“A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify eligibility for the State response to contaminants program, and for other purposes.”
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This section revises eligibility criteria under the State Response to Contaminants Grant Program (i.e., grants to states to address unregulated contaminants of emerging concern in public water systems and private wells). Specifically, it (1) restructures paragraph (1) to specify that states may use grants for a contaminant determined by the state to be present or potentially present in a public water system serving a community, strikes prior subparagraph (B), and makes conforming wording changes; and (2) adds paragraph (3) to authorize grants to states on behalf of disadvantaged communities (or those that may become disadvantaged), communities with populations under 10,000 lacking debt capacity, or owners of private drinking water wells not connected to public systems.