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CED-79-19 1 (1979-08-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazny0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASH-INGTON. D.C. ZO05S LM1oo71 BI1ll66l0l6ii tll/ AUGUST 8,1979 110071 The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: As requested, we are providing information concerning the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) program opera- tions for seven States l/ which are not enforcing the Safe Drinking Water Act and the manpower being expended by EPA on its enforcement effort in these States. The information was obtained at EPA headquarters, Washington, D.C.; and its Philadelphia (Region III), Chicago (Region V), Kansas City (Region VII), San Francisco (Region IX), and Seattle (Region X) regional offices. The information contained in the report was discussed informally with EPA officials who generally concurred in its accuracy. We did not verify the State or EPA resource estimates. BACKGROUND In December 1974 the Congress passed the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) to insure that public water supply systems throughout the Nation met minimum national health standards. The act was the first national commitment to safeguard public drinking water supplies. Prior to this time, Federal authority to regulate drinking water quality had been restricted to water provided on inter- state carriers and to foreign and domestically bottled water sold interstate. 1/The term State as defined for the Safe Drinking Water Act and as used in this report includes the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands. CED-79-19

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