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such failure to comply. 



(2) Whoever fails to comply with any order issued 

 pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of this section shall 

 be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $2,500 

 for each such failure to comply. 



(3) Whenever the Administrator or the President 

 or his delegate has reason to believe that any person 

 is violating or will violate any order issued pursuant 

 to subsection (c) (D of this section, he may petition 

 a United States district court to issue a temporary 

 restraining order or preliminary or permanent in- 

 junction (including a mandatory injunction) to en- 

 force the provision of such order. 



(f) Termination dates. 



No certification of need or order issued under this 

 section may remain in effect — 



(1) for more than one year, or 



(2) after June 30, 1977, 



whichever occurs first. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title 

 XIV, § 1441, as added Dec. 16, 1974, Pub. L. 93-523, 

 § 2(a), 88 Stat. 1680.) 



§300i-l. Research, technical assistance, information, 

 training of personnel. 



(a) Specific powers and duties of Administrator. 



(1) The Administrator may conduct research, 

 studies, and demonstrations relating to the causes, 

 diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of 

 physical and mental diseases and other impairments 

 of man resulting directly or indirectly from con- 

 taminants in water, or to the provision of a depend- 

 ably safe supply of drinking water, including — 



(A) improved methods (i) to identify and meas- 

 ure the existence of contaminants in drinking 

 water (including methods which may be used by 

 State and local health and water officials) , and 

 (ii) to identify the source of such contaminants: 



(B) improved methods to identify and measure 

 the health effects of contaminants in drinking 

 water; 



(C) new methods of treating raw water to pre- 

 pare it for drinking, so as to improve the efiBciency 

 of water treatment and to remove contaminants 

 from water; 



(D) improved methods for providing a depend- 

 ably safe supply of drinking water, including im- 

 provements in water purification and distribution, 

 and methods of assessing the health related haz- 

 ards of drinking water; and 



(E) improved methods of protecting under- 

 ground water sources of public water systems from 

 contamination. 



■ (2) The Administrator shall, to the maximum ex- 

 tent feasible, provide technical assistance to the 

 States and municipalities in the establishment and 

 administration of public water system supervision 

 programs (as defined in section 300j-2(c) (1) of this 

 title) . 



(3) The Administrator shall conduct studies, and 

 make periodic reports to Congress, on the costs of 

 carrying out regulations prescribed under section 

 300g-l of this title. 



(4) The Administrator shall conduct a survey and 

 study of — 



<A) disposal of waste (including residential 

 waste) which may endanger underground water 

 which supplies, or can reasonably be expected to 

 supply, any public water systems, and 



(B) means of control of such waste disposal. 

 Not later than one year after December 16, 1974, he 

 shall transmit to the Congress the results of such 

 survey and study, together with such recommenda- 

 tions as he deems appropriate. 



(5) The Administrator shall carry out a study of 

 methods of underground injection which do not re- 

 sult in the degradation of imderground drinking 

 water sources. 



(6) The Administrator shall carry out a study of 

 methods of preventing, detecting, and dealing with 

 surface spills of contaminants which may degrade 

 underground water sources for public water systems. 



(7) The Administrator shall carry out a study Of 

 virus contamination of drinking water sources and j, 

 means of control of such contamination. 



(8) The Administrator shall carry out a study of 

 the nature and extent of the impact on underground 

 water which supplies or can reasonably be expected 

 to supply public water systems of (A) abandoned in- 

 jection or extraction wells; (B) intensive application 

 of pesticides and fertilizers in underground water 

 recharge areas; and (C) ponds, pools, lagoons, pits, 

 or other surface disposal of contaminants in under- 

 ground water recharge areas. 



(9) TTie Adminisrator shall conduct a comprehen- 

 sive study of public water supplies and drinking 

 water sources to determine the nature, extent, 

 sources of and means of control of contamination by 

 chemicals or other substances suspected of being 

 carcinogenic. Not later than six months after De- 

 cember 16, 1974, he shall transmit to the Congress 

 the initial results of such study, together with such 

 recommendations for further review and corrective 

 action as he deems appropriate. 



(b) Other powers and duties of Administrator. 



In carrying out this subchapter, the Administrator 

 is authorized to — 



(1) collect and make vailable information per- 

 taining to research, investigations, and demon- 

 strations with respect to providing a dependably 

 safe supply of drinking water together with ap- 

 propriate recommendations in connection there- 

 with; 



(2) make available research facilities of the 

 Agency to appropriate public authorities, institu- 

 tions, and individuals engaged in studies and re- 

 search relating to the purposes of this subchapter; 



(3) make grants to, asid enter into contracts 

 with, any public agency, educational institution, 

 and any other organization, in accordance with 

 procedures prescribed by the Administrator, under 

 which he may pay all or part of the costs (as may 

 be determined by the Administrator) of any proj- 

 ect or activity which is designed— 



(A) to develop, expand, or carry out a pro- 

 gram (which may combine training education 

 and employment) for training persons for oc- 



