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(c) Intervention of right. 



(d) Costs; attorney fees; exi)ert witness fees; 



filing of bond. 



(e) Statutory or common law or other relief 



available. 

 300J-9. General provisions. 



(a) Regulations; delegation of functions. 



(b) Utilization of officers and employees of 



Federal agencies. 



(c) Assignment of Agency personnel to State 



or Interstate agencies. 



(d) Payments of grants; adjustments; ad- 



vances; relmbursment; Installments; 

 condltiDns; eligibility for grants; "non- 

 profit agency or institution" defined. 



(e) Labor standards. 



(f) Appearance and representation of Admin- 



istrator through Attorney General or at- 

 torney appointees. 



(g) Authority of Administrator under other 



provisions unaffected. 



(h) Reports to Congressional Committees; re- 

 view by Office of Management and 

 Budget: submittal of conunents to Con- 

 gressional Committees. 



(1) Discrimination prohibition; filing of com- 

 plaint; investigation; orders of Secretary; 

 notice and hearing; settlements; at- 

 torneys' fees; Judicial review; filing of 

 petition; procedural requirements; stay 

 of orders; exclusiveness of remedy; civil 

 actions for enforcement of orders; ap- 

 propriate relief; expedition of proceed- 

 ings; mandamus proceedings; prohibl- 

 hibltion Inapplicable to undirected but 

 deliberate violations. 



PART A.— DEFINITIONS 

 §300f. Definitions. 



For purposes of this subchapter: 



(1) The term "primary drinking water regula- 

 tion" means a regulation which — 



(A) applies to public water systems; 



(B) specifies contaminants which, in the 

 Judgment of the Administrator, may have any 

 adverse effect on the health of persons; 



(C) specifies for each such conta;ninant 

 either — • 



(i) a maximum contaminant level, if, In the 

 judgment of the Administrator, it is economi- 

 cally and technologically feasible to ascertain 

 the level of such contaminant in water in pub- 

 lic water systems, or 



(ii) if, in the judgment of the Administra- 

 tor, it is not economically or technologically 

 feasible to so ascertain the level of such con- 

 taminant, each treatment technique known 

 ■ to the Administrator which leads to a reduc- 

 tion in the level of such contaminant sufficient 

 to satisfy the requirements of section 300g-l of 

 this title; and 



(D) contains criteria and procedures to as- 

 sure a supply of drinking water which dependa- 

 bly Complies with such maximum contaminant 

 levels; including quality control and testing 

 procedures to insure compliance with such levels 

 and to insure proper operation and maintenance 

 of the system,, and requirements as to (i) the 

 minimum quality of water which may be taken 

 into the system and (lii siting for new facilities 



for public water systems. 



(2) The term "secondary drinking water reg- 

 ulation" which applies to public water systems and 

 which specifies the maximum contaminant levels 

 which, in the judgment of the Administrator, are 

 requisite to protect the public welfare. Such reg- 

 ulations may apply to any contaminant in drink- 

 ing water (A) which may adversely affect the odor 

 or appearance of such water and consequently 

 may cause a substantial number of the persons 

 served by the public water system providing such 

 water to discontinue it^ use, or (B) which may 

 otherwise adversely affect the public welfare. Such 

 regulations may vary accordingly to geographic 

 and other circumstances. ' 



(3) The term "maximum contaminant level" 

 means the maximum permissible level of a con- 

 taminant in water which is delivered to any user 

 of a public water system. 



(4) The term "public water system" means a 

 system for the provision to the public of piped 

 water for human consumption, if such system has 

 at least fifteen service connections or regularly 

 serves at least twenty-five individuals. Such term 

 Includes (A) any collection, treatment, storage, 

 ^nd distribution facilities under control of the 

 operator of such system and used primarily in 

 connection with such system, and (B) any collec- 

 tion or pretreatment storage facilities not under 

 such control which are used primarily in connec- 

 tion with such system. 



(5) The term "supplier of water" means any 

 person who owns or operates a public water system. 



(6) The term "contaminant" means any physi- 

 cal, chemical, biological, or radiological substance 

 or matter in water. 



(7) The term "Administrator" means the Ad- 

 ministrator of the Environmental Protection 

 Agency. 



(8) The term "Agency" means the Environmen- 

 tal Protection Agency. 



(9) The term "Council" means the National 

 Drinking Water Advisory Council established 

 under section 300J-5 of this title. 



(10) The term "municipality" means a city, 

 town, or other public body created by or pursuant 

 to State law, or an Indian tribal organization au- 

 thorization authorized by law. 



(11) The term "Federal agency" means any de- 

 partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

 States. 



(12) The term "i)erson" means an individual, 

 corporation, company, association, partnership. 

 State, or municipality. 



(13) The term "State" includes. In addition to 

 the several States, only the District of Columbia, 

 Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

 Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, 

 American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the 

 Pacific Islands. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, 

 § 1401, as added Dec. 16, 1974, Pub. L. 93-523, 

 § 2(a), 88 Stat. 1616, and amended Pub. L. 94-317. 

 § 301(2), June 23, 1976, 90 Stat. 707; Pub. L. 94- 



