S.Amdt. 1468

SA 1468. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1460 proposed by Mr. Carper (for himself and Mrs.
Capito) to the bill S. 914, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs under
those Acts, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEPLETION RATES OF FRESHWATER AQUIFERS.

Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall conduct, and submit to
Congress a report describing the results of, a study
analyzing--

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(1) the depletion rate of freshwater aquifers as a result
of overuse of those aquifers by public water systems (as
defined in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300f)); and
(2) the likelihood and results of saltwater intrusion into
freshwater aquifers due to the overuse described in paragraph
(1).
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