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PUBLIC LAW 93-524-DEC. 18, 1974

Report to President and Congress.

Appropriations.

(b) Such survey shall be completed within eighteen months of the date of enactment of this Act and a final report thereon submitted, not later than six months after the completion of such survey, to the President for transmittal to the Congress. Such report shall include recommendations for improving rural water supplies. (c) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975; $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1976; and $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1977. BOTTLED D R I N K I N G

21 USC 348.

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p. 1662.

Publication in Federal R e g i s t e r.

WATER

SEC. 4. Chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended by adding after section 409 the followhig new section: a BOTTLED

21 USC 349.

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D R I N K I N G WATER

STANDARDS

"SEC. 410. Whenever the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency prescribes interim or revised national primary drinking water regulations under section 1412 of the Public Health Service Act, the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator and within 180 days after the promulgation of such drinking water regulations either promulgate amendments to regulations under this chapter applicable to bottled drinking water or publish in the Federal Register his reasons for not making such amendments.". Approved December 16, 1974. Public Law 93-524

December 18, 1974 [S.1353]

Vessels. Net tonnage for waste materials.

AN ACT To deduct from gross tonnage in determining net tonnage those spaces on board vessels used for waste materials.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4153 of the Revised Statutes (46 XJ.S.C. 77) is amended by inserting following paragraph (d) the following new paragraph: "(e) Space occupied by machinery used exclusively to separate, clarify, purify, or process, a ship's own slop oil mixture, tank-cleaning residue, bilge residue, or other waste materials, including sewage garbage, galley wastes, or trash and space occupied by any tank, tanks, or collection area used exclusively for the carriage or collection of such slop oil mixture, tank-cleaning residue, or other waste materials, but not to exceed a maximum space deduction established by regulations hereunder. The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall issue regulations to define the slop oil mixtures, cleaning residue, and waste materials, establish the maximum deductions which may be made, define the manner in which the spaces shall be used and marked, and as necessary otherwise to carry out the provisions of this paragraph." SEC. 2. Section 4153 of the Revised Statutes (46 XJ.S.C. 77) is further amended by redesignating existing paragraphs (e) through (i) as (f) through (j). Approved December 18, 1974.

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