Biden's Plan to Remove Lead Pipes Released
The plan, announced Thursday in a fact sheet, notes that the Environmental Protection Agency will “begin to develop” new regulations for lead and copper pipes.
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Edited by Margo Ellis
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The Biden administration released a new plan for removing the country’s lead pipes and also said that it would allow a long-delayed Trump administration rule to take effect.
But, in the meantime, a senior administration official told reporters that a twice-delayed Trump rule concerning lead pipes will be allowed to take effect.
The official said that overall the rule is “more protective” than what was previously in place, touting a provision in the Trump rule requiring utilities to create inventories. But they also raised concerns about the rule, which did not lower the level of lead concentration in the water at which cities need to take preventative action. Read the full story here.
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