PRINTER'S NO. 182
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
212
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, SCHLOSSBERG, KINSEY, McNEILL, OTTEN,
FREEMAN, HILL-EVANS AND NEILSON, JANUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
JANUARY 28, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 1, 1984 (P.L.206, No.43), entitled "An
act providing for safe drinking water; imposing powers and
duties on the Department of Environmental Resources in
relation thereto; and appropriating certain funds," further
providing for powers and duties of the Department of
Environmental Protection.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5 of the act of May 1, 1984 (P.L.206,
No.43), known as the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 5. Powers and duties of department.
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(a.1) Lead testing.--The department shall monitor lead
levels in public water systems in accordance with the following:
(1) The department shall conduct testing for lead during
two consecutive six-month monitoring periods.
(2) The department shall assign each public water system
in this Commonwealth to a monitoring period. Each public
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