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utilizing the technology described in paragraph (4), if any, to <br />reduce the concentration of that contaminant in drinking water to a <br />level at or below the public health goal. <br />(6) Briefly describes what action, if any, the local water <br />purveyor intends to take to reduce the concentration of the <br />contaminant in public drinking water supplies and the basis for that <br />decision. <br />(c) Public water systems required to prepare a report pursuant to <br />subdivision (b) shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of <br />accepting and responding to public comment on the report. Public <br />water systems may hold the public hearing as part of any regularly <br />scheduled meeting. <br />(d) The department shall not require a public water system to take <br />any action to reduce or eliminate any exceedance of a public health <br />goal. <br />(e) Enforcement of this section does not require the department to <br />amend a public water system's operating permit. <br />(f) Pending adoption of a public health goal by the office of <br />Environmental Health Hazard Assessment pursuant to subdivision (c) of <br />Section 116365, and in lieu thereof, public water systems shall use <br />the national maximum contaminant level goal adopted by the United <br />States Environmental Protection Agency for the corresponding <br />contaminant for purposes of complying with the notice and hearing <br />requirements of this section. <br />(g) This section is intended to provide an alternative form for <br />the federally required consumer confidence report as authorized by 42 <br />U.S.C. Section 300g-3(c). <br />75A-9