S.C. § 300i–3 — Contaminant prevention, detection and response

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 107-188 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 322 words · no verdicts yet

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EPA must study how to prevent, detect, and respond to intentional contamination of community water systems. This covers detection technology, warning systems, education, prevention procedures, treatment effectiveness, and health research on contaminants. Funding for this work is set in section 300i–4.

(a) In general. The Administrator, working with the Centers for Disease Control and, after consulting other federal, state, and local governments, must review (or contract for a review of) current and future ways to prevent, detect, and respond to someone intentionally introducing chemical, biological, or radiological contaminants into community water systems and their source water, including: (1) methods, tools, and equipment — including real-time monitoring systems — to detect contaminants or signs of them and reduce the chance they can be successfully introduced into drinking water systems and source water; (2) ways to give operators and the people they serve enough notice about a contaminant's introduction and its possible effect on public health and water safety and supply; (3) ways to develop educational and awareness programs for community water systems; (4) procedures and equipment to stop contaminated water from reaching the people a system serves; (5) methods, tools, and equipment that could reduce or cancel out harm to public health, safety, and supply from contamination — including how well various water treatment technologies remove, deactivate, or neutralize biological, chemical, and radiological contaminants; and (6) biomedical research into the short- and long-term public health impact of contaminants that terrorists or others might intentionally introduce into public water systems. (b) Funding. See section 300i–4(e) for the authorization of appropriations for this section.

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(a) In general

The Administrator, in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and, after consultation with appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government and with State and local governments, shall review (or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements to provide for a review of) current and future methods to prevent, detect and respond to the intentional introduction of chemical, biological or radiological contaminants into community water systems and source water for community water systems, including each of the following:

(1)

Methods, means and equipment, including real time monitoring systems, designed to monitor and detect various levels of chemical, biological, and radiological contaminants or indicators of contaminants and reduce the likelihood that such contaminants can be successfully introduced into public water systems and source water intended to be used for drinking water.

(2)

Methods and means to provide sufficient notice to operators of public water systems, and individuals served by such systems, of the introduction of chemical, biological or radiological contaminants and the possible effect of such introduction on public health and the safety and supply of drinking water.

(3)

Methods and means for developing educational and awareness programs for community water systems.

(4)

Procedures and equipment necessary to prevent the flow of contaminated drinking water to individuals served by public water systems.

(5)

Methods, means, and equipment which could negate or mitigate deleterious effects on public health and the safety and supply caused by the introduction of contaminants into water intended to be used for drinking water, including an examination of the effectiveness of various drinking water technologies in removing, inactivating, or neutralizing biological, chemical, and radiological contaminants.

(6)

Biomedical research into the short-term and long-term impact on public health of various chemical, biological and radiological contaminants that may be introduced into public water systems through terrorist or other intentional acts.

(b) Funding

For the authorization of appropriations to carry out this section, see section 300i–4(e) of this title.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1434, as added Pub. L. 107–188, title IV, § 402, June 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 685.)

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1944Enacted · Pub. L. 107-188 · 116 Stat. 685

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