TheU.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) finalized a rule on Tuesday requiring the replacement of all lead drinking-water pipes within the next 10 years, a significant step to protect public health from the long-term effects of leadexposure. The new rule updates the Lead and Copper Rule a...
millions of lead service lines are still delivering drinking water to homes,” EPA AdministratorMichael Regansaid in an agencynews releaseannouncing the finalization of the rule. “With the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements and historic investments in lead pipe replacement, ...
Under the guidance of the Biden–Harris administration, theEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)announced its plans to strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule as part of the Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan on November 30, 2023. Although the proposal has not been approved, the United ...
In November 2019, the USEPA published the revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule with seemingly small changes that could have significant implications. The proposed revisions will require water systems to immediately prepare a lead service line (LSL) inventory and an LSL replacement plan. The ...
When the EPA decided very recently to essentially release the Lead and Copper Rule that was developed under Trump, I looked at it. Every federal rule that costs more than $100 million is required to do a cost-benefit analysis, so I wanted to see what numbers they were using for costs an...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that it is extending the effective date of the Revised Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) so that the agency can seek further public input, particularly from communities that are most at-risk of exposu
Beauvais told Congress that he and others at the EPA "certainly have a sense of urgency" about making changes to the lead and copper rule, but added: "We also want to get them right." Flint's drinking water became tainted when the city switched from the Detroit water system and began ...
EPA is poised to release long-awaited guidance on how water utilities must develop lead service line inventories under the Trump-era revisions to the lead and copper rule (LCRR), but while the guidance is expected to provide needed clarity, it will not eliminate the current uncertainty over li...
The Lead and Copper Rule aims to protect public health by reducing lead and copper levels in drinking water. This regulation requires water systems to monitor drinking water and take corrective actions if more than 10 percent of tap water samples exceed the EPA's lead action level of 15 parts...
"We're trying to right a longstanding wrong here," said Radhika Fox, head of the EPA Office of Water. "We're bending the arc towards equity and justice on this legacy issue." The proposal, called the lead and copper rule improvements, would for the first time require utilities to replac...