Max Baucus: “This amendment regulates bottled water. Basically it provides that if the Food and Drug Administration fails to regulate…”

“This amendment regulates bottled water. Basically it provides that if the Food and Drug Administration fails to regulate the contaminant in bottled water within 6 months after EPA regulates a contaminant found in municipal water systems, then the EPA standard will apply to bottled water. The FDA standards under the amendment must be at least as stringent as EPA's and may be more stringent if the FDA determines that a standard for bottled water needs to be more stringent in order to protect public health. This amendment, as I said, is offered--I am offering it on behalf of Senator Lautenberg. It is an amendment that Senator Lautenberg from New Jersey would offer if he were here at this moment. I reviewed it and I urge the Senate to agree to it.”