House passes bill requiring EPA actions on lead-laced water
Source: Reuters
Politics | Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:44pm EST
House passes bill requiring EPA actions on lead-laced water
WASHINGTON
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday easily passed a bill requiring federal environmental regulators to act faster when lead contamination is found in drinking water.
The bill passed 416-2. It was crafted by Michigan Representatives Dan Kildee, a Democrat, and Fred Upton, a Republican, in the wake of Flint's drinking water crisis.
The measure requires the Environmental Protection Agency to notify the public when concentrations of lead in drinking water rise above mandated levels and to create a plan to improve communication between the agency, utilities, states, and consumers.
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The bill "wouldn't have prevented Flint, but it would have caught it far sooner," Kildee, who is from Flint, said after the vote. The measure must be passed by the Senate and signed by President Barack Obama before becoming law.
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