S.Amdt. 2182

SA 2182. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Feinstein,
and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself,
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R.
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division E, insert the
following:

SEC. 50___. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS.

Section 1412(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.
300g-1(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(16) Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.--
``(A) Required regulations.--Not later than 2 years after
the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator
shall publish a maximum contaminant level and promulgate a
national primary drinking water regulation for perfluoroalkyl
and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including, at a minimum--
``(i) perfluorooctanoic acid (commonly referred to as
`PFOA'); and
``(ii) perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (commonly referred to
as `PFOS').
``(B) Monitoring.--In establishing monitoring requirements
under the national primary drinking water regulation for
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances under
subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall--
``(i) consider options for tailoring monitoring
requirements for public water systems that do not detect, or
are reliably and consistently below the maximum contaminant
level for, those substances; and
``(ii) prioritize the use of existing authorities to
provide technical assistance and funding to help small,
rural, or disadvantaged public water systems to comply with
the national primary drinking water regulation.
``(C) Health protection.--The national primary drinking
water regulation for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances under subparagraph (A) shall be protective of the
health of subpopulations at greater risk, as described in
section 1458.
``(D) Health risk reduction and cost analysis.--In meeting
the requirements of paragraph (3)(C) with respect to the
national primary drinking water regulation for perfluoroalkyl
and polyfluoroalkyl substances under subparagraph (A), the
Administrator may rely on information available to the
Administrator with respect to 1 or more specific
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances to extrapolate
reasoned conclusions with respect to the health risks and
effects of a class of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl
substances of which the specific perfluoroalkyl or
polyfluoroalkyl substances are a part, including by using
techniques described in--
``(i) the document of the Environmental Protection Agency
entitled `Generalized Read-Across (GenRA)' (or a successor
document); and
``(ii) the Toxicity Estimation Software Tool of the
Environmental Protection Agency (or a successor tool).''.
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