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PUBLIC LAW 93-523-DEC. 16, 1974

[88 STAT.

" (B) perform monitoiing- re(iuired by section 1445(a), and '••(2) if the public water system is subject to a variance granted under section 1415(a)(1)(A) or 1415(a)(2) for an inability to meet a maximum contaminant level requirement or is subject to an exemption granted under section 141(i, of—' "'(A) the existence of such variance or exemption, and " (B) any failure to comply with the requirements of any schedule prescribed pursuant to the variance or exemption. -j^j^^ Admluistrator shall by regulation prescribe the form and manner for giving such notice. Such notice shall be given not less than once every 3 months, shall be given by publication in a ncAvspaper of general circulation serving the area served by each such water system (as determined by the Administrator), shall be furnished to the other communications media serving such area, and shall be furnished to the communications media as soon as practicable after the discovery of the violation with respect to which the notice is required. If the water bills of a public water system are issued more often than once every 8 months, such notice shall be included in at least one water bill of the system every 3 months, and if a public water system issues its water bills less often than once every 3 months, such notice shall bc iucludcd in each of the water bills issued by the system. Any person who willfully violates this subsection or regulations thereunder shall be fined not more than $5,000. " (d) Whenever, on the basis of information available to him, the Administrator finds that within a reasonable time after national secondary drinking water regulations have been promulgated, one or more public water systems in a State do not comply with such secondary regulations, and that such noncompliance appears to result from a failure of such State to take reasonable action to assure that public water systems throughout such State meet such secondary regulations, he shall so notify the State. "(e) Nothing in this title shall diminish any authority of a State or political subdivision to adopt or enforce any law or regulation respecting drinking water regulations or public water systems, but no such law or regulation shall relieve any person of any requirement otherwise applicable under this title. "(f) If the Administrator makes a finding of noncompliance (described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1)) with respect to a public water system in a State which has primary enforcement responsibility, the Administratoi- may, for the purpose of assisting that State in carrying out such responsibility and upon the petition of such State or public water system or persons served by such system, liold, after appropriate notice, public hearings for- the purpose of gathering information from technical oi- other experts, Federal, State, or other public officials, representatives of such public water system, persons served by such system, and other interested persons on— " (1) the ways in which such system can within the earliest feasible time be brought into compliance with the regulation or requirement with respect to which such finding Avas made, and "(2) the means for the maximum feasible protection of the public health during any period in which such system is not in compliance with a national primary drinking water regulation or requirement applicable to a variance or exemption. On the basis of such hearings the Administrator shall issue recommendations which shall be sent to such State and public water system and shall be made available to the public and communications media.

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