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alty of not more than $5,000 ($50,000 in the case of a second or subsequent violation).

[42 U.S.C. 300j-23]

SEC. 1464. LEAD CONTAMINATION IN SCHOOL DRINKING WATER.

(a) DISTRIBUTION OF DRINKING WATER COOLER LIST.-Within 100 days after the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall distribute to the States a list of each brand and model of drinking water cooler identified and listed by the Administrator under section 1463(a).

(b) GUIDANCE DOCUMENT AND TESTING PROTOCOL.-The Administrator shall publish a guidance document and a testing protocol to assist schools in determining the source and degree of lead contamination in school drinking water supplies and in remedying such contamination. The guidance document shall include guidelines for sample preservation. The guidance document shall also include guidance to assist States, schools, and the general public in ascertaining the levels of lead contamination in drinking water coolers and in taking appropriate action to reduce or eliminate such contamination. The guidance document shall contain a testing protocol for the identification of drinking water coolers which contribute to lead contamination in drinking water. Such document and protocol may be revised, republished and redistributed as the Administrator deems necessary. The Administrator shall distribute the guidance document and testing protocol to the States within 100 days after the enactment of this section.

(c) DISSEMINATION TO SCHOOLS, ETC.-Each State shall provide for the dissemination to local educational agencies, private nonprofit elementary or secondary schools and to day care centers of the guidance document and testing protocol published under subsection (b), together with the list of drinking water coolers published under section 1463(a).

(d) REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM.—

(1) TESTING AND REMEDYING LEAD CONTAMINATION.-Within 9 months after the enactment of this section, each State shall establish a program, consistent with this section, to assist local educational agencies in testing for, and remedying, lead contamination in drinking water from coolers and from other sources of lead contamination at schools under the jurisdiction of such agencies.

(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.-A copy of the results of any testing under paragraph (1) shall be available in the administrative offices of the local educational agency for inspection by the public, including teachers, other school personnel, and parents. The local educational agency shall notify parent, teacher, and employee organizations of the availability of such testing results.

(3) COOLERS.-In the case of drinking water coolers, such program shall include measures for the reduction or elimination of lead contamination from those water coolers which are not lead free and which are located in schools. Such measures shall be adequate to ensure that within 15 months after the enactment of this subsection all such water coolers in schools under the jurisdiction of such agencies are repaired, re

placed, permanently removed, or rendered inoperable unless the cooler is tested and found (within the limits of testing accuracy) not to contribute lead to drinking water.

[42 U.S.C. 300j-24]

SEC. 1465. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR STATE PROGRAMS REGARDING LEAD CONTAMINATION IN SCHOOL DRINKING WATER.

(a) SCHOOL DRINKING WATER PROGRAMS.-The Administrator shall make grants to States to establish and carry out State programs under section 1464 to assist local educational agencies in testing for, and remedying, lead contamination in drinking water from drinking water coolers and from other sources of lead contamination at schools under the jurisdiction of such agencies. Such grants may be used by States to reimburse local educational agencies for expenses incurred after the enactment of this section for such testing and remedial action.

(b) LIMITS.-Each grant under this section shall be used as by the State for testing water coolers in accordance with section 1464, for testing for lead contamination in other drinking water supplies under section 1464, or for remedial action under State programs under section 1464. Not more than 5 percent of the grant may be used for program administration.

(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section not more than $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1991.

[42 U.S.C. 300j-25]

COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980

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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980 (SUPERFUND) 1

TITLE I-HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES RELEASES, LIABILITY,

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TITLE II-HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESPONSE REVENUE ACT OF 1980 Sec. 201. Short title; amendment of 1954 Code.

Subtitle A-Imposition of Taxes on Petroleum and Certain Chemicals

Sec. 211. Imposition of taxes.

Subtitle B-[Repealed]

Subtitle C-[Repealed]

TITLE III-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Reports and studies.

Sec. 302. Effective dates, savings provision.

Sec. 303. Expiration, sunset provision.

1This table of contents is not part of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 but is set forth for the convenience of the users of this publication.

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