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 PUBLIC LAW 107-188-JUNE 12, 2002 116 STAT. 685 sources of water for such systems) which the Administrator determines to present an immediate and urgent security need. "(4) The Administrator may use not more than $5,000,000 from the funds made available under paragraph (1) to make grants to community water systems serving a population of less than 3,300 persons for activities and projects undertaken in accordance with the guidance provided to such systems under subsection (d). SEC. 402. OTHER SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AMENDMENTS. The Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of the Public Health Service Act) is amended by inserting the following new sections after section 1433 (as added by section 401 of this Act): "SEC. 1434. CONTAMINANT PREVENTION, DETECTION AND RESPONSE. 42 USC 300i-3. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Administrator, in consultation with the Contracts. Centers for Disease Control and, after consultation with appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government and with State and local governments, shall review (or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements to provide for a review of) current and future methods to prevent, detect and respond to the intentional introduction of chemical, biological or radiological contaminants into community water systems and source water for community water systems, including each of the following: "(1) Methods, means and equipment, including real time monitoring systems, designed to monitor and detect various levels of chemical, biological, and radiological contaminants or indicators of contaminants and reduce the likelihood that such contaminants can be successfully introduced into public water systems and source water intended to be used for drinking water. "(2) Methods and means to provide sufficient notice to operators of public water systems, and individuals served by such systems, of the introduction of chemical, biological or radiological contaminants and the possible effect of such introduction on public health and the safety and supply of drinking water. "(3) Methods and means for developing educational and awareness programs for community water systems. "(4) Procedures and equipment necessary to prevent the flow of contaminated drinking water to individuals served by public water systems. "(5) Methods, means, and equipment which could negate or mitigate deleterious effects on public health and the safety and supply caused by the introduction of contaminants into water intended to be used for drinking water, including an examination of the effectiveness of various drinking water technologies in removing, inactivating, or neutralizing biological, chemical, and radiological contaminants. "(6) Biomedical research into the short-term and long-term impact on public health of various chemical, biological and radiological contaminants that may be introduced into public water systems through terrorist or other intentional acts. "(b) FUNDING.— For the authorization of appropriations to carry out this section, see section 1435(e).

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