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H.R. 2141, The Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2007

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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H.R. 2141 would allow small public water systems to request an exemption from the requirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for a naturally occurring contaminant.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inSmall Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to editrequire states exercising primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems to exempt any nonprofit small public water system (serving 10,000 or fewer persons) that so requests in accordance with this Act from the wikirequirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for naturally occurring contaminants, including arsenic, radon, radium, uranium, and be the firstspecified disinfection byproducts.

Requires exemption requests
to provideinclude a detailed summary offinding that the bill!)system's compliance with applicable national primary drinking water regulations is not economically feasible. Precludes judicial or administrative review of such findings.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 5/3/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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