May 4, 2007 - H.R. 2076 “Lead-Free Drinking Water Act Of 2007” Introduced In Congress
H.R. 2076 proposes to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish maximum lead levels for drinking water through restricting the amount of lead used in the production of bathroom fixtures and fittings.
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman have re-introduced H.R. 2076, the “Lead-Free Drinking Water Act of 2007.” A statement from Rep. Norton reports that she, Rep. Waxman and former Sen. James Jeffords (I-Vt.) looked at the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and the Lead and Copper Rule and determined that even with the revision of the Rule in 1991, it did not meet standards that they feel should have been adopted at that time. H.R. 2076 would establish “a maximum contaminant level for lead in drinking water as measured at the tap; or if it is not practicable to establish such a level with adequate provision for variability and factors outside of the control of a public water system, establish a treatment technique to achieve an action level for lead that is at least as stringent as the action level established by the national primary drinking water regulation for lead under subpart I of part 141 of Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.”