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[CITE: 42USC300g-3]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
             SUBCHAPTER XII--SAFETY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
 
                      Part B--Public Water Systems
 
Sec. 300g-3. Enforcement of drinking water regulations


(a) Notice to State and public water system; issuance of administrative 
        order; civil action

    (1)(A) Whenever the Administrator finds during a period during which 
a State has primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems 
(within the meaning of section 300g-2(a) of this title) that any public 
water system--
        (i) for which a variance under section 300g-4 or an exemption 
    under section 300g-5 of this title is not in effect, does not comply 
    with any applicable requirement, or
        (ii) for which a variance under section 300g-4 or an exemption 
    under section 300g-5 of this title is in effect, does not comply 
    with any schedule or other requirement imposed pursuant thereto,

he shall so notify the State and such public water system and provide 
such advice and technical assistance to such State and public water 
system as may be appropriate to bring the system into compliance with 
the requirement by the earliest feasible time.
    (B) If, beyond the thirtieth day after the Administrator's 
notification under subparagraph (A), the State has not commenced 
appropriate enforcement action, the Administrator shall issue an order 
under subsection (g) of this section requiring the public water system 
to comply with such applicable requirement or the Administrator shall 
commence a civil action under subsection (b) of this section.
    (2) Enforcement in nonprimacy states.--
        (A) In general.--If, on the basis of information available to 
    the Administrator, the Administrator finds, with respect to a period 
    in which a State does not have primary enforcement responsibility 
    for public water systems, that a public water system in the State--
            (i) for which a variance under section 300g-4 of this title 
        or an exemption under section 300g-5 of this title is not in 
        effect, does not comply with any applicable requirement; or
            (ii) for which a variance under section 300g-4 of this title 
        or an exemption under section 300g-5 of this title is in effect, 
        does not comply with any schedule or other requirement imposed 
        pursuant to the variance or exemption;

    the Administrator shall issue an order under subsection (g) of this 
    section requiring the public water system to comply with the 
    requirement, or commence a civil action under subsection (b) of this 
    section.
        (B) Notice.--If the Administrator takes any action pursuant to 
    this paragraph, the Administrator shall notify an appropriate local 
    elected official, if any, with jurisdiction over the public water 
    system of the action prior to the time that the action is taken.

(b) Judicial determinations in appropriate Federal district courts; 
        civil penalties, separate violations

    The Administrator may bring a civil action in the appropriate United 
States district court to require compliance with any applicable 
requirement with an order issued under subsection (g) of this section, 
or with any schedule or other requirement imposed pursuant to a variance 
or exemption granted under section 300g-4 or 300g-5 of this title if--
        (1) authorized under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of 
    this section, or
        (2) if requested by (A) the chief executive officer of the State 
    in which is located the public water system which is not in 
    compliance with such regulation or requirement, or (B) the agency of 
    such State which has jurisdiction over compliance by public water 
    systems in the State with national primary drinking water 
    regulations or State drinking water regulations.

The court may enter, in an action brought under this subsection, such 
judgement as protection of public health may require, taking into 
consideration the time necessary to comply and the availability of 
alternative water supplies; and, if the court determines that there has 
been a violation of the regulation or schedule or other requirement with 
respect to which the action was brought, the court may, taking into 
account the seriousness of the violation, the population at risk, and 
other appropriate factors, impose on the violator a civil penalty of not 
to exceed $25,000 for each day in which such violation occurs.

(c) Notice to persons served

                           (1) In general

        Each owner or operator of a public water system shall give 
    notice of each of the following to the persons served by the system:
            (A) Notice of any failure on the part of the public water 
        system to--
                (i) comply with an applicable maximum contaminant level 
            or treatment technique requirement of, or a testing 
            procedure prescribed by, a national primary drinking water 
            regulation; or
                (ii) perform monitoring required by section 300j-4(a) of 
            this title.

            (B) If the public water system is subject to a variance 
        granted under subsection (a)(1)(A), (a)(2), or (e) of section 
        300g-4 of this title for an inability to meet a maximum 
        contaminant level requirement or is subject to an exemption 
        granted under section 300g-5 of this title, notice of--
                (i) the existence of the variance or exemption; and
                (ii) any failure to comply with the requirements of any 
            schedule prescribed pursuant to the variance or exemption.

            (C) Notice of the concentration level of any unregulated 
        contaminant for which the Administrator has required public 
        notice pursuant to paragraph (2)(E).

              (2) Form, manner, and frequency of notice

        (A) In general

            The Administrator shall, by regulation, and after 
        consultation with the States, prescribe the manner, frequency, 
        form, and content for giving notice under this subsection. The 
        regulations shall--
                (i) provide for different frequencies of notice based on 
            the differences between violations that are intermittent or 
            infrequent and violations that are continuous or frequent; 
            and
                (ii) take into account the seriousness of any potential 
            adverse health effects that may be involved.

        (B) State requirements

            (i) In general

                A State may, by rule, establish alternative notification 
            requirements--
                    (I) with respect to the form and content of notice 
                given under and in a manner in accordance with 
                subparagraph (C); and
                    (II) with respect to the form and content of notice 
                given under subparagraph (D).
            (ii) Contents

                The alternative requirements shall provide the same type 
            and amount of information as required pursuant to this 
            subsection and regulations issued under subparagraph (A).
            (iii) Relationship to section 300g-2

                Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed or 
            applied to modify the requirements of section 300g-2 of this 
            title.

        (C) Violations with potential to have serious adverse effects on 
                human health

            Regulations issued under subparagraph (A) shall specify 
        notification procedures for each violation by a public water 
        system that has the potential to have serious adverse effects on 
        human health as a result of short-term exposure. Each notice of 
        violation provided under this subparagraph shall--
                (i) be distributed as soon as practicable after the 
            occurrence of the violation, but not later than 24 hours 
            after the occurrence of the violation;
                (ii) provide a clear and readily understandable 
            explanation of--
                    (I) the violation;
                    (II) the potential adverse effects on human health;
                    (III) the steps that the public water system is 
                taking to correct the violation; and
                    (IV) the necessity of seeking alternative water 
                supplies until the violation is corrected;

                (iii) be provided to the Administrator or the head of 
            the State agency that has primary enforcement responsibility 
            under section 300g-2 of this title as soon as practicable, 
            but not later than 24 hours after the occurrence of the 
            violation; and
                (iv) as required by the State agency in general 
            regulations of the State agency, or on a case-by-case basis 
            after the consultation referred to in clause (iii), 
            considering the health risks involved--
                    (I) be provided to appropriate broadcast media;
                    (II) be prominently published in a newspaper of 
                general circulation serving the area not later than 1 
                day after distribution of a notice pursuant to clause 
                (i) or the date of publication of the next issue of the 
                newspaper; or
                    (III) be provided by posting or door-to-door 
                notification in lieu of notification by means of 
                broadcast media or newspaper.

        (D) Written notice

            (i) In general

                Regulations issued under subparagraph (A) shall specify 
            notification procedures for violations other than the 
            violations covered by subparagraph (C). The procedures shall 
            specify that a public water system shall provide written 
            notice to each person served by the system by notice (I) in 
            the first bill (if any) prepared after the date of 
            occurrence of the violation, (II) in an annual report issued 
            not later than 1 year after the date of occurrence of the 
            violation, or (III) by mail or direct delivery as soon as 
            practicable, but not later than 1 year after the date of 
            occurrence of the violation.
            (ii) Form and manner of notice

                The Administrator shall prescribe the form and manner of 
            the notice to provide a clear and readily understandable 
            explanation of the violation, any potential adverse health 
            effects, and the steps that the system is taking to seek 
            alternative water supplies, if any, until the violation is 
            corrected.

        (E) Unregulated contaminants

            The Administrator may require the owner or operator of a 
        public water system to give notice to the persons served by the 
        system of the concentration levels of an unregulated contaminant 
        required to be monitored under section 300j-4(a) of this title.

                             (3) Reports

        (A) Annual report by State

            (i) In general

                Not later than January 1, 1998, and annually thereafter, 
            each State that has primary enforcement responsibility under 
            section 300g-2 of this title shall prepare, make readily 
            available to the public, and submit to the Administrator an 
            annual report on violations of national primary drinking 
            water regulations by public water systems in the State, 
            including violations with respect to (I) maximum contaminant 
            levels, (II) treatment requirements, (III) variances and 
            exemptions, and (IV) monitoring requirements determined to 
            be significant by the Administrator after consultation with 
            the States.
            (ii) Distribution

                The State shall publish and distribute summaries of the 
            report and indicate where the full report is available for 
            review.

        (B) Annual report by Administrator

            Not later than July 1, 1998, and annually thereafter, the 
        Administrator shall prepare and make available to the public an 
        annual report summarizing and evaluating reports submitted by 
        States pursuant to subparagraph (A) and notices 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 compliance with this subchapter. 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 subchapter 
        on Indian reservations.

     (4) Consumer confidence reports by community water systems

        (A) Annual reports to consumers

            The Administrator, 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 August 
        6, 1996, 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 explanation 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 hotline 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).
                (iv) Information on compliance with national primary 
            drinking water regulations, as required by the 
            Administrator, and notice if the system is operating under a 
            variance or exemption and the basis on which the variance or 
            exemption was granted.
                (v) Information on the levels of unregulated 
            contaminants for which monitoring is required under section 
            300j-4(a)(2) of this title (including levels of 
            cryptosporidium and radon where States determine they may be 
            found).
                (vi) A statement that the presence of contaminants in 
            drinking water does not necessarily indicate that the 
            drinking water poses a health risk and that more information 
            about contaminants and potential health effects can be 
            obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency 
            hotline.

        A public water system may include such additional information as 
        it deems appropriate for public education. The Administrator 
        may, for not more than 3 regulated contaminants other than those 
        referred to in subclause (IV) of clause (iii), require a 
        consumer confidence report under this paragraph to include the 
        brief statement in plain language regarding the health concerns 
        that resulted in regulation of the contaminant or contaminants 
        concerned, as provided by the Administrator in regulations under 
        subparagraph (A).

        (C) Coverage

            The Governor of a State may determine not to apply the 
        mailing requirement of subparagraph (A) to a community water 
        system serving fewer than 10,000 persons. Any such system 
        shall--
                (i) inform, in the newspaper notice required by clause 
            (iii) or by other means, its customers that the system will 
            not be mailing the report as required by subparagraph (A);
                (ii) make the consumer confidence report available upon 
            request to the public; and
                (iii) publish the report referred to in subparagraph (A) 
            annually in one or more local newspapers serving the area in 
            which customers of the system are located.

        (D) Alternative to publication

            For any community water system which, pursuant to 
        subparagraph (C), is not required to meet the mailing 
        requirement of subparagraph (A) and which serves 500 persons or 
        fewer, the community water system may elect not to comply with 
        clause (i) or (iii) of subparagraph (C). If the community water 
        system so elects, the system shall, at a minimum--
                (i) prepare an annual consumer confidence report 
            pursuant to subparagraph (B); and
                (ii) provide notice at least once per year to each of 
            its customers by mail, by door-to-door delivery, by posting 
            or by other means authorized by the regulations of the 
            Administrator that the consumer confidence report is 
            available upon request.

        (E) Alternative form and content

            A State exercising primary enforcement responsibility may 
        establish, by rule, after notice and public comment, alternative 
        requirements with respect to the form and content of consumer 
        confidence reports under this paragraph.

(d) Notice of noncompliance with secondary drinking water regulations

    Whenever, on the basis of information available to him, the 
Administrator finds that within a reasonable time after national 
secondary drinking water regulations have been promulgated, one or more 
public water systems in a State do not comply with such secondary 
regulations, and that such noncompliance appears to result from a 
failure of such State to take reasonable action to assure that public 
water systems throughout such State meet such secondary regulations, he 
shall so notify the State.

(e) State authority to adopt or enforce laws or regulations respecting 
        drinking water regulations or public water systems unaffected

    Nothing in this subchapter shall diminish any authority of a State 
or political subdivision to adopt or enforce any law or regulation 
respecting drinking water regulations or public water systems, but no 
such law or regulation shall relieve any person of any requirement 
otherwise applicable under this subchapter.

(f) Notice and public hearing; availability of recommendations 
        transmitted to State and public water system

    If the Administrator makes a finding of noncompliance (described in 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) of this section) with 
respect to a public water system in a State which has primary 
enforcement responsibility, the Administrator may, for the purpose of 
assisting that State in carrying out such responsibility and upon the 
petition of such State or public water system or persons served by such 
system, hold, after appropriate notice, public hearings for the purpose 
of gathering information from technical or other experts, Federal, 
State, or other public officials, representatives of such public water 
system, persons served by such system, and other interested persons on--
        (1) the ways in which such system can within the earliest 
    feasible time be brought into compliance with the regulation or 
    requirement with respect to which such finding was made, and
        (2) the means for the maximum feasible protection of the public 
    health during any period in which such system is not in compliance 
    with a national primary drinking water regulation or requirement 
    applicable to a variance or exemption.

On the basis of such hearings the Administrator shall issue 
recommendations which shall be sent to such State and public water 
system and shall be made available to the public and communications 
media.

(g) Administrative order requiring compliance; notice and hearing; civil 
        penalty; civil actions

    (1) In any case in which the Administrator is authorized to bring a 
civil action under this section or under section 300j-4 of this title 
with respect to any applicable requirement, the Administrator also may 
issue an order to require compliance with such applicable requirement.
    (2) An order issued under this subsection shall not take effect, in 
the case of a State having primary enforcement responsibility for public 
water systems in that State, until after the Administrator has provided 
the State with an opportunity to confer with the Administrator regarding 
the order. A copy of any order issued under this subsection shall be 
sent to the appropriate State agency of the State involved if the State 
has primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems in that 
State. Any order issued under this subsection shall state with 
reasonable specificity the nature of the violation. In any case in which 
an order under this subsection is issued to a corporation, a copy of 
such order shall be issued to appropriate corporate officers.
    (3)(A) Any person who violates, or fails or refuses to comply with, 
an order under this subsection shall be liable to the United States for 
a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 per day of violation.
    (B) In a case in which a civil penalty sought by the Administrator 
under this paragraph does not exceed $5,000, the penalty shall be 
assessed by the Administrator after notice and opportunity for a public 
hearing (unless the person against whom the penalty is assessed requests 
a hearing on the record in accordance with section 554 of title 5). In a 
case in which a civil penalty sought by the Administrator under this 
paragraph exceeds $5,000, but does not exceed $25,000, the penalty shall 
be assessed by the Administrator after notice and opportunity for a 
hearing on the record in accordance with section 554 of title 5.
    (C) Whenever any civil penalty sought by the Administrator under 
this subsection for a violation of an applicable requirement exceeds 
$25,000, the penalty shall be assessed by a civil action brought by the 
Administrator in the appropriate United States district court (as 
determined under the provisions of title 28).
    (D) If any person fails to pay an assessment of a civil penalty 
after it has become a final and unappealable order, or after the 
appropriate court of appeals has entered final judgment in favor of the 
Administrator, the Attorney General shall recover the amount for which 
such person is liable in any appropriate district court of the United 
States. In any such action, the validity and appropriateness of the 
final order imposing the civil penalty shall not be subject to review.

(h) Consolidation incentive

                           (1) In general

        An owner or operator of a public water system may submit to the 
    State in which the system is located (if the State has primary 
    enforcement responsibility under section 300g-2 of this title) or to 
    the Administrator (if the State does not have primary enforcement 
    responsibility) a plan (including specific measures and schedules) 
    for--
            (A) the physical consolidation of the system with 1 or more 
        other systems;
            (B) the consolidation of significant management and 
        administrative functions of the system with 1 or more other 
        systems; or
            (C) the transfer of ownership of the system that may 
        reasonably be expected to improve drinking water quality.

                    (2) Consequences of approval

        If the State or the Administrator approves a plan pursuant to 
    paragraph (1), no enforcement action shall be taken pursuant to this 
    part with respect to a specific violation identified in the approved 
    plan prior to the date that is the earlier of the date on which 
    consolidation is completed according to the plan or the date that is 
    2 years after the plan is approved.

(i) ``Applicable requirement'' defined

    In this section, the term ``applicable requirement'' means--
        (1) a requirement of section 300g-1, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 
    300g-6, 300j, or 300j-4 of this title;
        (2) a regulation promulgated pursuant to a section referred to 
    in paragraph (1);
        (3) a schedule or requirement imposed pursuant to a section 
    referred to in paragraph (1); and
        (4) a requirement of, or permit issued under, an applicable 
    State program for which the Administrator has made a determination 
    that the requirements of section 300g-2 of this title have been 
    satisfied, or an applicable State program approved pursuant to this 
    part.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, Sec. 1414, as added Pub. L. 93-523, 
Sec. 2(a), Dec. 16, 1974, 88 Stat. 1666; amended Pub. L. 95-190, 
Sec. 12(b), Nov. 16, 1977, 91 Stat. 1398; Pub. L. 99-339, title I, 
Secs. 102, 103, June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 647, 648; Pub. L. 104-182, 
title I, Secs. 113(a), 114(a), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1634, 1636.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 104-182, Sec. 113(a)(1)(A)(i)(II), 
substituted ``with the requirement'' for ``with such regulation or 
requirement'' in concluding provisions.
    Subsec. (a)(1)(A)(i). Pub. L. 104-182, Sec. 113(a)(1)(A)(i)(I), 
substituted ``any applicable requirement'' for ``any national primary 
drinking water regulation in effect under section 300g-1 of this 
title''.
    Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104-182, Sec. 113(a)(1)(A)(ii), 
substituted ``such applicable requirement'' for ``such regulation or 
requirement''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104-182, Sec. 113(a)(1)(B), added par. (2) 
and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: ``Whenever, on the 
basis of information available to him, the Administrator finds during a 
period during which a State does not have primary enforcement 
responsibility for public water systems that a public water system in 
such State--
        ``(A) for which a variance under section 300g-4(a)(2) or an 
    exemption under section 300g-5(f) of this title is not in effect, 
    does not comply with any national primary drinking water regulation 
    in effect under section 300g-1 of this title, or
        ``(B) for which a variance under section 300g-4(a)(2) or an 
    exemption under section 300g-5(f) of this title is in effect, does 
    not comply with any schedule or other requirement imposed pursuant 
    thereto,
the Administrator shall issue an order under subsection (g) of this 
section requiring the public water system to comply with such regulation 
or requirement or the Administrator shall commence a civil action under 
subsection (b) of this section.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-182, Sec. 113(a)(2), substituted ``any 
applicable requirement'' for ``a national primary drinking water 
regulation'' in introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-182, Sec. 114(a), amended subsec. (c) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) related to notice of owner or 
operator of public water system to persons served, regulations for form, 
manner, and frequency of notice, amendment of regulations to provide 
different types and frequencies of notice, and penalties.
    Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 104-182, Sec. 113(a)(3)(A), substituted 
``applicable requirement'' for ``regulation, schedule, or other 
requirement'' in two places.
    Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 104-182, Sec. 113(a)(3)(B), substituted 
``effect, in the case'' for ``effect until after notice and opportunity 
for public hearing and, in the case'' and ``regarding the order'' for 
``regarding the proposed order'' and struck out ``proposed to be'' after 
``A copy of any order''.
    Subsec. (g)(3)(B). Pub. L. 104-182, Sec. 113(a)(3)(C)(i), added 
subpar. (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows: 
``Whenever any civil penalty sought by the Administrator under this 
paragraph does not exceed a total of $5,000, the penalty shall be 
assessed by the Administrator after notice and opportunity for a hearing 
on the record in accordance with section 554 of title 5.''
    Subsec. (g)(3)(C). Pub. L. 104-182, Sec. 113(a)(3)(C)(ii), 
substituted ``subsection for a violation of an applicable requirement 
exceeds $25,000'' for ``paragraph exceeds $5,000''.
    Subsecs. (h), (i). Pub. L. 104-182, Sec. 113(a)(4), added subsecs. 
(h) and (i).
    1986--Pub. L. 99-339, Sec. 102(d)(2), substituted ``Enforcement'' 
for ``Failure of State to assure enforcement'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 99-339, Sec. 102(a), inserted ``and such 
public water system'' after ``notify the State'' in provisions following 
cl. (ii).
    Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 99-339, Sec. 102(b)(1), amended subpar. 
(B) generally, substituting provisions which relate to issuance of an 
order to public water system to comply with regulations, or commencement 
of civil action if the State has not commenced appropriate enforcement 
action for provisions which related to public notice of noncompliance 
and commencement of civil action by Administrator if State failed to 
take steps to obtain compliance by public water system.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 99-339, Sec. 102(b)(2), substituted ``the 
Administrator shall issue an order under subsection (g) of this section 
requiring the public water system to comply with such regulation or 
requirement or the Administrator shall commence a civil action under 
subsection (b) of this section'' for ``he may commence a civil action 
under subsection (b) of this section''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-339, Sec. 102(c), inserted ``, with an order 
issued under subsection (g) of this section,'' before ``or with any 
schedule'' and substituted ``there has been a violation'' for ``there 
has been a willful violation'' and ``$25,000'' for ``$5,000''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-339, Sec. 103, substituted provisions 
relating to amendment of regulations within fifteen months after June 
19, 1986, to provide different types and frequencies of notice based on 
the differences between violations which are intermittent or continuous, 
manner and content of notices, notice required to public served by owner 
or operator of public water system, and civil penalty of $25,000, for 
provisions relating to form, manner, and frequency of notice based on 
three month billing period for water bills, notice required to public 
served by owner or operator of public water system, and civil penalty of 
$5,000.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 99-339, Sec. 102(d), added subsec. (g).
    1977--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-190 inserted provisions relating to 
frequency of required notice, and notice respecting contaminant levels, 
and substituted ``issued under this subsection'' for ``thereunder''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 300g-4, 300g-5, 300j-7 of 
this title.
