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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-406" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Drinking Water">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary shall adopt an adequate plan for providing safe drinking water under emergency circumstances.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If, in the judgment of the Secretary, emergency circumstances exist with respect to a need for safe drinking water, the Secretary may take any action necessary to provide safe drinking water where it otherwise would not be available.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding § 9-407(b) of this subtitle, the Secretary may adopt and enforce regulations for a contaminant if the Secretary determines that the contaminant poses a significant risk to public health and for which complete interim or revised national primary drinking water regulations are not in effect.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>As part of the Secretary’s determination under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary shall prepare a report that includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>1 year of statewide monitoring data for the contaminant, which identifies locations in the State where the contaminant level may pose a significant risk to public health;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Peer reviewed assessments, methodologies, and data concerning the particular contaminant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A cost/benefit analysis of implementing the proposed standard for the contaminant conducted by the Department that includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Review and comment by the Department of Business and Economic Development; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>After the Department provides notice of the analysis and a reasonable opportunity to comment to the affected public water systems, any submitted written statements from public water systems affected by the proposed standard.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Nothing in this subsection affects the Department’s authority to adopt and enforce complete interim or revised national primary drinking water regulations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
