A
statement from Norton reports that she, Waxman and former Sen. James Jeffords looked at the 1974 Safe
Drinking Water Act and the Lead and Copper Rule and determined that, even with
the revision of the rule in 1991, it did not meet standards that they believe
should have been adopted at that time.
H.R.
2076 would establish “a maximum contaminant level for lead in drinking water as
measured at the tap; or if it is not practicable to establish such a level with
adequate provision for variability and factors outside of the control of a
public water system, establish a treatment technique to achieve an action level
for lead that is at least as stringent as the action level established by the
national primary drinking water regulation for lead under subpart I of part 141
of Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.”