PUBLIC LAW 104-182—AUG. 6, 1996
110 STAT. 1639
submitted by public water systems serving Indian Tribes
provided to the Administrator pursuant to subparagraph
(C) or (D) of paragraph (2) and making recommendations
concerning the resources needed to improve compHance
with this title. The report shall include information about
public water system compliance on Indian reservations and
about enforcement activities undertaken and financial
assistance provided by the Administrator on Indian reservations, and shall make specific recommendations
concerning the resources needed to improve compliance
with this title on Indian reservations.
" (4) CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS BY COMMUNITY WATER
SYSTEMS. —
"(A) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONSUMERS. —The Adminis- Regulations,
trator, in consultation with public water systems, environmental groups, public interest groups, risk communication
experts, and the States, and other interested parties, shall
issue regulations within 24 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph to require each community water
system to mail to each customer of the system at least
once annually a report on the level of contaminants in
the drinking water purveyed by that system (referred to
in this paragraph as a 'consumer confidence report'). Such
regulations shall provide a brief and plainly worded definition of the terms 'maximum contaminant level goal', 'maximum contaminant level', 'variances', and 'exemptions' and
brief statements in plain language regarding the health
concerns that resulted in regulation of each regulated
contaminant. The regulations shall also include a brief
and plainly worded explgmation regarding contaminants
that may reasonably be expected to be present in drinking
water, including bottled water. The regulations shall also
provide for an Environmental Protection Agency toll-free
jfiotline that consumers can call for more information and
explanation.
"(B) CONTENTS OF REPORT. —The consumer confidence
reports under this paragraph shall include, but not be
limited to, each of the following:
"(i) Information on the source of the water
purveyed.
"(ii) A brief and plainly worded definition of the
terms 'maximum contaminant level goal', 'maximum
contaminant level', 'variances', and 'exemptions' as provided in the regulations of the Administrator.
"(iii) If any regulated contaminant is detected in
the water purveyed by the public water system, a
statement setting forth (I) the maximum contaminant
level goal, (II) the maximum contaminant level, (III)
the level of such contaminant in such water system,
and (IV) for any regulated contaminant for which there
has been a violation of the maximum contaminant
level during the year concerned, the brief statement
in plain language regarding the health concerns that
resulted in regulation of such contaminant, as provided
by the Administrator in regulations under subparagraph (A).
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