Download or read book Safe Drinking Water Act Reauthorization Overview written by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. The EPA's struggle to protect health and the environment is seen through each of its official publications. These publications outline new policies, detail problems with enforcing laws, document the need for new legislation, and describe new tactics to use to solve these issues. This collection of publications ranges from historic documents to reports released in the new millennium, and features works like: Bicycle for a Better Environment, Health Effects of Increasing Sulfur Oxides Emissions Draft, and Women and Environmental Health.
Download or read book Drinking Water written by Peter F. Guerrero and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Safe Drinking Water Act SDWA written by Mary Tiemann and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the key federal law for protecting public water supplies from harmful contaminants. First enacted in 1974 and substantially amended in 1986 and 1996, the act is administered through programs that establish standards and treatment requirements for public water supplies, control underground injection of wastes, finance infrastructure projects, and protect sources of drinking water. This report summarizes the SDWA and its major programs and regulatory requirements. It includes summaries of the principal environmental statutes administered by the EPA. Also includes the drinking water security provisions added to the SDWA in 2002. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand publication.
Download or read book Priorities for the Reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1995 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Safe Drinking Water Act written by Mary Tiemann and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and its major programs and regulatory requirements. It excerpts, with several additions, the SDWA chapter of CRS Report RL30798, Environmental Laws: Summaries of Major Statues Administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which provides summaries of the principal environmental statutes administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This report includes the drinking water security provisions added to the SDWA by the Public Heath Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-188). The Safe Drinking Water Act, Title XIV of the Public Health Service Act, is the key federal law for protecting public water supplies from harmful contaminants. First enacted in 1974 and substantially amended in 1986 and 1996, the act is administered through programs that establish standards and treatment requirements for public water supplies, control underground injection of wastes, finance infrastructure projects, and protect sources of drinking water. The 1974 law established the current federal-state arrangement in which states may be delegated primary implementation and enforcement authority for the drinking water program. The state-administered Public Water Supply Supervision Program remains the basic program for regulating the nation's public water systems, and 49 states have assumed this authority. The last major reauthorization of the act was done through the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (P.L. 104-182), which generally authorized appropriations for SDWA programs through FY2003. As with other EPA administered statutes having expired funding authority, Congress has continued to appropriate funds for the ongoing SDWA programs. In addition to reviewing key programs and requirements of the SDWA, this report includes statistics on the number and types of regulated public water systems. It also provides tables that list all major amendments, with the year of enactment and public law number, and that cross-reference sections of the act with the major U.S. Code sections of the codified statute.
Download or read book Summary of Major Provisions of Safe Drinking Water Act H R 13002 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Safe Drinking Water Act and Its Interpretation written by Thomas W. Carter and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key drinking water issues include problems caused by specific contaminants, such as the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), perchlorate, and lead, as well as the related issue of the appropriate federal role in providing financial assistance for water infrastructure projects. Congress last reauthorised the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in 1996, and although funding authority for most SDWA programs expired in FY2003, broad reauthorization efforts are not expected as EPA, states, and water utilities remain busy implementing the requirements of the 1996 amendments. Concerns about perchlorate in drinking water also have returned to the congressional agenda, after the past Congress enacted several provisions on this issue. H.R. 213 has been introduced to require EPA to set a drinking water standard for perchlorate in 2007, and a January 2005 National Academy of Sciences report on the health effects of perchlorate has increased oversight interest in perchlorate regulatory activities at EPA. Concerns over the security of the nation's drinking water supplies were addressed by the 107th Congress through the Bioterrorism Preparedness Act (P.L. 107-188), which amended SDWA to require community water systems to conduct vulnerability assessments and prepare emergency response plans. Subsequent congressional action has involved oversight and funding of water security assessment and planning efforts and research. An ongoing SDWA issue involves the growing cost and complexity of drinking water standards and the ability of water systems, especially small, rural systems, to comply with standards. The issue of the cost of drinking water standards, particularly the new arsenic standard, has merged with the larger debate over the federal role in assisting communities with financing drinking water infrastructure - an issue that has become more challenging in a time of tightened budgets. Congress authorized a drinking water state revolving fund (DWSRF) program in 1996 to help communities finance projects needed to meet standards. For FY2005, Congress provided $843 million for the DWSRF program, and the President has requested $850 million for FY2006. Notwithstanding this program, studies show that a large funding gap exists and will grow as SDWA requirements increase and infrastructure ages.
Download or read book Drinking Water written by United States Accounting Office (GAO) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drinking Water: Safe Drinking Water Act Reauthorization Issues
Download or read book Safe Drinking Water Act Reauthorization Issues written by Mary E. Tiemann and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Safe Drinking Water Act SDWA written by Mary Tiemann and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1993 written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summary of Major Provisions of Safe Drinking Water Act H R 13002 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers H.R. 13002.
Download or read book Drinking Water written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO discussed issues surrounding the reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act. GAO noted that: (1) state strategies to help water systems comply with the act include water system operator certification and training, comprehensive water system inspections, sanitary surveys, water source protection, approving of alternative technologies suitable for small water systems, and determining systems' viability and restructuring needs; (2) because of state funding limitations, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has helped states prioritize program goals and has given states 5 years to comply with all program requirements; (3) this strategy has forced states to pursue national priorities while curtailing traditional quality assurance activities; (4) EPA has revised its guidance to make more effective use of available funding and has initiated an effort to reevaluate and streamline drinking water regulations; (5) although setting up state revolving funds (SRF) for safe drinking water projects is a more efficient government investment method, it will not close the funding gap; (6) land purchase restrictions, relatively short loan periods, and competition for and repayment of loans make it difficult for smaller communities to participate in the SRF program; and (7) proposed legislation would increase funding for state water systems and eliminate requirements for additional contaminant standards.
Download or read book Impact of Safe Drinking Water Act Regulations on Small Drinking Water Systems written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Safe Drinking Water Act SDWA written by Mary Tiemann and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much progress has been made in assuring the quality of public water supplies since the SDWA was first enacted in 1974. However, an array of issues remain. Contents of this report: (1) Last Major Reauthor. and Amend.; Regulated Public Water Systems; (2) Issues: Regulating Drinking Water Contaminants: Contaminant Candidate List; Regulatory Determinations; Unreg. Contaminant Monitoring; Standard-Setting; Recent and Pending Rules; Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water; Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs and Funding; Small Systems Issues: Exemptions; Small System Variances and Affordability; Small System Legislation; Underground Injection Control Program: Carbon Sequestration and Storage; Hydraulic Fracturing. Tables.
