EPA in a new white paper is floating options for its pending lead and copper rule (LCR) overhaul due in 2017 that include more-specific measures than recent recommendations from an agency advisory panel, including how to resolve legal issues with replacing lead service lines (LSLs) and to impose new water sampling requirements. The white paper, released Oct. 26, says its update the to LCR - issued in 1991 and last revised in 2007 - will "include both technology-driven and health-based elements that focus on proactive, preventative actions to avoid high lead levels and health risks."
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