102 STAT. 2884
PUBLIC LAW 100-572—OCT. 31, 1988
Public Law 100-572 100th Congress An Act Oct. 31, 1988 [H.R. 4939]
Lead
Contamination Control Act of 1988
Consumer
protection. 42 USC 201 note.
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to control lead in drinking water.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988. SEC. 2. LEAD IN DRINKING WATER COOLERS AND IN SCHOOL DRINKING WATER. (a) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO REGULATE THE SAFETY OF DRINKING WATER.—The Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of the
Public Health Service Act; 42 U.S.C. 300f and following) is amended by adding the following new part at the end thereof: "PART F—ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO REGULATE THE SAFETY OF DRINKING WATER 42 USC 300J-21.
"SEC. 1461. DEFINITIONS.
"As used in this part— "(1) DRINKING WATER COOLER.—The term 'drinking water cooler' means any mechanical device affixed to drinking water supply plumbing which actively cools water for human consumption. "(2) LEAD FREE.—The term 'lead free' means, with respect to a drinking water cooler, that each part or component of the cooler which may come in contact with drinking water contains not more than 8 percent lead, except that no drinking water cooler which contains any solder, flux, or storage tank interior surface which may come in contact with drinking water shall be considered lead free if the solder, flux, or storage tank interior surface contains more than 0.2 percent lead. The Administrator may establish more stringent requirements for treating any part or component of a drinking water cooler as lead free for purposes of this part whenever he determines that any such part may constitute an important source of lead in drinking water. "(3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 'local educational agency' means— "(A) any local educational agency as defined in section 198 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 3381), "(B) the owner of any private, nonprofit elementary or secondary school building, and "(C) the governing authority of any school operating under the defense dependent's education system provided for under the Defense Dependent's Education Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 921 and following).
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