Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published significant updates to its Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). The updates require water utilities to monitor distribution systems for lead in drinking water to better protect communities from the risks of lead exposure and enhance public health. Under the ...
The Lead and Copper Rulerevision, which went into effect on December 16, remains controversial among both water utilities and environmental and public health advocates. A proposed new rule, to be called the Lead and Copper Improvements Rule, likely would not become final until about 2024. EPA A...
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...
COPPERSTAKEHOLDER analysisWATER purificationALUMINUM alloysIn 2021, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified several critical initiatives for quick action, including revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). After a year of stakeholder engagement, the agency announced the revisions on ...
EPA is slated to submit its proposed rule strengthening Trump-era standards for lead in drinking water to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) this month, but the agency says it is delaying by one month -- until October -- the proposal’s release, though it still plans ...
A newly proposed rule by the EPA outlines plans to replace all lead pipes with copper pipes nationwide, minimizing the health effects of lead exposure through drinking water.
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...
Revised Lead and Copper Rule | US EPA What is a Service Line? A service line consists of two main components: A length of pipe connecting the water meter to the water distribution main, and a length of pipe connecting the water meter to a building's plumbing system. The District owns 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
epa administrator michael regan said in an agency news release announcing the finalization of the rule. “with the lead and copper rule improvements and historic investments in lead pipe replacement, the biden-harris administration is fulfilling its commitment that no community...