42 USC § 300g - Coverage

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s300g"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 300g - Coverage"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "300g"
section_name: "Coverage"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "XII"
subchapter_name: "SAFETY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Public Water Systems"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1411, as added Pub. L. 93–523, § 2(a), Dec. 16, 1974, 88 Stat. 1662.)"
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# § 300g. Coverage

Subject to sections 300g–4 and 300g–5 of this title, national primary drinking water regulations under this part shall apply to each public water system in each State; except that such regulations shall not apply to a public water system—

**(1)** which consists only of distribution and storage facilities (and does not have any collection and treatment facilities);

**(2)** which obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated by, a public water system to which such regulations apply;

**(3)** which does not sell water to any person; and

**(4)** which is not a carrier which conveys passengers in interstate commerce.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1411, as added Pub. L. 93–523, § 2(a), Dec. 16, 1974, 88 Stat. 1662.)