110 STAT. 1684
PUBLIC LAW 104-182—AUG. 6, 1996
Effective date.
(b) FEDERAL SHARE.— The Federal share of the cost of the
activities described in subsection (a) shall be 50 percent.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. —The State of Alaska may use
an amount not to exceed 4 percent of any grant made available
under this subsection for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the activities described in subsection (a).
(d) CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE OF ALASKA. — The Administrator shall consult with the State of Alaska on a method of
prioritizing the allocation of grants under subsection (a) according
to the needs of, and relative health and sanitation conditions in,
each eligible village.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There are authorized
to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1997
through 2000 to carry out this section.
SEC. 304. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that appropriations for grants
under section 128 (relating to New York City watershed), section
135 (relating to colonias), and section 307 (relating to Alaska Native
villages) should not be provided if such appropriations would prevent the adequate capitalization of State revolving loan funds.
SEC. 305. BOTTLED DRINKING WATER STANDARDS.
Section 410 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 349) is amended as follows:
(1) By striking "Whenever" and inserting "(a) Except as
provided in subsection (b), whenever".
(2) By adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(b)(1) Not later than 180 days before the effective date of
a national primary drinking water regulation promulgated by the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for a
contaminant under section 1412 of the Safe Drinking Water Act
(42 U.S.C. 300g-l), the Secretary shall promulgate a standard
of quality regulation under this subsection for that contaminant
in bottled water or make a finding that such a regulation is not
necessary to protect the public health because the contaminant
is contained in water in public water systems (as defined under
section 1401(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300fl4))) but not in water
used for bottled drinking water. The effective date for any such
standard of quality regulation shall be the same as the effective
date for such national primary drinking water regulation, except
for any standard of quality of regulation promulgated by the Secretary before the date of enactment of the Safe Drinking Water
Act Amendments of 1996 for which (as of such date of enactment)
an effective date had not been established. In the case of a standard
of quality regulation to which such exception applies, the Secretary
shall promulgate monitoring requirements for the contaminants
covered by the regulation not later than 2 years after such date
of enactment.
"(2) A regulation issued by the Secretary as provided in this
subsection shall include any monitoring requirements that the Secretary determines appropriate for bottled water.
"(3) A regulation issued by the Secretary as provided in this
subsection shall require the following:
"(A) In the case of contaminants for which a maximum
contaminant level is established in a national primary drinking
water regulation under section 1412 of the Safe Drinlang Water
Act (42 U.S.C. 300g -l), the regulation under this subsection
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