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 PUBLIC LAW 99-339—JUNE 19, 1986

100 STAT. 667

SEC. 303. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

Section 1448(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act is amended as 42 USC 300j-7. follows: (1) Amend paragraph (1) to read as follows: "(1) actions pertaining to the establishment of national primary drinking water regulations (including maximum contaminant level goals) may be filed only in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit; and". (2) Amend paragraph (2) to read as follows: "(2) any other action of the Administrator under this Act may be filed in the circuit in which the petitioner resides or transacts business which is directly affected by the action.". SEC. 304. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

(a) REPEAL.—Section 1442(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act is repealed. (b) COMPARATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS ASSESSMENT.—The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct a comparative health effects assessment, using available data, to compare the public health effects (both positive and negative) associated with water treatment chemicals and their byproducts to the public health effects associated with contaminants found in public water supplies. Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Congress setting forth the results of such assessment. Approved June 19, 1986.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 124 (H.R. 1650): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-168 accompanying H.R. 1650 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce) and No. 99-575 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORTS: No. 99-56 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 131 (1985): May 16, considered and passed Senate. June 17, H.R. 1650 considered and passed House; proceedings vacated and S. 124, amended, passed in lieu. Vol. 132 (1986): May 13, House agreed to conference report. May 21, Senate agreed to conference report. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 22 (1986): June 19, Presidential statement.

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