2018 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 6A - Public Health Service
Subchapter XII - Safety of Public Water Systems
Part F - Additional Requirements to Regulate Safety of Drinking Water
Sec. 300j-26 - Certification of testing laboratories

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 300j-26 (2018)
Section Name §300j–26. Certification of testing laboratories
Section Text

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall assure that programs for the certification of testing laboratories which test drinking water supplies for lead contamination certify only those laboratories which provide reliable accurate testing. The Administrator (or the State in the case of a State to which certification authority is delegated under this subsection) shall publish and make available to the public upon request the list of laboratories certified under this subsection.1

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 100–572, §4, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2889.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be "section."

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XII - SAFETY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
Part F - Additional Requirements To Regulate Safety of Drinking Water
Sec. 300j-26 - Certification of testing laboratories
Contains section 300j-26
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 102 Stat. 2889
Public Law References Public Law 100-572
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