[CPEO-MEF] Feinstein to propose perchlorate bill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Feinstein to push water bill

PERCHLORATE: Her legislation would require safety standards and 
designate cleanup funds.

By MICHELLE DeARMOND
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
December 18, 2004


LOS ANGELES - Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced legislation Friday that 
she said would force the Environmental Protection Agency to set a safety 
standard for a health-threatening chemical that has leached into water 
supplies across the country.

Feinstein, D-Calif., was at a lunch with more than 200 water-agency 
representatives and community leaders in Los Angeles when she outlined 
the bill she plans to introduce in January.

The announcement received praise from Inland water officials, but drew 
criticism from a federal authority who said the timetable was unrealistic.

The bill, if enacted, would require authorities to identify the scope of 
the problem that has plagued communities such as Glen Avon and Rialto. 
Additionally, it would force the EPA to set a national standard by July 
31, 2007, on how much of the chemical perchlorate - which was found in 
food in spring 2003 - is safe to have in the water.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_feinstein18.1109a.html


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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